Cut of beef

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During butchering, beef is first divided into primal cuts, pieces of meat initially separated from the carcass. These are basic sections from which steaks and other subdivisions are cut. The term "primal cut" is quite different from "prime cut", used to characterize cuts considered to be of higher quality. Since the animal's legs and neck muscles do the most work, they are the toughest; the meat becomes more tender as distance from hoof and horn increases. Different countries and cuisines have different cuts and names, and sometimes use the same name for a different cut; e.g., the cut described as "brisket" in the US is from a significantly different part of the carcass than British "brisket". "Cut" often refers narrowly to skeletal muscle (sometimes attached to bones), but can also include other edible flesh, such as offal (organ meat) or bones without significant muscles attached.

American cuts[]

The following is a list of the American primal cuts, and cuts derived from them. Beef carcasses are split along the axis of symmetry into "halves", then across into front and back "quarters" (forequarters and hindquarters). Canada uses identical cut names (and numbering) as the U.S, with the exception of the "round" which is called the "hip".^[1]

Forequarter cuts[]

• The chuck is the source of bone-in chuck steaks and roasts (arm or blade), and boneless clod steaks and roasts, most commonly. The trimmings and some whole boneless chucks are ground for ground beef.
• The rib contains part of the short ribs, the prime rib and rib eye steaks.
• Brisket, primarily used for barbecue, corned beef or pastrami.
• The foreshank or shank is used primarily for stews and soups; it is not usually served any other way because it is the toughest of the cuts.
• The plate is the other source of short ribs, used for pot roasting, and the outside skirt steak, which is used for fajitas. The navel is the ventral part of the plate, and is commonly used to make pastrami. The remainder is usually ground, as it is typically a tough and fatty meat.

Hindquarter cuts[]

• The loin has two subprimals
  • the short loin, from which the T-bone and porterhouse steaks are cut if bone-in, or strip steak.
  • the sirloin, which is less tender than short loin, but more flavorful, can be further divided into top sirloin and bottom sirloin (including tri-tip), and
  • the tenderloin, which is the most tender, can be removed as a separate subprimal, and cut into filet mignons, tournedos or tenderloin steaks, and roasts (such as for beef Wellington). They can also be cut bone-in to make parts of the T-bone and porterhouse loin steaks.
• The round contains lean, moderately tough, lower fat (less marbling) cuts, which require moist or rare cooking. Some representative cuts are round steak, eye of round, top round, and bottom round steaks and roasts.
• The flank is used mostly for grinding, except for the long and flat flank steak, best known for use in London broil, and the inside skirt steak, also used for fajitas. Flank steaks were once one of the most affordable steaks, because they are substantially tougher than the more desirable loin and rib steaks. Many modern recipes for flank steak use marinades or moist cooking methods, such as braising, to improve the tenderness and flavor. This, combined with a new interest in these cuts' natural leanness, has increased the price of the flank steak.^{[citation needed]}

Argentine cuts[]

The most important cuts of beef in the Argentine cuisine are:^[2]

Asado

the large section of the rib cage including short ribs and spare ribs

Asado de tira

often translated as short ribs, but also sold as long, thin strips of ribs. Chuck ribs, flanken style (cross-cut).

Bife de costilla

T-bone or porterhouse steaks

Bife de chorizo

strip steak, called NY strip in US

Ojo de bife

ribeye steak

Bola de lomo

eye of the round

Chinchulín

upper portion of small intestines

Colita de cuadril

tri-tip, or the tail of the rump roast

Cuadril

rump

Entraña

skirt steak

Falda

navel

Lomo

tenderloin

Matambre

a long thin cut that lies just under the skin and runs from the lower part of the ribs to belly–or flank area

Mollejas

sweetbreads (thymus gland)

Pecho

brisket

Riñones

kidneys

Tapa de asado

rib cap

Tapa de nalga

top of round roast

Vacío

flank, though it may contain the muscles of other near cuts

Brazilian cuts[]

The most important cuts of beef in the Brazilian cuisine are:^[3]

Acém

neck (2)

Alcatra

top/bottom sirloin (9)

Contrafilé

tenderloin (7)

Coxão duro

round (upper)

Coxão mole

round (lower)

Filé Mignon

part of the tenderloin (6)

Lagarto

round (outer) (10)

Maminha

bottom sirloin/flank (15)

Patinho

confluence of flank, bottom sirloin and rear shank (16)

Picanha

rump cover or rump cap

Cupim

hump (zebu cattle only)

Fraldinha

confluence of short loin, flank and bottom sirloin

Paleta

chuck/brisket (3)

