anyone made chuck steak or mock tender steak and it tasted good not tough?

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anyone made chuck steak or mock tender steak and it tasted good not tough?
« on: March 02, 2009, 01:22:32 PM » by yasmine

anyone? It was cheap! like 12 steaks for 9.50.I hope that does not mean that they will be horrible but, of course they look good in the package. I do not really want to slow cook them, cause you know, they will just be like stew meat, yucky as a steak..I read that they must be marinated to be good...Well I have marinated only 1 thing my whole life. Any suggestions,

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« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2009, 04:44:59 PM » by aireachail

I would suggest going to www.recipezaar.com or www.allrecipes.com ... they have fabulous collections of free recipes and I bet you can find a good suggestion for a marinade. Or some other way of fixing them where they will taste delicious. If you have a pressure cooker, that might be another way of tenderizing them.

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« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2009, 05:48:24 PM » by ladyhen

Cut one in half or thirds and try this method. That way you are not sacrificing all of your meat without knowing if it will work for you. We like the price on these, too, and have found that if I cook them in a HOT cast iron skillet with butter - turning only once - they are pretty good.

If they are not tender enough by this method of cooking, then look for a marinade that has vinegar or lemon juice in it. The acid will break down the protein fibers, making it more tender.

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Re: anyone made chuck steak or mock tender steak and it tasted good not tough?
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2009, 08:53:12 PM » by blessedmama

I have a ton of experience with chuck steak/roast. I really like to cook the steaks on the bbq with seasoning salt, garlic salt/powder, onion salt/powder and pepper. BBQ they are fabulous, they are actually our favorite steaks to cook this way. If you have the roast, they are best cooked slowly in the crockpot on low all day with dry onion soup mix, beef boullion, garlic powder and pepper plus chunks of onion, garlic then later on potatoes and carrots. The roast is so good and the liquid I make gravy out of and most the time don't even have to season the gravy it comes out delicious.

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« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2009, 08:37:28 AM » by all4him

we butcher all our own beef, and make lots of roasts and steaks- for the steaks- I pound them with the tenderizer I have, then marinate them for several hrs in olive oil, vinegar, ginger, salt, pepper, and garlic powder- my husband grills them on our grill- 4 min on each side! They are soooo good! for the roast- I pull it out of the freezer, and cover it with salt water overnite, it takes the blood out- then I'll pour off the water and salt it again- sprinkle some soy sauce on, and put a whole diced onion over top, put an inch or so of water in the bottom of the pan, and bake it at 350 for 2 hrs, then put it back to 200 for 4 or more hrs. I do this almost every Sunday, and then make a gravy with the broth- it is so tender!

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« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2009, 12:46:06 PM » by mykidsmom

I have some buffalo cube steak I'd like to use but the last time I cooked it it came out tough. Cube steak is only supposed to cook for a few minutes per side but my husband said he thought it needed to be cooked for a long time (it was THAT tough). Does anyone know how to do this right? I'd like to use them tonight.

thanks,

patti

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Re: anyone made chuck steak or mock tender steak and it tasted good not tough?
« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2009, 01:02:45 PM » by ladyhen

Quote from: mykidsmom on March 03, 2009, 12:46:06 PM

If you can marinade them in buttermilk at room temperature for an hour or two, then bread them in seasoned flour and fry in hot oil or butter, that should help. It just takes long enough to brown the breading and they come out like nice chicken fried steaks. We often cook lean game meat this way.

Another way would be to marinade in an acid based marinade, like vinegar or lemon juice. Fast, hot cooking in a skillet or on a grill will be the way to go.

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