Posted on 07/13/2005 1:24:10 PM PDT by hispanarepublicana
In other words you can't cook your way out of a paper bag judging by what you have posted on this thread.
Chuck is for pot roast, burgers, or the dog.
Chuck is for pot roast dear. That is the point. Best meat possible for roast. Of course, like I said, you actually have to know how to cook.
Please post your most celebratory chuck recipe.
Sure, take one 7-bone roast.
Rub with oil.
Apply spice rub.
Sear on either side over high heat. Remove roast and place to side.
Add a little oil to pan and saute the aromatics, (I like onion, garlic and celery) add liquid, (I like beef stock and red wine) allow to reduce to one half.
Add some texture stuff. (I like mushrooms and dried cranberries).
Wrap roast and sauce in closely in foil (two layers at least three is better) Make sure you seal it very well. Roast at 200-220 degrees for four hours.
Allow to rest for 30 minutes.
Eat.
I've found , any cheap cut, marinated in quality ingredients over night and grilled the next evening can taste quite tender and delicious.
It's all in the marinade.
Asian Sesame Flank Steak
1 Flank Steak 1.5 ~ 2 lbs.
1/4 cup veg oil
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup Asian sesame oil
2 Tbls fresh lime juice
2 Tbls peeled and grated fresh ginger
Wisk marinade ingredients together and pour over a flank steak in a non metalic container, cover and refrigerate overnight. Turning the meat occasionally.
Grill on medium heat for 14 minutes for a nice juicy tender medium (still pink inside).
Oh, save the leftover marinade and bring to a boil so you can brush it on during grilling. I forgot that part and caught hell about it, but in reality, if it's marinated overnight, it didn't need it.
Can't wait to make it again.
I used to grill chuck steaks.
I used a powdered marinade,Lowrys I believe.Mix it with cold water.
It made an excellent steak out of a average cut.
Now Sunday is steak night. I usually catch Ribeyes or Porterhouse on sale and buy 6 at a time. That's 3 Sundays for my wife and I.
It was cooked in hispanic kitchens/outdoor grills for years, without all the sizzle-steam business. But, my first time to eat them in a restaurant was at Joe T. Garcia's in Ft. Worth in the mid 80s.
Off hand....do you know if Lowry's contains MSG as an ingredient? I have a few family members who seem allergic to anything with MSG in it. I tend to make my own marinade, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, a nice red wine freshly ground seasonings...and sometimes a bit of mustard. Sometimes, I'll add some fruits as well...cherries are a very nice addition in a marinade.
That sounds really good.
Does anybody know anything about "Ranchers Reserve" meats from Vons? I was just curious.
Then, I got snotty, fawned over filet.
Then ribeye.
Now I've learned to make 'stew meat' chunks, after marinating, the best bites ever. At $2.49/lb.
It was very good. Yum! :-))
Growing up we used to have a chuck roast every Sunday, but I had never heard of flank steak til I got married and was introduced to my mother-in-law's 24 hour marinade. Then my father-in-law would grill it to brown on the outside and about medium (right, LG?) on the inside. Incredible.
"Why are steak prices going through the roof?"
IMO, it is because like everything else, they have found the limits of what we are willing to pay and then lower the quality.
Omaha brand steaks, which used to be superb, have now become no better than what you can get at the local supermarket. My son, (with the best of intentions) recently sent me a package from Omaha Steak Co. for Fathers Day. It included 6 "Steak Burgers" and 4 ea-6 oz. Sirloins. We BBQ'd the burgers last week. It was all I could do to keep them from falling through the grills after shrinking to the size of a Jimmy Dean Pork sausage. They were nearly pure white (fatty) before cooking and were flavor-less. On top of that, the cost was about $1.50 each! We haven't had the "Steaks" yet. Omaha Steak Co. is running on nothing more than their old reputation.
I was born in Omaha and worked briefly for Swift's Premium. I can remember going to a steak house down by the stockyards is So. Omaha called "Johnny's". Absolutely the best steak in the world. Wonder if it still exists? Any Omaha-ites out there remember it?
A little off topic, but just wanted to warn folks about how crappy Omaha Steak Co. has become.
We too have noticed the quality of Omaha Steaks has gone down. We don't order them anymore.
There are several as good companies in other states.
This summer though, we have concentrated on getting them from the Amish in Lancaster County here in PA. Outstanding. Angus product is the best. Here you can get the same product without the Angus name for 1/4th less cost.
It is a sad situation when you see them using the tactics and pricing programs as the oil companies. Guess they have to do it to make a living.
You speak as though this were a singular event ... I take it Food Lion stores are not common in your neck of the woods? They're quite common in Virginia ... some are in better shape than others. I do consider them near the bottom of the supermarket barrel (and rarely shop at them), but the newer stores aren't too bad.
I don't know offhand. I checked their Lawry's (correct spelling) Seasoned Salt and it states NO MSG but I can't say concerning their marinade.
I usually make my own with Soy or Teriyaki Sauce to which I add one or some of, garlic, liquid smoke,Emeril's Original, tenderizer, pineapple juice (fresh, a very powerful tenderizer that can be overdone, last 15 min tops ).
We used to have to eat them because that was what we could afford. I don't eat blade steaks or pea soup now.
"while at Lowes, it's simply called a "flat iron steak."
"Wait a minute here... isn't Lowes a hardware store?"
Aren't paying attention? It's call FLAT IRON STEAK?
(Sorry for yelling. Got my hearing aid off.)
They included some hamburgers which actually were very good but the steaks were another story.
The only ones here were me and my Daughter. I decided to grill a couple of steaks. When we sat down to eat, we both took a bite, looked at each other and began to laugh. They were awful. Much poorer than the local supermarket's beef.
The price is not cheap but fair for the quality. I don't have a problem with that. BTW, Omaha steaks are grossly over priced. Yea, free hamburger, big deal.
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