Boneless beef eye of round?

[Tallbald]

On 2 day sale locally for $2.99 a pound. Not familiar with this cut, "boneless eye of round". A good cut for smoking? Good for thin slicing into sandwich meats? What to look for in one please? Thank you. Don

 

[nanuk]

Eye of round is from the outside round from the hip. It is the muscle used to kick. (one of the strongest muscles in a bovine animal) It is very striated and can be tough is not cooked properly. IIRC, pastrami is made from Round Eye.
you can also cut it up into 1" thick pieces, fry it on a medium high heat until it is very well done, and use for hockey pucks!

as for "Boneless".... Eye of round is ALWAYS boneless. Just like margarine is ALWAYS cholesterol free.

2.99/lb is a good price for up here... but can't speak to your area. But it IS solid very lean meat. So when handled right, there is almost ZERO waste!

 

[SmokinAl]

It's great cooked med/rare & shaved for sammies.
Or turn it into pastrami.
Al

 

[markh024]

Make some jerky, check that section here. It's regularly $4.99 or more a lb up here, so id bought a couple to stock up.

 

[radio]

It makes great jerky! If smoking it to a pulling stage, get some beef fat from the butcher and either tie it around it, or cut slits in the meat and poke fat in those before smoking.

 

[isitdoneyet]

Hate to hijack but since we are talking about what to do with an eye of round, could you use this mixed with pork butt to make summer sausage?

 

[Tallbald]

Hmm then. For 9 cents a pound more at Sam's Club ( at least that was quoted to me last month) I can buy vacuum packed brisket. Just have to save up about 35 to 40 dollars at once to drop on one all at once. But I guess that would eliminate looking around for a good substitute on sale. And make for a goodly finished supply of finished frozen meat. The chucks I smoked were good, but had a little more fat pockets than I hoped for. And not brisket texture like I hoped for. Certainly not 4 pounds of fat to trim off like the sale brisket from GFS last fall but the chuck roasts of course weren't marbled like so many suggest here are best. Methinks I'll break down and save for the brisket. Thank you all. Don
Oh too. Getting time for Penny and me to watch for pork ribs on sale too I suppose. That will be a new adventure.

 

[myownidaho]

Pastrami, jerky, stew, chili, roast beef, all good uses for eye of round.