{"id":1095,"date":"2011-08-01T10:31:36","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T02:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/?p=1095"},"modified":"2011-08-01T10:31:36","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T02:31:36","slug":"flat-iron-steak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/2011\/08\/flat-iron-steak\/","title":{"rendered":"Flat Iron steak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/confessionsofabutcher.blogspot.com\/2005\/12\/flat-iron-steak-hype-or-heart.html\">Flat iron steak<\/a> is a newish cut in America that has become popular at posh restaurants.\u00a0 There are only 4 flat iron steaks per cow, so it&#8217;s not a cut that you can often find at supermarkets (though Safeway sell them <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/2010\/03\/flat-iron-steak-safeway\/\">pre-packaged<\/a>).\u00a0 They were on sale for $4 lb at Lucky&#8217;s this week so I bought some for dinner.\u00a0 Mika loved them.\u00a0 Though they had a thick piece of connecting tissue in the middle, the steaks themselves are very tender.\u00a0 They are not terribly flavorful, however, though a good sauce can take care of that.\u00a0 At $4 lb, they are a great alternative to filet mignon.<\/p>\n<p>I grilled them on the BBQ grill outside and they are quick and easy to prepare: pre-heat the grill on medium-high, salt &amp; pepper the steaks, brush with olive oil, grill on each side for 4 minutes for medium rare, let rest for at least 5 minutes before serving.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll definitely buy this cut again when it&#8217;s available at this price.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flat iron steak is a newish cut in America that has become popular at posh restaurants.\u00a0 There are only 4 flat iron steaks per cow, so it&#8217;s not a cut that you can often find at supermarkets (though Safeway sell them pre-packaged).\u00a0 They were on sale for $4 lb at Lucky&#8217;s this week so I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[92,146,147],"class_list":["post-1095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-items","tag-beef","tag-grilling","tag-luckys","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}