There is nothing better than Cutting up your own steaks. You hands down get the right thickness, and the right size. You can make them super thick or thin, whatever floats your boat. You also just can’t beat the price. Buying large chunks of beef is much cheaper than buying steaks pre-cut in the store. I just get angry when I go to buy steak and end up paying $15 a steak for a steak I don’t even enjoy eating. These steaks shown above a delish tenderloin steaks. When the steaks are broken down this way you get the steak meat at about $1 an ounce. You can’t beat that price. Any meat that doesn’t look like I can cut into a steak I chop up and use for Beef and Broccoli or Kabob meat. Now of course you are going to have to freeze the meat to make sure it keeps. Here’s a cool trick to help keep your meat as fresh as possible. I use plastic bags to freeze meat, but it can be hard to squeeze out all the air, and air is your enemy in the freezer. To get the air out, partially sub-merge your meat in a bag in a sink full of water. The water static pressure will help to squeeze all the air out for you:
Final product with air squeezed out:
I was actually really impressed with how well this worked.
For more tips on Saving money check out my Costco shopping post, that I wrote previously.
Hey thanks for the great tip on using water to squeeze out the extra air when freezing packages of meat…love it!