Texas Chicken Fried Steak can be made with different cuts of meat, but the most frequently used is cube steak. It's basically a tenderized top-round steak. It usually comes in packages of two or four and the beef is thin and has criss-cross or "cubed" marks on it. (It's also called "cubed" steak.) These marks happen after it's been put through a tenderizing machine.... If you don't see it, ask your butcher at the grocery store - he'll know...just tell him you want tenderized or "cubed" steak for Chicken Fried Steak.