Cube steak
Beef Cuts
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Cube steak is a cut of beef, usually top round or top sirloin, tenderized and flattened by pounding with a meat tenderizer or use of an electric tenderizer. The name refers to the shape of the indentations left by that process (called "cubing"). This is the most common cut of meat used for the American dish chicken fried steak.
In Canada as well as in some parts of the United States, cube steak may be called a minute steak, because it can be cooked quickly.
Minute steak may also be distinguished by:
The term minute steak is also used in the United Kingdom, where the term cube steak is little known.
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