UncommonPlate
Inside skirt
Also skirt steak
Thinner than outside skirt, still the right cut for asada if that is what is in the case.
- Per animal
- 2
- Per half-cow
- 1
- How to cook it
- Same as outside: ripping heat, 130°F, across the grain. Do not walk away.
- Rarity
- Two per animal. Grocery ‘skirt’ is usually this one.
- What to buy
- Grocery ‘skirt’ is usually this. Fine for asada.
- Money
- Two per animal. The skirt you can actually buy.
- Trim
- Membrane off.
- Leftovers
- Tacos.
A little more available at retail than the outside.
How many
Buy 4 lb · ~3.2 lb to the table · 6 plates at 8 oz
How to cut
Same as outside: across, thin, no debate.
11 cooks in the library for inside skirt.
The whole animal
Every retail cut we track, how many you generally get, and how often it actually shows up in a case. Tap a line to pin it on the chart.
Cook through a half-cow — the order that keeps scarce cuts from becoming grind.
Chuck
26%
Rib
9%
Short loin
8%
Sirloin
9%
Round
22%
Brisket
5%
Plate
6%
Flank
3%
Shank
4%
half-cow counts are typical, not a promise from the plant.
