Chuck Eye Steak suggestions?

Keto_T

Trying to save money, i bought some chuck eye steaks. They sorta look like sirloin but not as tender. I marinated them as per a website suggestion to make them more tender. The flavor isnt bad. Has anyone ever had any luck with this cut?

moe0303

I've heard adding rock salt will tenderize it. I like to actually to put the cooked meat into a food processor and make cheese steaks out of it.

ettaterrell

That is my favorite cut almost! I've never had it tough though so maybe your cut is different from mine?? We actually think they are the most tender cuts lol take a pic I'd like to see

Christine_72

I use it to make Goulash. Cook it for 2-3 hours and the meat falls apart melt in your mouth. I also use Oyster blade or Gravy beef. But I would only use these cuts for a long, slow cooking recipe. I wouldn't fry them up like steaks unless you want to be chewing on gristly rubber

FIT_Goat

I eat mine rare or raw. I find they only get super tough if I cook them too much. Some parts are a bit chewy, but I use a sharp knife and cut them into small bites and they swallow just fine. This is 90% of my daily diet, when my wife doesn't let me splurge on ribeyes. I've probably eaten a couple hundred pounds of this cut. I buy them in 20+ pound chunks. If you look at my shopping cart photo, in the other thread, the beef on the top of the picture is chuck roll. I cut that into steaks. They aren't all chuck eye (that's just one end of the roll), but it all eats the same to me.

ettaterrell

Yeah I eat my med rare so that might be why they are softer to me lol

Keto_T

Thanks y'all. I cooked one at lunch and it was a little tough but I overcooked some. The dinner ones were medium rare and a lot better. Marinated in Dale's Steak seasoning and they were SALTY but good.

ettaterrell

Yummy I love dales

lithezebra

Yum. I love steak, preferably rare, but if it's overcooked, I cut it into smaller pieces and eat it anyway.

BalmyD

Chuck eye is our go-to cut. We don't even marinate. I just choose a nicely marbled one and sear like a regular steak and then in the oven for a few minutes depending on thickness. The marbling is the key to tender delicious chuck eye steak.

Lillith32

I stick tough cuts in the slow cooker. Last week I bought two 3 lb chunks of beef, stuck one in plastic bag with olive oil, salt, garlic, onion powder, and rosemary for 24 hours, then seared it and put it in the slow cooker. Came out delicious.

glossbones

Thank you for the reminder that I personally love Chuck Eye! No one else in my family will eat it, so I've been doling out the bill folds for rib eye lately. I could just buy myself a chunkahunkachuckeye and crouch over it like Gollum.

chaoticdreams

Amusingly enough, that's what I'm having for dinner tonight. I'm wrapping it in tinfoil and grilling that sucker slowly. It usually comes out tender and juicy. Man, I'm starving. I wish it was done right now.