Blade steak?

Mitch Mitch@... said:

I want to make the Thai beef recipe from the latest America's Test
Kitchen show, but I can't find blade steak.

Does it go by another name?
If not, which alternative?

Chuck steak.

--Bryan

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Chuck steak.

Thanks. Is round steak meant for long, slow cooking?

Mitch Mitch@... said:

Quoted message said:

Chuck steak.

Thanks. Is round steak meant for long, slow cooking?

What I'd ideally do with round steak is slice it VERY thin (you can
also pound it with a mallet), salt it, pepper it, dredge it in flour
and chicken fry it in peanut oil. You can also do this with thicker
cut RS that you buy already cut, but it is a tough cut. I don't
really mind, but I have good teeth, and don't mind tough cuts. I also
use it for stock.

I have a bottom round roast that I've been making chicken fried steaks
from. Time for breakfast.

--Bryan

Mitch said:

Thanks. Is round steak meant for long, slow cooking?

It can be fried, grilled or broiled, but it needs to be marinated first to
tenderize the meat. It can also be braised, or you can cut in into very
thin strips to stir fry. To make thin slices, it helps to have the meat
partially frozen.

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Mitch Mitch@... said:

I want to make the Thai beef recipe from the latest America's Test
Kitchen show, but I can't find blade steak.

Does it go by another name?
If not, which alternative?

7 bone chuck roast, or shoulder steak/roast of any type.

7 bone tends to be more tender.
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Mitch Mitch@... said:

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Chuck steak.

Thanks. Is round steak meant for long, slow cooking?

Chuck is better than round. It generally has more marbling.

Yes, round is better slow cooked.
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Mitch Mitch@... said:

Quoted message said:

Chuck steak.

Thanks. Is round steak meant for long, slow cooking?

What I'd ideally do with round steak is slice it VERY thin (you can
also pound it with a mallet), salt it, pepper it, dredge it in flour
and chicken fry it in peanut oil. You can also do this with thicker
cut RS that you buy already cut, but it is a tough cut. I don't
really mind, but I have good teeth, and don't mind tough cuts. I also
use it for stock.

I have a bottom round roast that I've been making chicken fried steaks
from. Time for breakfast.

--Bryan

I eat top round raw.

And I'm not trolling...
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Omelet said:

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The Truthful Assh0le said:

Mitch Mitch@... said:

>Chuck steak.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Thanks. Is round steak meant for long, slow cooking?

Quoted message said:

What I'd ideally do with round steak is slice it VERY thin (you can
also pound it with a mallet), salt it, pepper it, dredge it in flour
and chicken fry it in peanut oil. You can also do this with thicker
cut RS that you buy already cut, but it is a tough cut. I don't
really mind, but I have good teeth, and don't mind tough cuts. I also
use it for stock.

Quoted message said:

I have a bottom round roast that I've been making chicken fried steaks
from. Time for breakfast.

Quoted message said:

--Bryan

I eat top round raw.

So do I. I eat bottom round raw too. My favorite is strip.

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And I'm not trolling...

When I was a kid 11, 12, 13, I used to buy bottom round steaks and eat
them raw.
My parents would not let me have beef any less than medium well. Even
at restaurants they wouldn't let me order steaks rare because my
[censored] father said the "blood" disgusted him.

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--Bryan

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The Truthful Assh0le said:

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I eat top round raw.

So do I. I eat bottom round raw too. My favorite is strip.

Hm, I have some fresh strip in the freezer. I'll have to look at that
and decide. I prefer really lean for raw as raw beef fat repulses me.

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Quoted message said:

And I'm not trolling...

When I was a kid 11, 12, 13, I used to buy bottom round steaks and eat
them raw.
My parents would not let me have beef any less than medium well. Even
at restaurants they wouldn't let me order steaks rare because my
[censored] father said the "blood" disgusted him.

That's funny. :-)

It was my mom that taught me to appreciate raw beef with a bit of salt.

Mom was so Bohemian...
and that is not a bad thing!
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Omelet said:

I eat top round raw.

And I'm not trolling...

I believe you, I eat round (top and bottom) raw. It's not very fatty. I
think slice round for stir-fry, and some pieces always manage to get
eaten raw.

Brian

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Omelet said:

I eat top round raw.

And I'm not trolling...

I believe you, I eat round (top and bottom) raw. It's not very fatty. I
think slice round for stir-fry, and some pieces always manage to get
eaten raw.

Brian

Yummy.

With just a smidge of salt. ;-d

I get cravings for Tartar from time to time, and I usually use Top round.
Or a good lean bottom round it one appears.
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The Truthful Assh0le said:

Mitch Mitch@... said:

I want to make the Thai beef recipe from the latest America's Test
Kitchen show, but I can't find blade steak.

Does it go by another name?

Top blade roast/steak.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

If not, which alternative?

Chuck steak.

I would use a strip or chuck eye steak. Regular chuck would be
tougher.

-sw

Mitch Mitch@... said:

I want to make the Thai beef recipe from the latest America's Test
Kitchen show, but I can't find blade steak.

Does it go by another name?
If not, which alternative?

Chuck. But blade chuck is generally too fatty for typical Thai
cookery, where sliced thinly, marinated, and grilled briefly or
marinated, grilled and then sliced thinly. Unless you're willing to
buy more expensive cuts (tenderloin) I think top round would be a
better choice than chuck.

