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My local butcher will sell me fresh flap steak for about 4$ per pound.

What are your thoughts and opinions on flap steak?

I figure maybe two days a week I’d have flap steak/white rice for all my meals. The other weeks try and stick with chicken for the meat of choice.

Right now I’m trying to lose weight and gain strength
 

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Ahh flapsteak.... I've never paid for it but it usually ends up in me paying 18 years worth of child support. And in turn losing weight because of all the groceries I cant afford
 
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Ahh flapsteak.... I've never paid for it but it usually ends up in me paying 18 years worth of child support. And in turn losing weight because of all the groceries I cant afford





You guys realize flap steak is actually meat from a cow, right?
 

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Flap steak is very similar to flank or skirt IMO, but I dont have a whole lot of experience with it. It's got a bit more fat in it than sirloin from what I can tell, ut a couple times per week shouldn't be that big of a deal. I would recommend marinating the **** out of it though and grilling it to an internal of 125. Then very thin slices AGAINST the grain. No reason it shouldn't be tasty if the above are followed.
 

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Additionally I wouldn't have it for all your meals on a given day. Definitely a decent post workout meat. Maybe one other time during the day as well.
 

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I’m a fan of skirt steak but it’s fatty
 

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Top round is relatively cheap and makes for a good breakfast. 20191117_130759.jpg
This one my cousin raised.
 

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I do a ton of top round. Super lean and I pay 5.99 a lb for Black Angus USDA Choice. 4.5g of fat per 4 oz.

I season it, hit it with a blade meat tenderizer, sear it on both sides, then cook it in 1 cup of beef, chicken, or vegetable stock in a pressure cooker for about 30 minutes. After 30 minutes are up, I let it depressurize naturally and that makes top round NICE and tender. :D

EDIT: I also like using it in Chinese style beef with broccoli. Instead of using all broth, I'll mix 1/2 soy sauce and 1/2 whatever broth I am in the mood for to cook the meat in the pressure cooker. I'll do the broccoli separate because it will overcook in the pressure cooker @ 30 minutes.
 

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Best way to use that meat.

Cook it in the over on a 1x6 oak plank at 325 degrees for 20 min. Remove from oven, let cool 5 min. place the steak in the garbage and eat the board.
 
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We are sirloin cap steak people. Best cut of meat imo
 

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Love short rib steaks, a little cajun seasoning on it.

Also grind it up, makes juicy burgers, even if overcooked.
 

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Love short rib steaks, a little cajun seasoning on it.

Also grind it up, makes juicy burgers, even if overcooked.

If it doesn't make a good steak it will make good hamburg, stew or sausage!
 

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Prefer a beef curtain myself
 

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