Beef cut: where it is, price, recipes
Skirt steak
A diaphragm muscle with long, obvious fibres: the cut behind every good fajita. Rare and sliced across the grain it is tender; medium and sliced with the grain it is rope.
- Grilled
- Pan-seared
$11/ lb
- In French
- Hampe
- US side
- Skirt steak
- Where it sits
- Flank. Hanger and skirt are the butcher's own cuts: he kept them for himself, far from the window.
- Tenderness
- 3/5
- Flavor
- 5/5
- Marbling
- 3/5
- Price
- $11 / lb ·
- Actual size
- ~30 cm
Compared with its neighbors
Compared with Hanger steak, Skirt steak is less tender (3/5 vs 4/5) and costs $1 a pound less.
Compared with Flank steak, Skirt steak is more marbled (3/5 vs 2/5) and costs the same.
| Cut | Tenderness | Flavor | Marbling | Price | How to cook it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skirt steak | 3/5 | 5/5 | 3/5 | $11 / lb | Grilled, Pan-seared |
| Hanger steak | 4/5 | 5/5 | 3/5 | $12 / lb | Grilled, Pan-seared |
| Flank steak | 3/5 | 5/5 | 2/5 | $11 / lb | Grilled, Pan-seared |