YAM NEUA

(Grilled Beef Salad)
The following grilled beef salad has as many versions as there are
cooks in Thailand. The success of the dish depends upon starting with
good-quality tenderloin and achieving a balance of hot, sour, and
salty. Before serving, be sure to sample the salad and adjust the
amount of chili, lime, fish sauce - and, if desired, sugar - to your
taste.

1 pound center cut beef tenderloin at room temperature
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
5 tablespoons fresh lime juice, or to taste
2 tablespoons Asian fish sauce (preferably naam pla), or to taste
1/2 teaspoon sugar, or to taste, if desired
2 to 3 small fresh red or green Thai (bird) chilies or serrano
chilies, or to taste, seeded and minced (wear rubber gloves)
1/2 cup thinly slices shallots (about 2 large)
4 scallions, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1/2 cup packed fresh coriander leaves, washed well and spun dry
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh mint leaves
1 seedless cucumber

Garnish: fresh coriander sprigs

Accompaniment: Thai Sticky Rice or Thai Jasmine Rice

Prepare grill (or preheat broiler).

Halve tenderloin horizontally to form 2 approximately 1-inch-thick
pieces. Rub both sides of each piece with black pepper, pressing it
into meat.

Grill beef on an oiled rack set 5 to 6 inches over glowing coals 5 to
8 minutes on each side for medium-rare. (Alternatively, broil beef on
oiled rack of a broiler pan about 3 to 5 inches from heat 6 to 7
minutes on each side for medium-rare.) Transfer beef to a cutting
board and cool 30 minutes. If desired, chill beef, loosely wrapped, at
least 2 hours and up to 1 day to facilitate thin slicing. Cut beef
across grain into very thin slices.

In a large bowl stir together lime juice, fish sauce, sugar, and
chilies until combined will (sugar should be dissolved if using).

Add beef, shallots, scallions, coriander, and mint and toss will.
Score cucumber lengthwise with tines of a fork and cut crosswise into
thin slices.

Arrange cucumber around edge of a platter and mound beef salad in
center. Garnish beef with coriander sprig and serve with rice.

Serves 6 as part of a rice based meal.

Gourmet
April 1996
---

Sheldon

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Mitch Mitch@... said:

I want to make the Thai beef recipe from the latest America's Test
Kitchen show, but I can't find blade steak.

Does it go by another name?
If not, which alternative?

Chuck steak -- tasty but needs marinating to tenderize some - and don't
overcook it.
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pics of Ronald McDonald House dinner posted 6-24-2007

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Mitch Mitch@... said:

Quoted message said:

Chuck steak.

Thanks. Is round steak meant for long, slow cooking?

Yes. I use round for making swiss steak -- braised.
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Steve Wertz said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Does it go by another name?

Top blade roast/steak.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

If not, which alternative?

Quoted message said:

Chuck steak.

I would use a strip or chuck eye steak. Regular chuck would be
tougher.

-sw

Ok, so I understand that blade is chuck, but in my experience a "blade
steak" is a sort of small (sometimes) thin and round (shaped) steak
with a nasty bit of connective tissue running down the middle. I
guess it all has to do with how the chuck is cut. My Moroccan husband
LOVES these. He just pan fries them. They taste a little bit like
liver to me. Not my favorite.

-Tracy

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Tracy said:

Ok, so I understand that blade is chuck, but in my experience a "blade
steak" is a sort of small (sometimes) thin and round (shaped) steak
with a nasty bit of connective tissue running down the middle.

That bit is the cartilaginous edge of the shoulder blade.
Blade steaks I have bought also usually have actual wedges of bone from
the shoulder blade as well.

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I
guess it all has to do with how the chuck is cut. My Moroccan husband
LOVES these. He just pan fries them. They taste a little bit like
liver to me. Not my favorite.

-Tracy

Stick with Rib cuts then. <G>
They are my favorite too, but I still like shoulder/chuck.

If it's tasting like liver, you are most likely over-cooking it?
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Tracy said:

Steve Wertz said:

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> Does it go by another name?

Top blade roast/steak.

Quoted message said:

> If not, which alternative?

Quoted message said:

Chuck steak.

I would use a strip or chuck eye steak. Regular chuck would be
tougher.

Ok, so I understand that blade is chuck, but in my experience a "blade
steak" is a sort of small (sometimes) thin and round (shaped) steak
with a nasty bit of connective tissue running down the middle.

That nasty bit of gristle usually gets tender and manageable when
cooked.

Quoted message said:

guess it all has to do with how the chuck is cut. My Moroccan husband
LOVES these. He just pan fries them. They taste a little bit like
liver to me. Not my favorite.

If yours taste like liver, then you're getting am inferior piece
of meat, IMO.

-sw

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Quoted message said:

Ok, so I understand that blade is chuck, but in my experience a "blade
steak" is a sort of small (sometimes) thin and round (shaped) steak
with a nasty bit of connective tissue running down the middle.

That nasty bit of gristle usually gets tender and manageable when
cooked.

Quoted message said:

guess it all has to do with how the chuck is cut. My Moroccan husband
LOVES these. He just pan fries them. They taste a little bit like
liver to me. Not my favorite.

If yours taste like liver, then you're getting am inferior piece
of meat, IMO.

-sw-

I don't think the meat is bad - maybe liver is too strong a word
choice/flavor comparison. I just don't like the texture of the meat.
I don't like the little filet part of a t-bone or filet mignon either
- too mushy. I do buy a lot of 7 bone chuck and boneless chuck.

-Tracy