Beef
Merely illustrative photos
CHEST
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Choice meat characterized for large amount of muscles and fibers
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This cut is usually used to prepare an Argentine dish called puchero
EYEROUND
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Rounder hard lean meat from the outer thigh of the hind leg
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Most suitable for roast, boiled, fried, grilled
FORE SHANK
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Choice front leg ox meat
HUMP STEAK
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Very tasty meat for stew or BBQ
KNUCKLE
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Tender fiber meat usually used for stakes preparation
MUSCLE
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Choice meat for famous Italian cuisine.
NECK
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Select meat, due to excess fat and connective tissue
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To be consumed, the bovine neck must be well cooked
NECK STEAK
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Prime meat
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With all fat and tissue removed
NEEDLE POINT (FLANK)
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Select Ox meat
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Removed from the ribs
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Usually for ground beef
OUTSIDE FLAT
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Also called rump tip, it has thick
fibers
RIB
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Back meat.
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Thick, Bone-in loin between the ribs, usually 2.5 to 3 pounds per cut
RUM CAP
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Prime beef, tender and juicy.
from the ox's rear
RUMP STEAK
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Prime beef from the ox’s rears
RUMP TAIL
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Ox’s Tail pieces used for several dishes
SHOULDER CLOD
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Select lean meat, for stew, roast or broil
STRIPLOIN
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Select Lean meat to roast, stew
or broil
TENDERLOIN
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Tender and juicy Prime beef
THIN SKIRT
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Thin lean meat cut from the abdomen wall
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With tendons, fibers and fat
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For flavor dishes
TOP SIDE
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Lean meat from the croup between the loin and the upper side
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Excellent meat roast cuts