Strip steak. The strip steak ( sirloin in Britain, Australia, and South Africa) is a cut of beef steaks from the short loin of a cow. It consists of a muscle that does little work, the longissimus, making the meat particularly tender, [1] although not as tender as the nearby psoas major or tenderloin. Unlike the tenderloin, the longissimus is a
Many steaks have multiple names which are used for the same cut (NY, New York, Strip Loin, Kansas City are all names for the same steak). And some steak names refer to completely different cuts depending upon the butcher and the region (for instance, a Delmonico Steak is cut from at least 8 different cuts spanning from the Chuck to the Sirloin!) New York strip is another term for strip loin steak, which comes from the top portion of the sirloin. Sirloin is a broader term that refers to any steak cut from the sirloin section. As a rule, top sirloin is leaner and more versatile than New York strip, but the latter is superior in terms of flavor. . 708 357 241 772 367 788 673 840