What is beef cheek?
Quick Answer
beef cheek is a regional beef-cut name for the beef cheek (head cheek), on the offal primal (Head — cheek/jaw muscles and facial meat).
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What is beef cheek in simple terms?
What is beef cheek called in the United States?
US retail labels for beef cheek (head cheek) appear in the names-by-country section; common forms include the mapped English terms listed there.
Where is beef cheek on the cow?
beef cheek refers to beef cheek (head cheek) located at Head — cheek/jaw muscles and facial meat on the offal primal.
Is beef cheek steak?
It is a beef muscle sold as steak or roast depending on thickness and market—still beef cheek (head cheek) anatomically.
Is beef cheek the same as Tongue?
How do I translate beef cheek for travel?
Use translation URLs from the list on this page, or open the Head Cheek hub.
What is another name for beef cheek?
“beef cheek” is a regional beef-cut name that maps to the canonical cut Head Cheek (offal primal).
Use the names-by-country section below when shopping or ordering abroad.
Global cut guide
Where it comes from
The cheek muscles and facial meat of the beef head, heavily worked and rich in collagen. Slow-braised to become extraordinarily tender — the basis of Mexican barbacoa, Meghalayan dohkhlieh (a head-meat salad), and upscale bistro 'joue de boeuf.' The head is typically steamed or braised whole then the meat stripped and dressed. It is part of the offal primal (Head — cheek/jaw muscles and facial meat).
In menus and butcher shops it is often discussed next to Tongue.
What it's called in other countries
- Afghanistan: head cheek
- Albania: head cheek
- Andhra Pradesh: head cheek
- Angola: head cheek
- Argentina: head cheek
- Australia: head cheek
- Austria: head cheek
- Bangladesh: head cheek
- Belarus: head cheek
- Belgium: head cheek
- Belize: head cheek
- Bhutan: head cheek
- Bolivia: head cheek
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: head cheek
- Botswana: head cheek
- Brazil: head cheek
- Bulgaria: head cheek
- Burkina Faso: head cheek
- Cameroon: head cheek
- Canada: head cheek
- Central India: head cheek
- Chad: head cheek
- Chile: head cheek
- China: head cheek
- Coastal-Colonial India (Pondicherry & Daman): head cheek
- Colombia: head cheek
- Costa Rica: head cheek
- Côte d'Ivoire: head cheek
- Croatia: head cheek
- Cuba: head cheek
- Czech Republic: head cheek
- Denmark: head cheek
- Dominican Republic: head cheek
- DR Congo: head cheek
- Ecuador: head cheek
- Egypt: head cheek
- El Salvador: head cheek
- Estonia: head cheek
- Ethiopia: head cheek
- Finland: head cheek
- France: Joue de boeuf
- Germany: head cheek
- Goa: head cheek
- Greece: head cheek
- Guatemala: head cheek
- Guyana: head cheek
- Haiti: head cheek
- Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand: head cheek
- Honduras: head cheek
- Hungary: head cheek
- Indian Islands (Andaman, Nicobar & Lakshadweep): head cheek
- Indonesia: head cheek
- Iran: head cheek
- Ireland: head cheek
- Israel: head cheek
- Italy: head cheek
- Jamaica: head cheek
- Jammu & Kashmir: head cheek
- Japan: head cheek
- Karnataka: head cheek
- Kazakhstan: head cheek
- Kenya: head cheek
- Kerala: head cheek
- Ladakh: head cheek
- Latvia: head cheek
- Lithuania: head cheek
- Maharashtra: head cheek
- Malaysia: head cheek
- Mali: head cheek
- Manipur: head cheek
- Meghalaya: head cheek
- Mexico: Cabeza · Cachete
- Mongolia: head cheek
- Montenegro: head cheek
- Morocco: head cheek
- Mozambique: head cheek
- Myanmar: head cheek
- Nagaland: head cheek
- Namibia: head cheek
- Nepal: head cheek
- Netherlands: head cheek
- New Zealand: head cheek
- Nicaragua: head cheek
- Niger: head cheek
- Nigeria: head cheek
- North Macedonia: head cheek
- Northeast India (Other States): head cheek
- Norway: head cheek
- Pakistan: head cheek
- Panama: head cheek
- Paraguay: head cheek
- Peru: head cheek
- Philippines: head cheek
- Poland: head cheek
- Portugal: head cheek
- Puerto Rico: head cheek
- Punjab: head cheek
- Qatar: head cheek
- Quebec: head cheek
- Rajasthan: head cheek
- Romania: head cheek
- Russia: head cheek
- Saudi Arabia: head cheek
- Senegal: head cheek
- Sikkim: head cheek
- Singapore: head cheek
- Slovakia: head cheek
- Slovenia: head cheek
- South Africa: head cheek
- South Korea: head cheek
- Spain: head cheek
- Sri Lanka: head cheek
- Sudan: head cheek
- Suriname: head cheek
- Sweden: head cheek
- Switzerland: head cheek
- Taiwan: head cheek
- Tamil Nadu: head cheek
- Tanzania: head cheek
- Telangana: head cheek
- Thailand: head cheek
- Trinidad & Tobago: head cheek
- Turkey: head cheek
- UAE: beef cheek · Beef cheek
- Uganda: head cheek
- Ukraine: head cheek
- United Kingdom: head cheek
- United States: Beef cheek
- Uruguay: head cheek
- Uttar Pradesh: head cheek
- Uzbekistan: head cheek
- Venezuela: head cheek
- Vietnam: head cheek
- West Bengal: head cheek
- Zimbabwe: head cheek
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 offal primal (Head — cheek/jaw muscles and facial meat), adjust time and temperature to thickness and marbling.
Translations across countries
- UAE → Afghanistan (beef cheek)
- UAE → Albania (beef cheek)
- UAE → Andhra Pradesh (beef cheek)
- UAE → Angola (beef cheek)
- UAE → Argentina (beef cheek)
- UAE → Australia (beef cheek)
- UAE → Austria (beef cheek)
- UAE → Bangladesh (beef cheek)
- UAE → Belarus (beef cheek)
- UAE → Belgium (beef cheek)
- UAE → Belize (beef cheek)
- UAE → Bhutan (beef cheek)
- UAE → Bolivia (beef cheek)
- UAE → Bosnia & Herzegovina (beef cheek)
- UAE → Botswana (beef cheek)
- UAE → Brazil (beef cheek)
- UAE → Bulgaria (beef cheek)
- UAE → Burkina Faso (beef cheek)
- UAE → Cameroon (beef cheek)
- UAE → Canada (beef cheek)
- UAE → Chad (beef cheek)
- UAE → Chile (beef cheek)
- UAE → China (beef cheek)
- UAE → Colombia (beef cheek)
- UAE → Costa Rica (beef cheek)
- UAE → Côte d'Ivoire (beef cheek)
- UAE → Croatia (beef cheek)
- UAE → Cuba (beef cheek)
- UAE → Czech Republic (beef cheek)
- UAE → Denmark (beef cheek)
- UAE → Dominican Republic (beef cheek)
- UAE → DR Congo (beef cheek)
- UAE → Ecuador (beef cheek)
- UAE → Egypt (beef cheek)
- UAE → El Salvador (beef cheek)
- UAE → Estonia (beef cheek)
- UAE → Ethiopia (beef cheek)
- UAE → Finland (beef cheek)
- UAE → France (beef cheek)
- UAE → Germany (beef cheek)
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