- Epicurious Essentials: Cooking How-Tos
- Meat
- Episode 1
How to Trim a Flank Steak
Released on 11/11/2008
Trimming flank steak.
While we love flank steak because of it's great flavor.
This cut of meat has extra fat and gristle on it
that need to be trimmed off before it's cooked.
First, we need to remove the silver-skin, which is
a membrane that covers one side of the steak.
To get started, use a sharp boning knife to slice
under one small corner of the membrane.
Grab this corner and yank upward to start
pulling it off the meat.
Then, use your knife to separate the silver-skin
from the meat as you continue pulling
toward the other end of the steak.
Once you remove the silver-skin,
trim off any large pieces of fat.
You'll want to remove most of the fat
but don't get rid of it all because some fat
makes the meat moist and flavorful.
Once you've trimmed the steak, it's ready to be seasoned
and cooked however you like.