Rib eye steak
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| Beef Cut: | Rib |
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| Steak Type: | Rib Eye Steak |
| (also known as: Delmonico steak, scotch fillet, beauty steak, market steak, Spencer steak, Entrecôte (french)) | |
The rib eye, or ribeye, also known as the Delmonico steak or Scotch fillet (Australia) is a beef steak from the small end of the rib roast. When cut into steaks, the rib eye is one of the most popular, juiciest, and expensive steaks on the market. Meat from the rib section is tender and fattier (the meat is said to be "marbled") than other parts of the beef carcass. This extra fat makes rib eye steaks and roasts especially tender and flavorful. The rib eye is sometimes served bone-in, particularly at high-end steakhouses. The extra moisture and fat alongside the bone is said to enhance the flavor, which is rich and somewhat sweet.
The rib section of beef spans from ribs six through twelve. Ribeye steaks are mostly composed of the Longissimus muscle but also contain the Complexus and Spinalis muscles.
Among those praising the rib eye are Alton Brown, who identified it as his favorite steak on the first episode of his Food Network program Good Eats. In his book How to Grill, Steven Raichlen identifies the rib eye as his favorite steak. On the episode of "Throwdown" in which chef Bobby Flay challenges the Marine Captain for a steak cookoff, Flay mentioned that ribeye was his favorite cut of beef.
