What is acém?
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What is acém?
Where does acém come from on the cow?
“acém” is a regional beef-cut name that maps to these canonical cuts: Chuck Roll, Ribeye.
This retail name can point to more than one canonical cut in our dataset—see the canonical guides below.
Global cut guide
Where it comes from
Chuck Roll: A boneless cut from the center of the chuck, between the neck and the rib primal. Well-marbled with good beefy flavor. Contains several muscles with varying tenderness. Used for roasts, stew, and ground beef. (chuck, Between the neck and the rib section, boneless). Ribeye: Highly marbled steak cut from the rib primal; bone-in or boneless retail cuts vary by market. (rib, upper rib / rib eye muscle).
In menus and butcher shops it is often discussed next to Chuck Blade, Shoulder Clod, and Ribeye.
What it's called in other countries
- Afghanistan: shana · ribeye
- Albania: qafë · antrikotë · antrikot
- Andhra Pradesh: keema ap · ribeye
- Angola: acém · acém comprido
- Argentina: Cogote · Ojo de bife
- Australia: chuck au · scotch fillet
- Austria: kavalierspitz · rostbraten
- Bangladesh: hath e kata · sole · ribeye
- Belarus: shyyka · towsty kray
- Belgium: épaule · entrecôte
- Belize: stew beef · ribeye
- Bhutan: sha bhutan · ribeye
- Bolivia: chuck roll · ojo de bife
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: vrat · plećka · pržol · rozbratna
- Botswana: seswaa chuck cut · nama ya kgomo · nama ya dikgopo
- Brazil: acém · Acém · Bife de ancho (context)
- Bulgaria: vrat · antrikot
- Burkina Faso: riz gras cut · burkinabe maffe cut · poore sogo
- Cameroon: épaule · ribeye
- Canada: Chuck roll · ribeye
- Central India: gol boti central · ribeye
- Chad: charmout cut · daraba cut · lahm al-dahar
- Chile: Huachalomo · Lomo vetado
- China: diao long · bo ren · niurou mo · yanrou
- Coastal-Colonial India (Pondicherry & Daman): beef pondicherry · boeuf bourguignon cut pondicherry · beef daman · ribeye
- Colombia: chuck roll · Lomo vetado (regional)
- Costa Rica: posta de cuello · lomo ancho
- Côte d'Ivoire: épaule · ribeye
- Croatia: vrat · pržol
- Cuba: aguja · ribeye
- Czech Republic: chuck roll · vysoký roštěnec
- Denmark: chuck roll · Entrecôte
- Dominican Republic: paleta · ribeye
- DR Congo: épaule · ribeye
- Ecuador: chuck roll · bife ancho
- Egypt: sinn · kandouz · entrecote
- El Salvador: chuck roll · lomo rollizo
- Estonia: kael · antrekoot
- Ethiopia: wot cut · le wot · ribeye
- Finland: chuck roll · entrecôte
- France: Basses côtes · Entrecôte
- Germany: chuck roll · Rostbraten
- Goa: kheema goa · rib goa
- Greece: elia · spalomprizola
- Guatemala: chuck roll · ribeye
- Guyana: stew beef · mince · ribeye
- Haiti: zepòl · ribeye
- Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand: bade ka mansa himachal · keema himachal · bade ka gosht uttarakhand · keema uttarakhand · ribeye
- Honduras: chuck roll · lomo ancho
- Hungary: chuck roll · rostélyos
- Indian Islands (Andaman, Nicobar & Lakshadweep): fresh andaman beef · frozen block andaman · andaman mince · beef kavaratti · kothu lakshadweep · ribeye
- Indonesia: daging giling · lemusir
- Iran: gardan · antrecote
- Ireland: chuck roll · rib steak
- Israel: tzavar · antricot
- Italy: Collo · Costata
- Jamaica: stew beef · mince · ribeye
- Jammu & Kashmir: bade ka maans jk · rogan josh cut jk · ribeye
- Japan: tanshita · riburosu · atsugiri riburosu
- Karnataka: chuck roll · ribeye
- Kazakhstan: moyyn · antrekot kz
- Kenya: nyama ya kusaga · ribeye
- Kerala: beef cutlet meat kl · ribeye
- Ladakh: lang-sha ladakh · yag-sha · ribeye
- Latvia: skausts · antrekots
- Lithuania: sprandinė · antrekotas
- Maharashtra: rawa keema · machine keema mh · curry cut mh · ribeye
- Malaysia: chuck roll · daging ribeye
- Mali: bega · tiguadege cut · koko sogo
- Manipur: shan-sa · buffalo shan-sa · ribeye
- Meghalaya: doh masi · buffalo doh masi · khasi beef · ribeye
- Mexico: Diezmillo (context) · Ribeye
- Mongolia: tatamal makh · ukhriin makh · buuz mince mongolia · yak mince mongolia · ribeye
- Montenegro: vrat · plećka · pržolica · rozbratna
- Morocco: al-ankra · kefta · entrecôte
- Mozambique: acém · acém comprido
- Myanmar: a-mae-mote · a-mae-thar · shan beef cut · ribeye
- Nagaland: vitho · ribeye
- Namibia: beesvleis · droewors cut · scotch fillet namibia
