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/ref> the Red Steer, a now defunct chain of fast food burger joints in Idaho.
Finger steaks are strips of 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 ...
(usually top sirloin
Top sirloin is a cut of beef from the primal loin or subprimal sirloin. Top sirloin steaks differ from sirloin steaks in that the bone and the tenderloin and bottom round muscles have been removed; the remaining major muscles are the gluteus ...
), battered with a tempura
is a typical Japanese dish that usually consists of seafood and vegetables that have been coated in a thin batter and deep-fried. Tempura originated in the 16th century, when Portuguese Jesuits brought the Western-style cooking method of ...
-like or flour batter, and deep-fried in oil. They are typically served with French fries and a buttered piece of Texas toast. They are commonly found in restaurants and bars in the Pacific Northwest
The Pacific Northwest (PNW; ) is a geographic region in Western North America bounded by its coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains to the east. Though no official boundary exists, the most common ...
.
History
Finger steaks are purported to have been first served in a restaurant setting atBoise, Idaho
Boise ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of cities in Idaho, most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, there were 235,685 people residing in the city. Loca ...
’s "Milo’s Torch Lounge" (aka The Torch) in 1957. Milo Bybee claimed to have invented finger steaks while wondering what to do with leftover tenderloin scraps when he was working as a butcher for the U.S. Forest Service in McCall. Bybee went to work as a chef at the Torch in 1946.
According to a local lifestyle reporter, Milo's claim of inventing finger steaks is questioned. It may have been passed onto him by the original owners of The Torch, Floyd & Elnora (Shorty) Johnson. Either way, their origin is so closely tied to Idaho that one suggestion for the Idaho state quarter design was to "do something with the fact that Idaho is the home of finger steaks" submitted to the state arts commission on a napkin.
Finger steaks were produced as a frozen food
Freezing food Food preservation, preserves it from the time it is prepared to the time it is eaten. Since early times, farmers, fishermen, and trappers have preserved grains and produce in unheated buildings during the winter season. Freezing foo ...
by B and D Foods, which was founded in 1972 to supply its Signature Finger steak to a chain of fast food restaurants,/ref> the Red Steer, a now defunct chain of fast food burger joints in Idaho.
See also
* Chicken fried steak *List of deep fried foods
This is a list of deep fried foods and dishes. Deep frying is a cooking method in which food is submerged in hot fat, such as cooking oil. This is normally performed with a deep fryer or chip pan, and industrially, a pressure fryer or vacuum f ...
*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 ...
*Beef
Beef is the culinary name for meat from cattle (''Bos taurus''). Beef can be prepared in various ways; Cut of beef, cuts are often used for steak, which can be cooked to varying degrees of doneness, while trimmings are often Ground beef, grou ...
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