The beef top blade steak (also known as the chicken steak) comes from the
chuck section of a steer or heifer.
Description
The
steak
A steak is a cut of meat sliced across muscle fibers, sometimes including a bone. It is normally Grilling, grilled or Pan frying, fried, and can be diced or cooked in sauce.
Steaks are most commonly cut from cattle (beefsteak), but can also ...
s are cross-cut from the top blade subprimal, also known as Infraspinatus.
It is becoming more popular and profitable to abstain from cross cutting the top blade and instead produce
flat iron steaks which is cut with the grain and eliminates the connective tissue (
fascia
A fascia (; : fasciae or fascias; adjective fascial; ) is a generic term for macroscopic membranous bodily structures. Fasciae are classified as superficial, visceral or deep, and further designated according to their anatomical location.
...
) that runs down the middle of this steak.
See also
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Beef clod
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Flat iron steak
References
Cuts of beef
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