List of steak dishes facts for kids
Have you ever eaten a steak? A steak is usually a slice of meat, often beef, cut from a larger piece. It's cut across the muscle fibers. You can also find steaks made from fish!
Most meat steaks are cooked by grilling, pan-frying, or broiling. Fish steaks can also be baked. Sometimes, dishes like steak and kidney pie or Salisbury steak are called "steak" even if the meat is cooked in a sauce or shaped differently.
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What are Beef Steaks?
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A Beefsteak is a flat piece of beef, usually cut across the muscle fibers. These steaks are often grilled, pan-fried, or broiling.
The most tender cuts of beef come from the loin and rib areas. These are cooked quickly with dry heat and served whole. Less tender cuts, like those from the chuck or round, are often cooked with moist heat or made softer using special tools.
Popular Beef Steak Dishes
Here are some well-known beef steak dishes from around the world:
- Beef Wellington: A fancy dish where beef tenderloin is covered in pastry and baked.
- Bistecca alla fiorentina: A thick, grilled steak from Florence, Italy.
- Bulgogi: A Korean dish of thinly sliced, marinated beef, often grilled.
- Carne asada: Thinly sliced, grilled beef, popular in Mexican cuisine.
- Cheesesteak: A sandwich filled with thinly sliced beefsteak and melted cheese.
- Chicken-fried steak: A piece of beef steak coated in seasoned flour and fried like fried chicken.
- Fajita: Originally referred to the skirt steak cut of beef, now a popular Tex-Mex dish.
- Hamburg steak: A patty of ground beef, often served with gravy.
- London broil: A North American dish made from marinated flank steak, sliced thin.
- Mongolian beef: A Chinese-American dish with thinly sliced beef and a savory sauce.
- Pepper steak: Beef cooked with peppers and a sauce.
- Salisbury steak: A dish of ground beef shaped into a patty, often served with gravy.
- Steak and eggs: A classic breakfast or brunch meal.
- Steak and kidney pie: A traditional British savory pie filled with beef steak and kidney.
- Steak au poivre: A French dish where steak is coated in crushed peppercorns.
- Steak frites: A popular dish in Europe, combining steak with French fries.
- Steak sandwich: A sandwich with slices of cooked steak.
- Steak tartare: A dish of raw ground beef, often served with seasonings.
- Surf and turf: A meal combining seafood (like lobster) with steak.
Fish Steaks
A Fish steak is a slice of fish cut across the spine, so it includes the bones. This is different from a fish fillet, which is cut along the side of the spine and doesn't have large bones. Fish steaks can be grilled, pan-fried, broiled, or baked.
Popular Fish Steak Dishes
- Kabkabou: A fish and tomato stew from Tunisia, traditionally made with fish steak.
Pork Steaks
Pork steak is usually cut from the shoulder of a pig, but can also come from the loin or leg. Shoulder steaks can be a bit tough because they have a lot of collagen. This means they often need to be cooked longer and slower than beef steaks, sometimes stewed or simmered in barbecue sauce.
Popular Pork Steak Dishes
- Pork chop: A popular cut of pork, often grilled or pan-fried.
- Pork chop bun: A popular sandwich from Macau with a pork chop inside a bun.
- Twice cooked pork: A famous Chinese dish where pork belly steaks are first simmered, then sliced and stir-fried.
Plant-Based Steaks
Not all "steaks" are made from meat! Some are made from vegetables or mushrooms.
- Portobello mushroom steak: A large mushroom cap cooked like a steak.
- Tofu steak: Slices of tofu cooked to resemble a steak.
- Steak fries: These are thick-cut French fries, larger than regular fries.
Steak Sauces
Steak sauce is a dark brown sauce often served with beef in the United States. It's similar to "brown sauce" in Britain. In Japan, tonkatsu sauce is also related but has slightly different ingredients.
- A1 Steak Sauce
- Béarnaise sauce: A creamy sauce made with butter, egg yolk, and herbs.
- Gravy: A sauce made from meat juices, often served with steak.
- Worcestershire sauce: A fermented liquid condiment often used to flavor steak.
See also
Images for kids
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Surf and turf – steak and lobster
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Wagyu beef plate
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Tournedos Rossini is a French steak dish, supposedly created for the composer Gioachino Rossini.
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