- The beef top blade steak (also known as the chicken steak) comes from the chuck section of a steer or heifer. Description.
- Blade steaks are characteristically rich in big beefy flavor which will be evident in the wafts of delicious scents that will fill your kitchen as the steak braises.
- The top blade steak is the same tender meat but has to be prepared differently to account for the connective tissue.
- On the bright side, a lot of beefy flavor is in a blade steak and it's relatively inexpensive.
- When butchers cut this steak from the top blade roast, they create cross-sections with the gristle in the middle.
- Blade Steak: a Delicious and Inexpensive Option for Steak.
- The oyster blade steak refers to a cut of meat from an animal’s shoulder blade, specifically the blade roast.
- Blade steak is often braised and sliced thinly against the grain before serving, as this cut tends to be quite tough and stringy.
- In fact, the full blade steak is often cut in two just to avoid its long center stripe of cartilage (aka gristle)!
- Regardless, blade steak does actually come with some positive wellness news, whether sought after or not.