- Nepal: keema nepal · bhaisi ko masu · momo keema · yak keema nepal · ribeye
- Netherlands: chuck roll · ribeye
- New Zealand: chuck nz · prime mince · hangi beef · scotch fillet nz
- Nicaragua: chuck roll · lomo ancho
- Niger: taba-nany · nama na baya
- Nigeria: cow meat · minced meat ng · eran malu · nama na baya
- North Macedonia: vrat · pleshka · antrikot · rozbratna
- Northeast India (Other States): goru mangxo · moh mangxo · mos-sa · ribeye
- Norway: chuck roll · entrecôte
- Pakistan: hath ka keema pk · ribeye
- Panama: chuck roll · delmonico
- Paraguay: aguja · Bife ancho
- Peru: chuck roll · bife ancho
- Philippines: giniling na baka · kadera
- Poland: karkówka · antrykot
- Portugal: acém comprido · Acém · acém redondo
- Puerto Rico: paleta · ribeye
- Punjab: gol boti pb · khula gosht · hath chopped keema pb · ribeye
- Qatar: raqaba qa · mafroum · entrecote qa
- Quebec: palette · entrecôte
- Rajasthan: boti rj · ribeye
- Romania: greabăn · antricot
- Russia: lopatochnaya chast · antrekot
- Saudi Arabia: raqaba · ribeye sa
- Senegal: dibi cut · senegalese maffe cut · guinar gu
- Sikkim: lang-sha sikkim · yak ko masu · ribeye
- Singapore: chuck roll · scotch fillet · shabu-shabu style
- Slovakia: chuck roll · vysoký roštenec
- Slovenia: bovla · visok hrbet
- South Africa: chuck sa · boerewors mince · scotch fillet sa
- South Korea: salchisal · deungsim
- Spain: aguja · Entrecot
- Sri Lanka: haraka mas · buffalo haraka mas · ceylon curry cut · hand-beaten mince sri lanka · ribeye
- Sudan: kitif · ribeye
- Suriname: stoofvlees · entrecôte
- Sweden: chuck roll · entrecôte
- Switzerland: hals · hohrücken
- Taiwan: chuck roll · shalang · leiyan
- Tamil Nadu: kothu beef · machine keema tn · ribeye
- Tanzania: bega tanzania · bega · nyama ya mchuzi tanzania · ribeye
- Telangana: hath ka keema · machine keema tg · boti tg · ribeye
- Thailand: nuea san-kor · nuea sop · san klang · nuea tad na
- Trinidad & Tobago: stew beef · mince · ribeye
- Turkey: gerdan · antrikot
- UAE: chuck roll · scotch fillet
- Uganda: kifuba kyokubega · kisambi · katogo cut · ribeye
- Ukraine: lopatkova chastyna · antrekot
- United Kingdom: chuck roll · Ribeye
- United States: Chuck roll · Ribeye steak · Strip-adjacent rib cuts
- Uruguay: Cogote · Bife ancho
- Uttar Pradesh: hath ka keema up · kofte ka keema · garam gosht · boti up · ribeye
- Uzbekistan: bo'yin · antrekot
- Venezuela: chuck roll · solomo abierto
- Vietnam: nac vai · thit bo xay · dau than ngoai · thit bo day
- West Bengal: cutlet meat wb · hath e kata wb · ribeye
- Zimbabwe: nyama yemombe · high density stewing beef · neck zimbabwe · mbiru
Cooking methods
Typical methods include high-heat searing or grilling for steaks, resting before slicing, and cutting across the grain when the muscle is fibrous. Because this cut sits on the chuck primal (Between the neck and the rib section, boneless), adjust time and temperature to thickness and marbling.
Translations across countries
- Afghanistan → Albania (shana)
- Afghanistan → Andhra Pradesh (shana)
- Afghanistan → Angola (shana)
- Afghanistan → Argentina (shana)
- Afghanistan → Australia (shana)
- Afghanistan → Austria (shana)
- Afghanistan → Bangladesh (shana)
- Afghanistan → Belarus (shana)
- Afghanistan → Belgium (shana)
- Afghanistan → Belize (shana)
- Afghanistan → Bhutan (shana)
- Afghanistan → Bolivia (shana)
- Afghanistan → Bosnia & Herzegovina (shana)
- Afghanistan → Botswana (shana)
- Afghanistan → Brazil (shana)
- Afghanistan → Bulgaria (shana)
- Afghanistan → Burkina Faso (shana)
- Afghanistan → Cameroon (shana)
- Afghanistan → Canada (shana)
- Afghanistan → Chad (shana)
- Afghanistan → Chile (shana)
- Afghanistan → China (shana)
- Afghanistan → Colombia (shana)
- Afghanistan → Costa Rica (shana)
- Afghanistan → Côte d'Ivoire (shana)
- Afghanistan → Croatia (shana)
- Afghanistan → Cuba (shana)
- Afghanistan → Czech Republic (shana)
- Afghanistan → Denmark (shana)
- Afghanistan → Dominican Republic (shana)
- Afghanistan → DR Congo (shana)
- Afghanistan → Ecuador (shana)
- Afghanistan → Egypt (shana)
- Afghanistan → El Salvador (shana)
- Afghanistan → Estonia (shana)
- Afghanistan → Ethiopia (shana)
- Afghanistan → Finland (shana)
- Afghanistan → France (shana)
- Afghanistan → Germany (shana)
- Afghanistan → Goa (shana)
Showing 40 of 25862 routes — more in the sitemap.