Hi, Mike: I spent few hours googled on web sites in order to understand what you are talking about in your reply & what kind of meat section is available in U.S. I found the following article: I need you to teach me which section of beef I should buy? Chuck roll or chuck shoulder clod. Tell you the truth, I have no idea what they are talking about. I only need to buy the same kind of meat to learn how to trim & cook your recipe. Below is a detailed description of beef chuck" One of the most common ways of fabricating a beef chuck is by separating it into two major boneless cuts: the chuck roll and the chuck shoulder clod. 1. The chuck roll is a large (approximately 20 pounds) boneless piece, made up of the long section of meat between the ribs and the backbone. A skilled butcher can remove the ribs and backbone in one piece, and this piece of meat can then be divided in half. The section that overlays the ribs is usually used for ground beef, and what is left, after being trimmed and squared up, is called the chuck roll. The chuck roll actually has some tender muscles in it, which make excellent grilling steaks. In fact, this is the same muscle from which we get rib-eye steaks. But because there are quite a few tough muscles in the chuck roll too, one of the most common techniques is to separate the top section called the chuck eye from the bottom section known as the chuck under the blade, which can be sliced thin for a stir-fry. 2. The chuck shoulder clod is basically a big lump of muscle on the top side of the animal, which forms its outer shoulder bulge. Like the chuck roll, the shoulder clod also usually weighs about 20 pounds. Separating the shoulder clod from the beef chuck requires cutting around and extracting the upper arm bone called the humerus, and then carefully cutting the muscle away from the shoulder blade bone. The shoulder clod is a group of five muscles that can be separated and fabricated into steaks and roasts. The advantage of separating these muscles is that it allows the connective tissue between them to be removed, which is one of the reasons why beef chuck can be so chewy if it's not cooked properly. But, even with the connective tissue removed, most of the muscles from the shoulder clod are still a bit tough. Finally, there's another muscle on the outside of the shoulder blade, commonly known as the chuck tender, which is typically used for pot roast. Whichever cut of beef chuck you are using, you will find it is a delicious (and underrated) part of the animal, as well as an economical one. Moreover, it is extremely versatile. Most cuts simply require a long, slow cooking time to soften up and release their flavor. Many of these cuts are not regularly stocked even in serious butcher shops. If you want to try some of these cuts at home, make friends with a butcher who fabricates cuts, and ask him or her to put a certain piece aside for you. Thank you in advance for your time.
@michael_cuisine Жыл бұрын
The cut in the video is top blade, and I not sure which category in your research it fits in, but u can definitely google it and show butcher shop the picture. You are quite hardcore in researching. Which ever beef cut recommended for stew can be used. Look for the cheap cut contains lots of connective tissues and fat, cut into cubes and they are excellent for red braised beef, good luck.
@agnesma9372 Жыл бұрын
@@michael_cuisine I finally found some text & a photo similar to what you described in your video: "... It’s very buttery in flavor, and the meat surrounding the gristle line is very tender. It has no fat cap and has marvelous marbling throughout, which is what gives it its creamy flavor. Because of the strip of gristle running through the middle, it can be quite chewy if you try to eat this strip, or if you overcook it." A photo should follow, but I failed to copy & paste. I don't know why? (May be a copyright issue?) All I want from you is teaching me how to trim this meat into 2 groups: for braising purpose & for stir-frying purpose. The following is from one of your reply: " The tendon runs mainly through the middle of top blade steak. So I was simply trim the middle part out as well as the silver line on top and bottom of the cut, to use those for beef braising." Could you show some pictures or sketches to help me understand how you get the following tasks done? 1. trimming middle part out 2. trimming the silver line on top out 3. trimming the silver line on bottom out? I knew I took too much of your time but I really wanted to learn this technique. For return may I invite you out to eat next time you visit California? Tks a million again in advance.
Hi, Mike: After all this time, I finally purchased a piece of meat that is exactly like yours. I tried to make friends with my local butchers. I found a butcher, willing to sell me a huge piece of meat, about 5 pounds, before trimming. It is called "Top Blade Boneless Roast" here in the US. There is a saying, "If you search hard enough you will get what you are looking for at the end." I tried to upload this meat photo to you & failed. My son came home & told me that unless I have your email address otherwise in KZbin, text only no photo. I then decided just ask you the following questions: 1. I vertically cut this meat into 3 big chucks. (next time, I will cut into 2 chucks instead.) For each chuck of meat, I will separate it into 半筋半肉 & stir flying meat. I went over your video couple more times lately. In your video, you mentioned that you got 3 pieces of 半筋半肉 for stewing purpose & 2 pieces of stir frying meat by doing the following a, b, c, & d steps: a. trimming middle part out (what thickness is this part, 1" or 2" thick?) b. trimming the silver line on top out (what thickness is this part, 1" or 2" thick ?) c. trimming the silver line on bottom out (what thickness is this part, 1" or 2" thick ?) d. The left over meat for stir flying meat (it is called flat iron steak) (what thickness is this part, 1" or 2" thick ?) By the way, after cutting into small cubes, what size is each cube ? f you answer me the thickness of each cut, I believe I can figure out how to trim each portion out correctly. I am ready to try your recipe now. So help me out. Thanks again for your time to read my letter. Patiently waiting for your reply.
@@michael_cuisine Fifty five years ago, after graduating from a Taiwan"s university, I came to U.S. to study first & settled down here later. Therefore I have no problem to read, write & speak perfect Chinese. My problem is to input Chinese characters using just the computer keyboard. I have been using PenPower for this input purpose but finding it is a painful task. Each character takes me a long time to input since PenPower doesn't "like"(recognize) what I write. Recently one of my friend suggested me to use "Google Translate" function. Although it is not a perfect solution but it solved my input problem. You guessed right, in order to save time, I wrote to you in English & Google Translated into Chinese. To me, it is a God sent gift. Since you revealed you are from Taipei filming KZbin. Therefore I will reveal my 79 years old age. If a recipe writer outside U.S. could correctly translate ingredient names especially on meat name, would really help people not living in Taiwan getting the accurate ingredients. Thank you repling my question soon. I can't wait for your next video. This time, I do not use Google Translate since your English is above my level.
@agnesma9372 Жыл бұрын
"Thank you for repling......" Repling spelled wrong. It should be spelled as "Replying". Sorry for the mistake. I am only a human. Ha-ha.
@michael_cuisine Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your kind message. 1. The cut I was using was top blade steak which comes from the chunk shoulder section. I don’t think they sell this cut particularly so u can look for cut name involved of the word chunk. 2. The tendon runs mainly through the middle of top blade steak. So I was simply trim the middle part out as well as the silver line on top and bottom of the cut, to use those for beef braising. Yes for cut that contains least tendon, stir-frying is an good option. 半筋半肉 can be interpreted in many ways. The one in my video is my interpretation. So please feel free to pick up a available cut in market that has both rich tendon and meat. My English is alright, thanks again.