This is an eye round considered by most the worst piece of
steak there is. And most people don't even eat as a steak. It is a muscle that
works hard and for that reason it is not that tender. But my goal today is to test
it two different ways to find out if we can make this as good as a steak. And the
first one is going to be dry aged. When dry aging you want to make sure you keep
everything clean and for that reason I like to wear gloves. This is an UMA Dry
bag kit it is not an ordinary bag. It is a special bag used for dry aging, it
allows moisture to escape without letting anything bad get back in. It is
the perfect way to dry aged at home without any special equipment. Once I've
removed the additional liquid that came in the bag all there's left to do is
transfer the meat inside of the bag. I've gotten a lot of questions before should
you pat it dry and the answer is no. You want the meat wet because it will give a
better contact, so never pat it dry. Using a special fabric that comes with the kit
all you have to do is vacuum seal it. Do your best because you will not be able
to remove all the air out. Now transfer it to a cooling rack and it is ready for
dry aging. There is nothing else to do but put it on your refrigerator and wait
45 days. Now I really want to compare how good this dry aging will be so I got
another eye round. Once I slice it open you can already tell that it is a tough cut
of meat. Since it's a working muscle you can see there is almost no intramuscular
fat. Most people do not use as a steak they use it as a roast. Now that I have
two halves one of them I am going to be using the pineapple to tenderize it, and
the other one is going to be the control. for the control I cut steaks at one
and a half inches thick, then I seasoned them well with salt pepper and garlic
powder. Now I don't have high hopes for this one, but I want to have something to
compare with. Since this one is ready let's move right into the pineapple. Now
this might sound weird but pineapple have enzymes not only on the fruit
itself but also on the skin. To ensure we extract the most amount of the enzymes I
am going to be blending all of it including the skin. I know it sounds
weird to you because we don't eat the skin we will also not be eating this
blend. Once he does its job we just gotta wash it off.
And that's what you're looking for.
I cut three more steaks out of the
one I had left I added them to the mix and make sure he was a hundred percent
submerged. Now there's left to do is let them marinate for two hours in the
refrigerator. Once the two hours had elapsed I quickly removed them and as
you already know by my tenderizing experiment this makes the meat very soft.
Now it really feels like a steak, and I think if I leave it any longer it will
start disintegrating. You can also see that the color completely changed, that
redness is gone and the enzymes started to cook the steak already. It is
important to wash it all off. The enzymes already did their job be sure to rinse
it under cold water for at least three times. Once that was done now you can
really see what I was talking about. It no longer looks like a steak it looks
like fish. But now that they're all ready it is time to season them and I kept the
seasoning the same, used salt pepper and garlic powder. Now let's get back to
our dry aged one.
After 45 days of dry aging this is what it looks like.
Without even opening the bag it feels like a rock. As you can imagine it was already
hard before dry aging but now that I open it and I feel this crust it is
exactly like a rock. There is no Bend whatsoever.
Once the bags was completely removed this is what it looks like.
Then I got one of my sharpest knife and tried to slice them into steaks and boy
was it hard, but I managed to do it.
As you know you have to remove the outer edges. Once I've done that I was rewarded
with three beautiful steaks.
If you did not see the process and you touch this, this capacitors a filet
mignon. It feels extremely tender but it is also very small. But the important
thing is how is it going to taste. To make sure the season is consistent I use
the exact same thing which is salt pepper and garlic powder.
Now I want to give these eye rounds the best possible chance of becoming a steak.
I'll be using this as my basting butter. It's pretty straightforward we have one
stick of melted butter mixed with two tablespoons of garlic paste, mix it well
and your basting butter is done.
But now that we have the steaks ready it is
time to answer that good question; Will dry-aged actually make that eye round a steak?
What about the pineapple, can that be better than dry aging? Well there's only
one way to find out. I'm going to be front searing these steaks and then I'm
going to be cooking them in indirect heat, and don't forget the basting butter.
But now I say it's enough talking and it is time to cook them so let's do it!
Alright everybody we have our beautiful steaks right here. Angel are you ready to
try? Yeah. This okay let's be very clear so to set your expectations right. They
are not expensive wagyu they are regular steaks yeah, alright. OK. That way we
can judge it properly right all right. So here's the experiment these are all $1
steak. Now we are gonna judge and find out how much more it costs from a buck.
Makes sense? Okay all right what was that face so
you're not having a good expectation already. You just told me it's a one dollar steak!
It is a $1 steak. I had actual $1 steak before so...They didn't look like that right? No they didn't.
Alright, so we're gonna see how much more money they're worth in our opinion sounds good? Alright
go for the first one. We're gonna start this one here and then we're gonna go
Okay. Alright this will be the first one. Yes I did cut it real thin everybody huh,
it's like a thin sliced. Cheers! Cheers!
Yeah, this one cost $1.
I can't believe I'm chewing this much for such a thin slice.
Maybe 50 cents. Maybe, maybe.
Oh. What do you think Angel? Ah... I think would be great in a sandwich. Yeah with some ketchup and
cheese. Even though yeah ketchup and cheese.
Anything to mix it up. Something to give it a little more moisture. I think I think I cut a
little too thick. I think it needs to be even thinner than this for a sandwich.
Yeah for a sandwich yeah,I mean it's not that bad for a sandwich.
It's not it's not bad, I mean it's it's it's a
steak everybody. All right let's go for, you want try this one or this one?
