Tame recipe for beef, say (4)
I believe the answer is:
meat
'for beef say' is the definition.
(beef is a kind of meat)
'tame recipe' is the wordplay.
'recipe' indicates anagramming the letters.
'tame' is an anagram of 'MEAT'.
(Other definitions for meat that I've seen before include "Spam, ham, lamb etc" , "Edible flesh" , "Chops, steaks etc" , "Animal flesh as food" , "Eg, beef or pork" .)