Blade steak

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Top blade steak
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Beef Cuts
Type Chuck cut of beef

The beef top blade steak (also known as the chicken steak) comes from the chuck section of a steer or heifer.

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Raw blade steak, showing the gristly fascia membrane down the middle Blade steak.jpg
Raw blade steak, showing the gristly fascia membrane down the middle

The steaks are cross-cut from the top blade subprimal, the infraspinatus. [1] The same muscle cut with the grain gives flat iron steaks, which do not have the connective tissue (fascia) that runs down the middle of the blade steak.

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References

  1. "The Unconsidered Cut". GQ. 9 December 2009. Retrieved 12 Dec 2019.