British cuts[]

• Tongue
• Necks and clod
• Chuck steak & blades
• Sirloin
• Rump
• Silverside
• Topside
• Rib eye steak
• T-bone steak
• Thin rib
• Brisket (Skirt steak)
• Shin and leg
• Flank
• Thick flank
• Fillet

Colombian cuts[]

• Posta (top round)
• Muchacho (heel)
• Huevo de Aldana (bottom round)
• Entretabla
• Tabla (bottom round)
• Solomo or lomo
• Solomito extranjero
• Solomito Redondo (sirloin)
• Solomito Largo (tri-tip)
• Punta de Ancha (sirloin tip center)

Dutch cuts[]

• Neck
• Rib steak
• Sirloin
• Tenderloin – Considered to be the premium cut, highly prized. It is called 'ossenhaas' in Dutch. It tends to be cut slightly smaller than its American counterpart.
• Top sirloin
• Round – Mainly used for kogelbiefstuk ('hip joint steak') considered to be the basic form of steak in Dutch and Belgian cuisine.
• Flank
• Chuck – Best cuts are used for stoofvlees, lesser bits are used in hachee.
• Brisket
• Shankle
• Beef tongue is considered the cheapest piece of beef; it is used in certain styles of sausages such as the frikandel, though not as the main ingredient.
• Oxtail, though not on the image shown, is used extensively in stews.

French cuts[]

$$$ indicates more expensive cuts; $ indicates less expensive cuts; $$ indicates in between.

1. Basses côtes $$$
2. Côtes, entrecôtes $$$
3. Faux-filet $$$
4. Filet $$$
5. Rumsteck $$$
6. Rond de gîte $$$
7. Tende de tranche; poire, merlan $$$
8. Gîte à la noix $$$
9. Araignée $$$
10. Plat de tranche, rond de tranche, mouvant $$$
11. Bavette d'aloyau $$$
12. Hampe $$$
13. Onglet $$$
14. Aiguillette baronne $$$
15. Bavette de flanchet $$
16. Plat de côtes $$
17. Macreuse à bifteck $$
18. Paleron $$
19. Jumeau à bifteck $$
20. Jumeau à pot-au-feu $$
21. Macreuse à pot-au-feu $$
22. Queue $
23. Gîte $
24. Flanchet $
25. Tendron, milieu de poitrine $
26. Gros bout de poitrine $
27. Collier $
28. Joue $
29. Langue $

German cuts[]

1. Rinderhals, Kamm or Nacken (Chuck steak)
2. Querrippe (Short ribs)
3. Rinderbrust (Brisket)
4. Hochrippe or Fehlrippe (Standing rib roast)
5. Vorderrippe or hohes Roastbeef
6. Rostbraten or flaches Roastbeef
   5. & 6. together are the Roastbeef or Zwischenrippenstück
7. Filet (Fillet)
8. Spannrippe or Knochendünnung
9. Dünnung or Bauchlappen (flank steak)
10. Falsches Filet, Schulter, Bug or Schaufel (shoulder)
11. Oberschale, Unterschale and Nuss
12. Flanke, Schliem or Rindfleisch
13. Hüfte mit Hüftsteak and Schwanzstück or Tafelspitz (Top sirloin))
14. Hesse or Wade (Beef shank)
15. Fricandeau
16. Schwanz or Ochsenschwanz (Oxtail)

Croatian cuts[]

1. Vratina
2. Hrskavi zapećak
3. Rebra
4. Pržolica (ramstek)
5. Hrbat (rozbif)
6. Hrbat (rozbif)
7. Pisana pečenka (biftek)
8. Rebra, mekana (srednja) rebra, potrbušina
9. Masna potrbušina, slabina
10. Rame (ribica), plećka (lopatica)
11. But
12. Vrh kuka
13. Zdjelica
14. Stražnja goljenica

Italian cuts[]

Leg subcuts^[4]

Codone

Scanello, noce or fesa (bottom sirloin or )

Sottofesa or fetta di mezzo or codino or controfesa or contronoce

Fianchetto (flank)

Rosa, fesa interna, punta d'anca (eye of the silverside)

Magatello or girello

Spinacino or tasca

Sirloin (lombata) subcuts^[4]

Filetto (beef tenderloin)

Controfiletto or roast beef (sirloin)

Veal Carré (spare ribs)

Costolette

Nodini

Loin (schiena)^[4]

Costata (T-bone steak)

Coste della croce (short ribs)

Neck^[4]

Collo (Chuck steak)

Reale or tenerone

Head subcuts^[4]

