Beef Frying Steak Slow Cooker

Can i slow cook frying steak?

I'm making beef stew in the slow cooker tomorrow. I've got some braising steak that I know stews up lovely, but not quite enough. I've also got a couple of cheap 'frying steaks' in the freezer. If I tenderise them and cook the are on low, will they cook up okay? Or am I going to end up with little chewy nuggets of beef?

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· 4y · edited 4y

ok so if these "frying steaks" are lean, then you don't want to stew them with the chuck because the pieces will end up ~~mushy and tasteless~~ hard and dry.

but no fear, you can just cook the "frying steaks" like you were going to eat them whole, then cube em up and add them to the stew just before serving (long enough just to heat the meat through). I do this to add more chicken meat to my soups—braise the thighs, bake the breasts, and add it all in at the end.

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This is wrong, lean meat slow cooked becomes hard and dry, not mushy, and not sure where you got tasteless, slow cooked meat absorbs the flavors it's cooked in.

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What cut is a "frying" steak? It really depends on that. Is "braising" steak chuck?

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Yeah Siri is what we call chuck in the UK. As for the frying steak I have no idea. It's the cheap supermarket breaks and Just says 'frying steak' on the front.

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You mean something like lean sirloin? These often end up dry when stewed, sort of powdery dry because they're too lean unless you add a lot of fat and make something like chili. I usually only use this cut for ground meat (or leave as steak) and add in other cuts.

But they will be tender, just a bit dry.

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Hmm I can live with that, it's going to be 80% braising steak anyway and it'll be in a thick sauce

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What did you do and how did it turn out?

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It's in the slow cooker now so I'll let you know when it's done :) I wanted it to be completely ready when I get in so I just cut the frying steak up small and threw it in with the rest. We shall see!