“I find that cheap cuts do really well when you marinate and cook them appropriately. Flank steak is one of my favorites, as is beef sirloin,” says Michelle Price of Honest and Truly.

Making these gravy-smothered dishes involves taking cheap cuts of beef, pounding them thin, then breading and frying them.The latter dish is deep-fried in the same way you would normally fry ...

Made from the breast or lower chest of the cow, brisket is a tough beef cut that is prepared by braising or slow smoking. It is also commonly cured and made into pastrami or corned beef.