Fajita meat

RRP

I was having trouble finding skirt steak and flank steak was more money than I wanted to pay for fajita night. So I decided to buy a flat iron steak instead. I'm assuming that when cut cross grain it will be at least as tasty as skirt steak and should even be more tender. Any opinions of right or wrong?

Cornholio

Flat iron steak is perfectly fine for fajitas.  Not sure about fiajitas though.  

RRP

Cornholio said:

Flat iron steak is perfectly fine for fajitas.  Not sure about fiajitas though.  

LOL ...okay!

bgebrent

Flat iron is perfect for fajitas.

BulletGrillHouse

I like the marinated skirt steak from Costco, I do add some fajita rub to this as well.

GATraveller

BulletGrillHouse said:

I like the marinated skirt steak from Costco, I do add some fajita rub to this as well.

I've never seen that before in Costco.  Then again....I've never looked.  Now I will.  Thanks.

SmokeyPitt

I think it will be good, but I would slice it pretty thin. Flat iron doesn't have as well defined of a grain as compared to skirt, so it is more difficult to slice across and get those pieces that pull right apart. 

SmokeyPitt

GATraveller said:

BulletGrillHouse said:

I like the marinated skirt steak from Costco, I do add some fajita rub to this as well.

I've never seen that before in Costco.  Then again....I've never looked.  Now I will.  Thanks.

@GATraveller- I haven't seen those either. According to Instacart not available in my area (I am in Woodstock). 

GATraveller

SmokeyPitt said:

GATraveller said:

BulletGrillHouse said:

I like the marinated skirt steak from Costco, I do add some fajita rub to this as well.

I've never seen that before in Costco.  Then again....I've never looked.  Now I will.  Thanks.

@GATraveller- I haven't seen those either. According to Instacart not available in my area (I am in Woodstock). 

Not available in Duluth or Brookhaven either.  There are sooooo many carnicerias near me it'd never be an issue finding skirt though.  

TXSamIam

I have used flat iron steak several times for fajitas, always turns out great.  IMHO a very underrated cut of meat

Kevinboatright

TXSamIam said:

I have used flat iron steak several times for fajitas, always turns out great.  IMHO a very underrated cut of meat

Could not have said it better myself. Flat Iron is a great cut if prepared correctly, if not it will be tough. 

Woodchunk

RRP said:

I was having trouble finding skirt steak and flank steak was more money than I wanted to pay for fajita night. So I decided to buy a flat iron steak instead. I'm assuming that when cut cross grain it will be at least as tasty as skirt steak and should even be more tender. Any opinions of right or wrong?

How did it turn out?

RRP

Woodchunk said:

How did it turn out?

Thanks for asking.
Quite well! Look at all that marbling! I put it in the freezer for an hour which let me easily slice it across the grain in 1/4" strips. The reason it is in 3 piles I just wanted to be able to brown all the pieces quickly rather than scramble trying to get all done at the same time.

Then I already had my onions, green and red bell peppers sliced and ready to go. Soft tortilla shells were warmed and refried beans spread on first. The meal turned out very tasty and I'll do in the future as well!

Woodchunk

Very nice. 

GoldenQ

I like to use HEB prime or choice sirloin for this.  when marinated they are excellent and are much cheaper when on sale.  What used to be cheap steak to buy several years ag has become very expensive due to the popularity of these.