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rib eye

American  
Or rib-eye

noun

  1. a large beefsteak cut from the outer, or eye, side of the ribs.


Etymology

Origin of rib eye

First recorded in 1925–30


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Dry-aged rib eye beef in a sesame sabayon sauce.

From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2024

"If you can find simple, basic things to practice on, then suddenly, when you have a nice rib eye or lamb chops, you won't be so scared to go and give it a shot."

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2023

Instead of New York strip or rib eye, she chooses cheaper cuts, like skirt and flatiron steak, which she has learned to tenderize through brining and braising.

From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2022

Working with the faculty of biomedical engineering at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel-based firm Aleph Farms also created the worlds' first lab grown rib eye steak in this way, using 3D printing, in February.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2021

He went to the annual steak feed, where the coaches and the booster club board sat at long tables inside a warehouse and ate delicious slabs of rib eye as thick as a Bible.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

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