Skirt Beef - the best way to cook it?

zippychick

ive merged this with our skirt of beef thread

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LesleyRob

I have just started to use beef skirt, it's very tasty and easy to cook.
I get mine from Tesco, it's not that expensive either.:smiley

nik0510

We had beef skirt this weekend I put in a beef stock cube, a couple of cubes of red wine mushrooms, and left it in the slow cooker, it was lovely. I usually buy mine from Sainsburys sometimes even reduced!! If i see it reduced I always pick it up and put in the freezer. Might try it as a steak, but it is a lovely meat so tender, you wont be disappointed.

jackyann

I was reading through this, wondering when someone was going to say 'cook it like steak' so thanks Listel (my button isn't working)

I cook it as Listel says, but I cut it into thick strips first, rather than cook as a whole steak. I find it rather more tender that way, and in our house it divides it up better because of different appetites.

I am facinated by how differently butchers cut meat - I lived for a long time in an area that had a large Italian population, and the butcher was very used to cutting as directed by them, but he would never use the term 'skirt' (which I had always known) - he said 'flank'.

My current butcher showed me how he cuts rump steak - I never used to buy rump steak (except as very thin slices) as I found it cooked unevenly and seemed not good value - but he divides up the muscle and cuts it differently. His 'bistro rump' at £22 / kilo works beautifully for us as a treat as a 100g steak is thick enough to grill just as rare as I like it. So under £5 for a very good Saturday night steak for 2