Cheap but tasty steak?

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  • 777Gemma888
    777Gemma888 Posts: 9,578 Member
    Our Mexican butchers have best prices here ... When recipes call for any sirloin cuts, we opt for striploin cut ... Costs nearly $2 less per pound and we request for them to remove the bone for us.

    I second the oldest gentleman butcher suggestion. That was exactly how we learnt about same piece of meat, different name because of the bone.
  • Nacho_Daddy
    Nacho_Daddy Posts: 846 Member
    :+1: for striploin -- Cuts from the front of the hip are much better, IMHO -- I've never asked to get em bone-out, but I soon will !
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    stv1520 wrote: »
    Found a recipe I'd like to try, but it calls for 1 inch thick New York Strips. I looked at my local store and they were $20/pound! Negative on that. Anyway, it's an air fryer recipe so I wouldn't feel right doing expensive steaks in it. What are good alternatives that are way better priced and tasty to?

    NY steak is my favorite cut of beef and I get on sale in bulk at $5-6/# depending on if it's bone,-in or not

    They use to sell flank and strip steak or less until those cuts became trendy. Now they often cost more than both strip steaks and ribeye.
  • LyndaBSS
    LyndaBSS Posts: 6,964 Member
    You can take any of the tougher cuts, marinate in Lawry's Steak & Chop marinade and end up with a delicious, tender meal.
  • wilson10102018
    wilson10102018 Posts: 1,306 Member
    Korean cut shortribs, marinated, are nice. Very cheap at Sams Club.xqvn1hukc9ts.jpg
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    nikkit321 wrote: »
    pork steaks are a great substitute for a beef steak, and much cheaper

    not the same thing at all
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    edited November 2019
    candylilacs wrote: »
    NY steak is available at DollarTree!

    Yeah and, like No Name Steaks, they are already pounded into oblivion and crunched back together. On the other hand, they are great for camping and cooking on a stick over the fire.

    I agree with others who said to find yourself a decent butcher and consult him/her. My local Piggly Wiggly has 2 great butchers and they gave me great advice the last time I needed steaks for Beef Wellington. I also trust them to provide safe beef for the New Years Eve traditional Cannibal Sandwiches.
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    Pork steaks are just pork chops.

    Nothing "wrong" w/them. They're really cheap and taste fine to me when grilled but they are NOT steaks!
  • jeff97266
    jeff97266 Posts: 93 Member
    I like these precooked slices of sirloin from Costco. The package doesn't break the bank and you can easily have and enjoy a decent portion over the course of a week. ☺f9es2soub4du.jpg
  • jhanleybrown
    jhanleybrown Posts: 240 Member
    Costco. Great meat. Get a whole tenderloin and then cut it into steaks and freeze. To save more get the one that has not been prepped. You will need to remove the outer membrane but costs less.

    They also sell NY steaks.
  • H_Ock12
    H_Ock12 Posts: 1,152 Member
    I'd try sirloin
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    There is no substitute for NY strip steaks

    I can get 1" thick NY strip steaks on sale for just $5/# at carious supermarkets in my area

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