This one okay . Let's just go in order. Let's just go in order.
What is that dry aged or something? Why are you saying? Cuz they're small as
hell. Ha, ha yes it is dry aged. You ready for it? Let's go. Alright
Wow
Dried aged.
Dry to the max aged.
There's zero juice on it.
This is not fun. This is not good everybody.
No.
I don't enjoy that. You? No.
I think that one got cheaper. I think this one here is a dollar and this one
here is 50 cents. You agree. Yeah I mean going from this one to this one yeah it
makes this one a lot better. This one is a lot better for sure. This one I have no idea...
What happens with this one here is the flavor hmm I feel that you feel that
dry agedness flavor? Yeah I have the dry flavor on it but it's like dry.
There's no juiciness, the tenderness is not there there is almost nothing there but you
can feel in the end after you eat it that little dry age is there. Yeah yeah
you could taste the dry aged a little bit but. In regards to flavor I think I
enjoyed this one a little bit more but because this one is so juicy it's. I mean
it's not even so juicier it's just this one's more juicy than this one so this
one tastes better than this one. I agree all right let's go for the last one
Angel. This one I can't put my finger on what you did. Well let's find out right
now this one's still juicy. They didn't get a lot of searing on the outside
though. It did not see her very well. That's one of the things with this
method you can't get a wonderful sear on it it. Looks more tender.It does look tender
Alright well look even the fibers are completely separating apart. Yeah.
Alright let's see. Let's try it.
Oh yeah. Oh yea.
No? mmm
You going for seconds. Yeah after all those dry steaks, some juiciness.
You going for seconds.
That's a good sign right there.
I think this is the winner. I agree 100%.
Yeap, yeah.
I'm going for seconds. This one is good! Way more tender mm-hmm way more juicy.
Definitely the winner everybody. Hmm. I consider this a steak. That's a good one.
That's a steak. This one's our steak, I think these are not steak these are kind
of like stew meat or something else.
Alright, so here's the deal
these are eye around steaks. Alright. This is just a regular eye round cooked as a steak.
Okay. And you can tell that it is a eye round everybody it is. This is
definitely a dollar steak right here. this was dry aged for 35 days.
We recommend dry aging an eye round? It is waste of your time.
The flavor is there
maybe if you want to dry aged it so that you can combine with another type of
meat to make burgers out of it so that you get the flavor of the dry aged on
your burger then it's recommendable. But you need
you need some fat though. Oh you need a lot of fat, you don't need some fat you need a lot of fat because
there is absolutely no juiciness on the steak it is dry but the nice little
flavor of dry aged is there in the end. In the end yeah it's got that little
aftertaste. I agree. This one right here was the pineapple Angel like we did our
first experiment. Uh pineapple is good man I've been telling you.
Pineapple works like a charm if you have never done the pineapple everybody
I recommend it. Now Angel if we have to judge we got steaks they're all one
dollar. Let's judge on price how much does this steak actually cost for you?
One dollar.I agree. How much does this one went. It's free.
This one is given to you for free. It was a sample steak. Yes sample steak that you
cut it on a butcher shop just to give it away for people to try. This is not good
whatsoever it is the very first time we ever done a dry-aged that it doesn't
taste good Angel. I think so yeah yeah very first time.
Pineapple steak from $1 to 50 bucks more or less how much do you give this steak?
25. 25 bucks? Wow that's a lot of money. if they if I
go to a restaurant they give me the steak I'll eat it I'll be happy. If I go
to their restaurant I'm not gonna mention any names but I have been to
some restaurants that have steaks worse than this one here and they charged me
15 to 18 bucks for a steak and this steak here is better
can tell you right now. I can't mention names but you know this is considered a
good let's just say it's not great but a good steak. Yeah. You agree. Yeah. It is not
great. Now if you have some side dishes with this if we have some amazing mashed
potatoes like some incredible pasta that we did with a... The mashed potatoes from from
the video of the salt video you did. Yeah from that one or you know if you have
not seen that video you got to check it out. But anything that complements a side dish this I can see
be worth 20 bucks to 25 bucks on a restaurant. Like just like you said if
you have a nice and amazing side dish. So and if you're gonna buy it on the store
on the supermarket definitely give it a try to the pineapple. That's what I
recommend. These are the results I hope you guys enjoyed this video, I hope it
was informative to you. I know you've been asking me Guga dry aged some
inexpensive meat. I did it does not work because you, for dry aging you gotta have
something. Because it concentrates the flavor it tenderizes the flavor but if
you got no nothing there, there's nothing here. Maybe maybe if you were to
cooked a little more raw. Now but then that would be like it would it would no
it wouldn't be bad for you. It just wouldn't work no matter what happens
this was cook at low temperature and then it's still pink in the middle.
It just it does not work everybody it does not work. There's your experiment
you guys asked for it I made it happen. If you have any other suggestions make
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much for watching and we'll see you guys in the next one take care of buddy.
And don't dry age your eye round. No it is a waste of your time. Big time. Just grab some
pineapple you don't have to wait put it in there and you're good to go.
This was good. It's good. Those are uh good for dogs.
Good for the dogs the dogs will love them all. Now what do you say we cook
some picanha? We gotta go everybody take care. Bye bye
Picanha time baby. Let's do it!
Now we're talking. Now you are happy again. Now you got my mood back up.