The
strip steak, also called
Kansas City strip steak, is a
cut of beef steaks from the
short loin. It consists of a muscle that does little work, making the meat particularly tender, though not as tender as the nearby
rib eye or
tenderloin. Fat content of the strip is somewhere between the two cuts. Unlike the tenderloin, the short loin is a sizable muscle, allowing it to be cut into larger portions.