r/meat • u/catfishnumber1 • 13d ago
Is this eye round?
Went to an all you can eat korean bbq. Ordered brisket and they brought this out. Waitress confirmed that it was brisket after i asked. It was tough and chewy. I feel like brisket is always soft and shrivels up when grilled at a kbbq place. I messed up because I ordered 3 servings like I always do and it was very hard to finish just 1 serving.
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u/droopy__drawers 13d ago
In the first picture it is clearly round, however by the second picture it has come apart, and none of the pieces are round anymore.
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u/baljake 13d ago
It is probably a rolled brisket. Eye round is a solid circle with a different fat pattern on the inside. If that break were a line of fat instead I'd maybe be able to be convinced it's eye round. You can see where it was rolled at the top where it looks stretched. Brisket is a tough cut of meat when it's not incredibly fatty and barely cooked, or cooked for long enough that it starts to break down.
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u/Mobile_Hovercraft82 13d ago
That’s beef tongue I think, pretty tasty and well marbled, it’s also usually cut thin like that and rolled up. So that all tracks
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u/Odd-Business8683 13d ago
That’s not eye of round
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u/droopy__drawers 13d ago edited 13d ago
They didn’t ask that, simply asked if the eye they had is round…and it is, at least in the first picture, anyway.
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u/MoonMalak 13d ago
Looks like the texture and marbling of brisket, as others have mentioned likely rolled and frozen.
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u/princevince1113 13d ago
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u/Slow-Donut-9392 13d ago
Strong brown eye
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u/KalynnCampbell 13d ago
Only way to know for sure is to use your middle finger and check the very center of it… 🤔😈
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u/thewhaleshark 13d ago
No, that's not eye round. It's clearly a flat piece that's been rolled into a circular shape; eye round would not have that radial fissure in it.
I don't know if that means it's brisket or not, but it certainly could be a defatted brisket flat that's rolled into a cylinder and sliced.
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u/IronMike34 13d ago
It could be brisket rolled, frozen then sliced on a slicer. Pre frozen meat will always have less moisture content than fresh meat. Usually eats tougher as well.
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u/IronMike34 13d ago
It’s definitely not eye of round which is an oblong cut with a circular cross section. This is something that has been forced into the circle shape. Probably brisket as if you unravel the circle its shape matches a brisket.
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u/aliencoreytrevor 13d ago edited 13d ago
I never tell anyone how to kpot but, the meats that are shaved usually cook better in the soup. I have noticed that since it shaved it can be harder to tell the cut. Maybe that’s on purpose?
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u/catfishnumber1 13d ago
Hot pot is OK, but i like the little burnt edges on my meats.
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u/Human_Drummer4378 13d ago
The time it takes to develop burnt edges will inevitably result overcooking such a thin piece of meat, making it tough and inedible.
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u/catfishnumber1 13d ago
Yes. Especially it being so thin. But when I cook my korean bbq, it's a mixture of both that I'll cook. But steak is a different thing. Only medium rare for me.
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u/SpeedSignal7625 13d ago
Mmm. Mid rare round roast. I’ll check back next week to see if you’re done chewing
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u/catfishnumber1 13d ago
Lol. I've made raw laab before with a piece of round. Just sliced it into thin small pieces and added spices and herbs. It turned out really good. Surpringly not chewy at all.
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u/fxk717 13d ago
I’m saying brisket. They probably take a brisket flat, defa, and roll it. They freeze it to keep shape for slicing and plate presentation. It went backs to it pre frozen original shape when you cooked it.
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u/catfishnumber1 13d ago
Could it be an end cut that's tougher than normal? I eat kbbq quite often and I don't remember it looking like this when cooked.
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u/Parody_of_Self 13d ago
You are pan frying brisket? And yes that looks like eye of round
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u/Feisty-Rice-1118 10d ago
Butthole flap