Lingua (Beef tongue)

Testina (flesh from the head of a calf)

Shoulder subcuts^[4]

Fesone di spalla

Fusello or girello di spalla

Brione

Cappello del prete or spalla

Hocks subcuts^[4]

anterior and posterior Ossibuchi

Pesce, piccione, campanello, muscolo, gamba

Petto (chest) subcuts^[4]

Punta di petto (Brisket)

Pancia di vitello, pancetta or fianchetto

Lower ribs subcuts^[4]

Biancostato di reale or spuntatura

Taglio reale, polpa reale (Pony 6 Ribs, Square Cut, Chuck, Middle Rib, Steak Meat)

Pancia (belly) subcuts^[4]

Biancostato di pancia

Fiocco

Scalfo (armhole)

Polish cuts[]

1. karkówka
2. szponder
3. mostek
4. rozbratel
5. antrykot
6. rostbef
7. polędwica
8. szponder i mostek
9. łata
10. łopatka
11. udziec (zrazowa górna i zrazowa dolna)
12. skrzydło
13. krzyżowa
14. pręga
15. ligawa
16. ogon

Portuguese cuts[]

1. Cachaço
2. Coberta do acém, acém comprido
3. Pá, peito alto
4. Maçã do peito
5. Peito
6. Chambão
7. Mão
8. Lombo
9. Rosbife, acém redondo, vazia, entrecôte
10. Prego do peito
11. Aba grossa
12. Alcatra
13. Chã de fora
14. Rabadilha
15. Pojadouro

Russian cuts[]

1. Шея/Sheya (neck)
2. Рёбра/rjobra (ribs)
3. Челышко/Chelyshko, грудинка/grudinka (brisket)
4. Толстый край/Tolstyy kray (thick edge), рибай/ribay (rib eye), корейка на кости/koreyka na kosti (loin on the bone)
5. Тонкий край/Tonkiy kray (thin edge), короткое филе/korotkoye file (short filet)
6. Оковалок/Okovalok (sirloin)
7. Вырезка/Vyrezka (tenderloin)
8. Покромка/Pokromka (shortloin)
9. Брюшина/Bryushina (peritoneum), фланк/flank
10. Лопатка/Lopatka (shoulder)
11. Oguzok (rump), bedro (hip)
12. Пашина/Pashina (flank)
13. Кострец/Kostrets (leg)
14. Голяшка/Golyashka (shank)

ГОВЯДО ср. церк. крупная рогатая скотина, бык, вол или корова. Говяжий, от быка, говяда взятый, из мяса его приспетый. Говядина ж. говяжье мясо. Части говядины, у мясников, называются: 1) голова, 2) шея, зарез, 3) оковалок, 4) челышко, 5) толстый край, 6) средина лопатки, 7) тонкая лопатка, рулька, 8) тонкий край, 9) от края покромка, 10) грудина, 11) тонкий филей, 12) подпашек, 13) завиток, 14) толстый филей, 15) бочок, 16) английский филей, 17) огузок, 18) средина бедра, 19) кострец, 20) ссек, подбедерок; окосток, ч��сть ссека, с вертлюжной костью, 21) голяшка. Зачисток, от краев, от шеи, тонкие остатки, оборыши. Голяшки и морда, студень. Легкие, сердце и печень, гусак, ливер, осердье. Желудок с кишками, требуха, требушина. У мясников иностранных говядина делится иначе. Были бы быки, а говядина будет. По барыне говядина, по харчевне едок. Говядарь гуртовщик, прогонщик, нагульщик скота и скотопромышленик.

— Vladimir Dal, Drawing from the Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language

Turkish cuts[]

Gerdan

neck (1)

Antrikot

rib steak (2)

Kontrfile

Steak (3)

Sokum

rump (4)

Bonfile

fillet Steak (5)

Tranç

the upper left side of nuar (6)

Nuar

round of beef (7)

Kontrnuar

the lower left side of nuar (8)

incik

mutton leg (9, 14)

Yumurta

the section between kontrnuar and pençata (10)

Pençata

flank (11)

Döş

brisket (12)

Kürek, kol

shoulder (13)

UNECE standard for bovine meat carcasses and cuts[]

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The UNECE standard offers for the first time internationally agreed specifications written in a consistent, detailed and accurate manner using anatomical names to identify cutting lines.^[5]

See also[]

• List of steak dishes
• Meat on the bone
• Steak

References[]

External links[]

• Agence canadienne d'inspection des aliments - Boeuf - Manuel de coupes de viande
• French-German butcher glossary