How to Cut Flap Meat Against The Grain. Cut the meat with the grain into pieces that are as wide as you want your slices to be long. Slice the meat thinly across (perpendicular to) the grain. It may be necessary to first flip each piece onto another side in order to do this.

Do you cut flap steak with or against the grain?

Always cut diagonally, against the grain, to make your steak tender and appealing. For more meat preparation and presentation tips and tricks, check out our other meat technique videos.

Why do you cut steak against the grain?

If you do cut with the grain of the steak, you will often find the meat more gamey and tougher to chew. The reason? It is because the long muscle fibers remain intact and haven’t been cut. Cutting against the grain breaks up the muscle fibers making the steak much more tender.