{{Short description|Cut of beef}} {{Infobox prepared food | name = Round steak | image = BeefCutRound.png | caption = American beef cuts | alternate_name = | type = Beef steak | course = | served = | variations = | serving_size = | calories = | protein = | fat = | carbohydrate = | glycemic_index = }} {{steak}} thumb|A raw top round steak in a pan The '''round''' is a primal cut of beef from the rear of the cow.

The round is divided into retail cuts including the '''eye (of) round''', '''bottom round''', and '''top round''', with or without the "round" bone (femur), and may include the knuckle (sirloin tip), depending on how the round is separated from the loin. This is a lean cut and it is moderately tough. Lack of fat and marbling makes round dry out when cooked with dry-heat cooking methods like roasting or grilling. Round is commonly marinated when grilled, and prepared with slow moist-heat methods indoors such as braising, to tenderize the meat and maintain moisture. The cut is typically sliced thin for serving, and is popular as jerky.{{cn|date=July 2024}}

A '''round steak''' is a beef steak cut from the round.

==Topside and silverside== British cuts '''topside''' and '''silverside''' together are roughly equivalent to the American round cut. New Zealand cuts also use these terms (or sometimes "outside round" for silverside).<ref>{{cite web|title=Cooking Tips - Beef and lamb New Zealand|url=http://www.beeflambnz.co.nz/index.pl?page=meat_cuts|access-date=23 January 2016|archive-date=1 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201032655/http://www.beeflambnz.co.nz/index.pl?page=meat_cuts|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Dishes== * Biltong – air-dried beef cured with vinegar, salt, and coriander; made preferentially with round steak * Bresaola – air-dried salted beef made with round steak * London broil – bias-cut roasted steak, commonly made with round steak * Italian beef – thinly sliced round steak cooked in stock * Rinderbraten – round steak stuffed with pork fat and spices * Steak and Guinness pie – round steak with Guinness stout, bacon, and onions, in pie crust * Tafelspitz – Austrian dish of boiled veal, prepared from the top part of the round * Jangjorim – Korean dish of eye of round boiled down in soy sauce, commonly with braised quail eggs (''mechurial jangjorim'') or shishito pepper (''kkwarigochu jangjorim'')

==Common preparations== * Ground round or beef mince – a type of ground beef made from round steak and trimmings from the primal round * Accordion cut – cutting on alternating sides and stretching to make a thinner overall steak * Butterflying – cutting through the center, leaving a small hinge of meat, and unfolding to create a thinner steak * Swiss steak – preparing by making a series of small cuts with a bladed roller or pounding flat, also called Swissing, cubing or tenderizing

==See also== {{portal|Food}} * List of steak dishes * Popeseye steak

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==External links== *{{cite web |url= http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELDEV3003281 |title= USDA Institutional Meat Purchase Specifications |access-date= 2023-07-10 |archive-date= 2014-08-06 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140806222656/http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELDEV3003281 |url-status= dead }}&nbsp;{{small|(687&nbsp;KiB)}}

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