Beef, flank
The flank meat is right on the abdomen of the cow. It is the lean underbelly of the cow. If you’re familiar with the Mexican dish, carne asada, then you’re familiar with the texture of this meat, assuming the carne asada is being prepared with the flank meat of the cow. Stripping the fatty connective tissue off this meat makes it one of the harder meats to chew, depending on how you prepare it. Any leftover flank can also be used for ground beef.
Beef flank Nutrition Facts: Calories, Carbs, and Health Benefits
TweetBeef flank is 69.46% water, 0% carbohydrates, 21.22% protein, 0% dietary fiber, 1.02% ash and 8.29% fat. One beef flank steak will give you 190.556 grams of protein. It is equal to 414.25 percent of the 46 grams of protein women should include in their daily diet and 340.28 percent of the 56 grams men need on a daily basis. That same in an amount measuring 100 grams (3.5 Oz), beef flank provides 692 kilojoules (165 kilocalories) of energy and is an important source of Vitamin B12 (cobalamin), Vitamin B3 (niacin), and Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) (49.17%, 48.87%, and 43.92% of the Daily Value, respectively). This means that if you add beef flank in your diet it will help your body to form DNA, create energy by breaking down carbohydrates, form RBCs and will be effective against proliferation of the smooth vascular muscles which can block blood vesselsAlzheimer’s disease or dementia as it is responsible for metabolism in neurotransmittersParkinson's disease. Besides it it contains a considerable amount of Zinc, Selenium and Phosphorus attaining 47.63%, 42.36% and 27.57% of the Daily Value in a 100 g (3.5 Oz), respectively.