What is the difference between a Sirloin steak, a New York steak and a Filet steak?!
Answers: The simple answer is that they are various cuts of beef which have been given a name by which to identify them. They are each cut from a different area. The sirloin steak is the least expensive and least tender of the premium steaks. It is cut from a lower, mostly muscular area. The new york strip steak is slightly more expensive than the sirloin, but, still reasonably priced. The new york strip has a strip of fat which runs down one side of the steak which adds not only flavor but allows for the steak to be a bit more tender than the sirloin. The new york strip does not have a bone attached. The T-Bone steak is cut from the same area as the new york strip and has a portion of bone attached. The T-Bone has steak on each side of the bone, one side consists of new york strip and the other side of the bone consists of a small portion of filet mignon. The filet steak is considered the most tender steak and the most expensive. It contains very little fat and therefore, is usually cooked with a strip of bacon wrapped closely around the medallion of beef. The bacon adds flavor as well as keeps the filet from drying out during cooking as the filet is not marbled with fat at all.
The differences are the cuts of meat. Sirloin is more tender, New York has a bone in it, and a filet steak is generally used for filet mignon or some other dish that calls for a really tender meat.
Different cuts from different parts of the cow.