Canadian Beef - Very Cheap!!! Suggestions for making eye of round tender

BigWader · October 2012

I'm not sure if the news state side has carried much about Canada's XL foods plant being closed for E. coli but it has sent a shockwave through the meat industry up here... the side benefit cheap beef!

I was at a discount store yesterday and they had whole eye of the round for like $1.60 a pound (like $13 bucks for the whole thing). One grocery store was in the paper this morning with T-bones for $2.69/lb.

I'd like to get some eye and make deli meat but I know it's very lean so I need to "juice" it up. Any suggestions for injection or brining beef? And how long to cook/temp/direct/indirect?

Thanks,

Skiddymarker · October 2012

@bigwader, go here

http://www.amazingribs.com/recipes/beef/italian_beef.html

The meat stays moist, and the sammies are excellent.

As I noted on the other post, eye of round is a good platform to build on, it lacks its own flavour, but if sliced thin can be really good.

NibbleMeThis · October 2012

The biggest thing I can recommend for eye of round is not to take it past medium rare, it gets tough as early as medium.

An easy beef injection is 1 cup beef stock and 1 Tbsp Braggs Liquid Aminios.

Little Steven · October 2012

Little more to it when it comes to the grading system

Canadian Beef - Very Cheap!!! Suggestions for making eye of round tender

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