Prime cut
Beef
Beef Fillet
The most tender cut on the animal. Lean, buttery and quick to cook.
KSh 1,600per kg
Trotters
Collagen-rich and cheap. The secret to a stew with real body.
KSh 400 per kg
Available today - cut fresh when your order comes in
kg
Cut to order, no surcharge. Priced per kilogram. Type any weight from 0.5 kg - 1.4, 1.75, whatever you actually need - or use the buttons to move in quarter kilos. Tell us the thickness, trim or portion size you want in the notes at checkout, and we weigh after cutting and confirm your exact total before dispatch.
| Type | Cleaned trotters, cut on the bandsaw |
|---|---|
| Best for | Soup, broth, enriching stews |
| Texture | Soft and gelatinous after long cooking |
| Value | Our lowest price per kilo |
| Price | KSh 400 per kg |
| Butchered at | City Market, Stall 55 Muindi Mbingu St, Nairobi |
About Our Trotters
Trotters are the cheapest thing on this page and, kilo for kilo of flavour, arguably the best value. They are mostly skin, bone and connective tissue with small pockets of meat, which sounds unpromising until you understand what all that connective tissue becomes after a few hours in a pot: gelatine, and a broth with a body you cannot fake.
Kenyan cooks have known this a long time. Trotter soup is a Saturday morning fixture and a genuine restorative, and a couple of trotters dropped into any beef or goat stew will thicken and enrich the whole pot at almost no cost. If you have ever wondered why a restaurant stew has a glossier sauce than yours, this is often the answer.
We cut trotters into manageable pieces on the bandsaw so they fit a domestic pot and release their gelatine faster. Expect a genuinely long cook - three hours minimum, or about an hour under pressure. For the same slow-cooking pleasure with more meat on it, look at ox tail, and for the leanest slow cut on the counter, matumbo.
How to Cook Trotters
- Scrub well, then blanch for 10 minutes and discard that first water.
- Simmer 3 hours minimum, or 60 minutes in a pressure cooker, until the skin is soft.
- Add two trotters to any beef or goat stew for a thicker, glossier sauce.
- The cooking liquid sets solid in the fridge - that is pure gelatine, keep it for stock.
- Finish trotter soup with plenty of black pepper, dhania, lemon and chilli.
Buying trotters in Nairobi
We cut trotters at Stall 55, ground floor, City Market, Muindi Mbingu Street, in the Nairobi CBD - the same stall Kamundia Butchery has traded from since 1959. Walk in any day - Monday to Saturday 6:30am - 7:00pm, Sunday 9:00am - 5:00pm - and buy it over the counter, or order here and we will deliver it chilled. Orders placed before 4:00pm go out the same day across the CBD, Westlands, Kilimani, Karen and everywhere else we serve.
Buying in quantity? We supply restaurants, hotels, schools and canteens across Nairobi with standing orders and whole-carcass pricing - see wholesale and bulk supply, or call 0707 700511 to talk it through.
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Trotters: Questions
Trotters is KSh 400 per kg. Because it is cut to order, we weigh it after cutting and confirm the exact total with you before anything is dispatched. Prices at the counter and online are the same.
Yes, and at no extra charge - it is the whole point of buying from a butcher rather than a chiller cabinet. Tell us the thickness, trim, portion size or preparation you want in the notes when you order, or just describe what you are cooking and let us choose. We butcher whole carcasses at City Market, so the options are real.
Yes, every day. Order before 4:00pm on 0707 700511 for same-day chilled delivery across Nairobi. Delivery is a flat fee by area, from KSh 300 to KSh 1,000 depending on where you are, and it is added to your basket total automatically. See the full fee table.
Three to four days in the coldest part of the fridge, loosely covered so the surface dries rather than sweats. To freeze, portion into meal sizes, press flat, wrap tightly and label. Thaw overnight in the fridge, never on the counter, and do not refreeze thawed raw meat.
At our stall: City Market, Ground Floor, Stall 55 Muindi Mbingu St, Nairobi, beside Jamia Mosque in the Nairobi CBD, open every day 6:30am to 7:00pm Monday to Saturday, and 9:00am to 5:00pm on Sundays. You can also order it online here, on WhatsApp, or by calling 0707 700511. See the rest of the beef section or the full counter.
Nice to meat you
Trotters, cut the way you want it
KSh 400 per kg. Tell us how you want it prepared and we will cut it fresh and get it to you the same day, anywhere in Nairobi.
City Market, Ground Floor, Stall 55 Muindi Mbingu St, Nairobi · Open Mon-Sat 6:30am-7pm, Sun 9am-5pm · 0707 700511