Steak canadians or minute steaks

tammy66

can anyone tell me which supermarket sells then i have searched in vain but cannot find them anywhere

Chocmonster7

Probably the closest you'd get is quick fry steaks, I know Morrisons & Aldi stock those.

snaffs

I last saw them in Makro, I think they were in a box of 50

LilacLillie

Iceland used to sell them but tell me they no longer do, due to lack of demand?
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wondercollie

As a Canadian, I have to ask. What is Steak Canadian? Maple syrup coated and wrapped in Canadian Bacon???

Coopdivi

They're actually called steak Canadienne. They have nothing to with Canada and they're not steaks. They're made from a small amount of beef or other meat with a massive amount of fat and come in thin slices which cook very quickly.

This quote from a thread on Sheffield Forum explains one of the manufacturing processes used to make them:

"The next year I got a job in an abbatoir / food production plant making doner kebab meat / steak canadians (same stuff). 200Kg blocks of frozen mutton hearts would come in from Australia. We'd then tip them into a large stainless steel hopper together with a bag of liquid animal fat, and a sack of breadcrumbs/spices/additives. Huge claws would rotate down into the hopper; slicing the frozen hearts and generating a liquid slurry. This was then pumped through a giant nozzle into different shaped plastic bags. One shape was for a doner (round-ish) and the other was rectangular to be made into steak canadians (they were then frozen)."

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/archive/index.php/t-308981.html

wyre_forest_red

tammy66 wrote: »

can anyone tell me which supermarket sells then i have searched in vain but cannot find them anywhere

Our local Cooltrader (Heron Foods) had them last time I looked. I loved these as a kid.... I tried them again last year and, in the same way as Wagon Wheels and Wham bars, they didn't seem to be as nice as I remembered them! Still, cheap and convenient though.

chuzzle_2

Asda used to do them as well, but since the "horse meat" scare they've stopped doing them. Anyone seen them around since??

Edwardia

Abel & Cole https://www.abelandcole.co.uk does proper sirloin minute steaks 400g avg pack of 4 11.49, organic sirloin minute steaks 500g avg pack of 2 14.50 and wild venison minute steaks 250g min pack of 2 4.49

Basically they are called minute steaks because you just flash fry them as they should be tender. I lived in Canada and have Canadian cousins and have never heard of steak canadienne.

The Sheffield forum description makes me feel ill. :eek:

chuzzle_2

Yes, I've had minute steaks before, but the steak Canadians were flavoured a bit like the doner meat you get at kebab shops and that is what I used them for to make my own doner kebabs - delish!!!!!!!

Edwardia

I think doner meat on the spit is often lamb, so if the canadiennes are made with mutton that could explain why you thought they reminded you of doner kebabs... impressive taste buds :T

When I was a kid my mother used to serve up stuffed lamb's hearts and they were really good but OH won't touch offal at all.