''Steak frites'', meaning "steak ndfries" in French, is a dish consisting of

steak A steak is a thick cut of meat generally sliced across the muscle fibers, sometimes including a bone. It is normally grilled or fried. Steak can be diced, cooked in sauce, such as in steak and kidney pie, or minced and formed into patti ...

paired with French fries. It is commonly served in European

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s, and is considered by some to be the national dish of Belgium, which claims to be the place of its invention. Historically, the

rump steak Rump steak is a cut of beef. The rump is the division between the leg and the chine cut right through the aitch bone. It may refer to: * A steak from the top half of an American-cut round steak primal * A British- or Australian-cut from the ru ...

was commonly used for this dish. More typically at the present time, the steak is an

entrecôte In French, ''entrecôte'' () is a premium cut of beef used for steaks and roasts. A traditional ''entrecôte'' is a boneless cut from the rib area corresponding to the steaks known in different parts of the English-speaking world as Rib steak, ...

also called rib eye, or scotch fillet (in Australia), pan-fried rare ("''saignant''"—literally "bloody"), in a pan reduction sauce, sometimes with

hollandaise Hollandaise sauce ( or ; ), also called Dutch sauce, is a mixture of egg yolk, melted butter, and lemon juice (or a white wine or vinegar reduction). It is usually seasoned with salt, and either white pepper or cayenne pepper. It is well known ...

or béarnaise sauce, served with deep-fried potatoes ( French fries).

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led to its generalization to the Portuguese-speaking world, where it is called or , especially in Brazil, where the sauce is usually just onion rings cooked and fried in the steak's own juice and frying oil, being the most popular dish to go aside rice and beans. Steak frites is also common in other countries, such as

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and Spanish-speaking Latin American countries. Steak frites is the subject of a semiotic analysis by the French cultural theorist

Roland Barthes Roland Gérard Barthes (; ; 12 November 1915 – 26 March 1980) was a French literary theorist, essayist, philosopher, critic, and semiotician. His work engaged in the analysis of a variety of sign systems, mainly derived from Western popula ...

in his 1957 work ''

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''. File:Flank Steak & Frites - Cliff House - San Francisco, CA.jpg, Steak frites prepared using flank steak, at a San Francisco restaurant File:Steak frites.jpg, Steak frites in Fontainebleau, France

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{{reflist British cuisine French cuisine Belgian cuisine Beef dishes Potato dishes Meat and potatoes dishes

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