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Originally Posted by sedated

I wish I had gotten some pics but this weekend I threw some flank steak in an oven with some red onion, chipotles in adobo, jalapenos, garlic, lime juice, tad bit of beef broth, and southwest spices. Let that cook at around 200 for about 5 hours then shredded it. Took everything from the pot, liquefied it in the blender and added it back to the meat.

The flavor was great but the texture was disappointing. Chewy. I'm curious if I cooked it too long, not enough, or if flank steak is just too stringy to be tender when shredded. I've had perfect texture on brisket, but that was sliced (against the grain) rather than pulled apart. I'd experiment with it but flank steak costs almost as much as fuggin ribeye these days.

The only way I've ever had decent luck with flank is in the crock pot.