"You can leave the butcher shop with perfectly tenderized meat that you didn't have to lift a finger to achieve by simply asking the butcher to do it for you. With recipes like tacos, cheesesteaks, stir fry, and other dishes that typically use tough cuts of meat like flank, skirt, and chuck steak, tenderizing is necessary. It can also be a bit of a pain to tenderize steak and other meats at home, but it's something any good butcher would be happy to do for you before even leaving the shop."
"Butchers may tenderize your steak with a mechanical tenderizer that pierces the steak with either needles or blades to soften the muscle fibers. This method is also performed on many ready-cut steaks that you'll find in the normal meat section of the grocery store. It's a faster and more efficient tenderizing method than pounding with a mallet. If, for whatever reason, your butcher isn't willing or able to tenderize a cut of meat you're buying, there are a few cuts that you will absolutely need to make sure you still tenderize"
Butchers can perform tenderizing, trimming, deboning, and other prep services on request to save home cooks time and effort. Tough cuts such as flank, skirt, and chuck benefit from tenderizing for dishes like tacos, cheesesteaks, and stir fry. Mechanical tenderizers use needles or blades to pierce muscle fibers and are faster and more efficient than pounding with a mallet; many ready-cut grocery steaks are pre-tenderized this way. Customers should be polite and prepared for potential fees or limited service when shops are busy. Specialty shops and supermarket butchers may differ in available services.
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