There’s nothing quite as good as a steak dinner, prepared and cooked to perfection. As most steak recipes are centred on the star ingredient itself, it is essential to know your beef cuts and how to cook them.
Here’s the list of the four most popular beef cuts for steaks that you can easily find in your local butcher market in Guilford, or get it through the butcher shop online ordering system.
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Porterhouse and T-bone steaks are very similar to each other with only slight differences in size. They are considered the best cuts for steak and are most expensive. As the name indicates there is a T shaped bone in the middle of this steak, with a tenderloin strip on one side and a short loin strip on the other, with moderate fat marbling throughout. They are tender, juicy, flavorful, and with more than enough meat for one person. They are best for frying or grilling, but cooking them can be a bit tricky as the tenderloin part tends to get cooked faster than the loin strip part.
Also known as “Filet Mignon”, is the most tender part of the beef and comes from the small end of the tenderloin. As the tenderloin area is high up and is not made of weight-bearing muscles, it has the least amount of connective tissue and is therefore very tender. It is very flavorful and equally expensive. The best way to cook fillet mignon is to pan-sear and then oven-finish to get the perfect buttery texture.
Sometimes called the ‘beauty steak’, it comes from the upper section of the ribs. They can be bone-in (with a piece of rib bone inside) or boneless. The moderate-fat marbling and the bone piece makes the steak more moist, juicy and flavorful, but sometimes tricky to cook. The best way to cook a rib-eye steak is to pan-fry or grill.
This is one of the most popular cuts and comes from the posterior cut of the short loin where the T-bone steak also comes from. It is very flavorful with just the perfect amount of fat. Sirloin steak cuts are very affordable too. It is recommended to cook these at a high temperature with regular basting with oil or butter to prevent them from drying out.
Hope this article will help you select the perfect cut for beef steak that you require. If you are looking for quality at a reasonable price G. J. Honour Family Butcher offer a variety of meat products and services.
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