What is bega?
Quick Answer
"bega" can map to more than one canonical beef cut in this dataset; open each hub below for the exact primal and location.
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What is bega?
"bega" may map to more than one canonical cut in this dataset—use the hub links on this page.
Where does bega come from on the cow?
Open each linked canonical guide; primals differ when the name is ambiguous.
“bega” is a regional beef-cut name that maps to these canonical cuts: Chuck Blade, Chuck Roll.
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 Blade: From the shoulder blade (scapula) area. Contains the blade bone and connective tissue that melts during braising. Classic pot roast cut. Cross-rib roast is cut from this area. (chuck, Shoulder blade area, above the arm). 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).
In menus and butcher shops it is often discussed next to Chuck Roll, and Shoulder Clod.
What it's called in other countries
- Afghanistan: chuck blade · shana
- Albania: shpatull · qafë
- Andhra Pradesh: bhujam mamsam · keema ap
- Angola: chuck blade · acém comprido
- Argentina: Bife de paleta · Cogote
- Australia: blade · bolar blade · chuck au
- Austria: schulterscherzl · kavalierspitz
- Bangladesh: kaand · kalo bhuna cut · hath e kata · sole
- Belarus: lapatka · shyyka
- Belgium: collet · épaule
- Belize: chuck blade · stew beef
- Bhutan: chuck blade · sha bhutan
- Bolivia: chuck blade · chuck roll
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: lopatka · vrat · plećka
- Botswana: chuck blade · seswaa chuck cut · nama ya kgomo
- Brazil: cupim · Acém
- Bulgaria: pleshka · vrat
- Burkina Faso: chuck blade · riz gras cut · burkinabe maffe cut
- Cameroon: chuck blade · épaule
- Canada: Blade roast · Chuck roll
- Central India: dasti central · gol boti central
- Chad: chuck blade · charmout cut · daraba cut
- Chile: Asado carnicero · Huachalomo
- China: shi bing · diao long · bo ren · niurou mo
- Coastal-Colonial India (Pondicherry & Daman): chuck blade · beef pondicherry · boeuf bourguignon cut pondicherry · beef daman
- Colombia: Paletero · chuck roll
- Costa Rica: chuck blade · posta de cuello
- Côte d'Ivoire: chuck blade · épaule
- Croatia: chuck blade · vrat
- Cuba: chuck blade · aguja
- Czech Republic: chuck blade · chuck roll
- Denmark: chuck blade · chuck roll
- Dominican Republic: chuck blade · paleta
- DR Congo: chuck blade · épaule
- Ecuador: paleta · chuck roll
- Egypt: chuck blade · sinn · kandouz
- El Salvador: chuck blade · chuck roll
- Estonia: abatükk · kael
- Ethiopia: chuck blade · wot cut · le wot
- Finland: lapa · chuck roll
- France: Macreuse · Basses côtes
- Germany: chuck blade · chuck roll
- Goa: chuck blade · kheema goa
- Greece: laimos · elia
- Guatemala: chuck blade · chuck roll
- Guyana: chuck blade · stew beef · mince
- Haiti: chuck blade · zepòl
- Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand: dasti himachal · dasti uttarakhand · bade ka mansa himachal · keema himachal · bade ka gosht uttarakhand · keema uttarakhand
- Honduras: chuck blade · chuck roll
- Hungary: lapocka · chuck roll
- Indian Islands (Andaman, Nicobar & Lakshadweep): dasti andaman · fresh andaman beef · frozen block andaman · andaman mince · beef kavaratti · kothu lakshadweep
- Indonesia: paha depan · daging giling
- Iran: sar-dast · gardan
- Ireland: braising steak · chuck roll
- Israel: chuck blade · tzavar
- Italy: chuck blade · Collo
- Jamaica: chuck blade · stew beef · mince
- Jammu & Kashmir: dasti jk · bade ka maans jk · rogan josh cut jk
- Japan: chuck blade · tanshita
- Karnataka: chuck blade · chuck roll
- Kazakhstan: zhauyryn · moyyn
- Kenya: bega · nyama ya kusaga
- Kerala: chuck blade · beef cutlet meat kl
- Ladakh: dasti ladakh · lang-sha ladakh · yag-sha
- Latvia: lāpstiņa · skausts
- Lithuania: mentė · sprandinė
- Maharashtra: chuck blade · rawa keema · machine keema mh · curry cut mh
- Malaysia: daging bahu · chuck roll
- Mali: bega · chuck blade · tiguadege cut
- Manipur: dasti manipur · shan-sa · buffalo shan-sa
- Meghalaya: dasti meghalaya · doh masi · buffalo doh masi · khasi beef
- Mexico: Diezmillo (context)
- Mongolia: chuck blade · tatamal makh · ukhriin makh · buuz mince mongolia · yak mince mongolia
- Montenegro: chuck blade · vrat · plećka
- Morocco: al-ketf · al-ankra · kefta
- Mozambique: chuck blade · acém comprido
- Myanmar: sibyan curry cut · a-mae-mote · a-mae-thar · shan beef cut
- Nagaland: dasti naga · vitho
- Namibia: chuck blade · beesvleis · droewors cut
- Nepal: chuck blade · keema nepal · bhaisi ko masu · momo keema · yak keema nepal
- Netherlands: chuck blade · chuck roll
- New Zealand: blade nz · bolar blade nz · chuck nz · prime mince · hangi beef
- Nicaragua: chuck blade · chuck roll
- Niger: chuck blade · taba-nany
- Nigeria: chuck blade · cow meat · minced meat ng · eran malu
- North Macedonia: chuck blade · vrat · pleshka
- Northeast India (Other States): chuck blade · goru mangxo · moh mangxo · mos-sa
- Norway: bogstek · chuck roll
- Pakistan: dasti pk · hath ka keema pk
- Panama: chuck blade · chuck roll
- Paraguay: chuck blade · aguja
- Peru: chuck blade · chuck roll
- Philippines: paypay · giniling na baka
- Poland: łopatka · karkówka
- Portugal: Cachaço · Acém · acém comprido
- Puerto Rico: chuck blade · paleta
- Punjab: dasti pb · gol boti pb · khula gosht · hath chopped keema pb
- Qatar: ketf qa · raqaba qa · mafroum
- Quebec: chuck blade · palette
- Rajasthan: dasti rj · boti rj
- Romania: chuck blade · greabăn
- Russia: lopatka · lopatochnaya chast
- Saudi Arabia: ketf sa · raqaba
- Senegal: chuck blade · dibi cut · senegalese maffe cut
- Sikkim: dasti sikkim · lang-sha sikkim · yak ko masu
- Singapore: chuck tender · chuck roll
- Slovakia: lopatka · chuck roll
- Slovenia: lopatka · bovla
- South Africa: blade sa · chuck sa · boerewors mince
- South Korea: mok-sal · salchisal
- Spain: carne para guisar · aguja
- Sri Lanka: dalla sri lanka · haraka mas · buffalo haraka mas · ceylon curry cut · hand-beaten mince sri lanka
- Sudan: chuck blade · kitif
- Suriname: chuck blade · stoofvlees
- Sweden: bogblad · chuck roll
- Switzerland: schulterblatt · hals
- Taiwan: jian jia rou · chuck roll
- Tamil Nadu: chuck blade · kothu beef · machine keema tn
- Tanzania: bega · chuck blade · bega tanzania · nyama ya mchuzi tanzania
- Telangana: dasti · hath ka keema · machine keema tg · boti tg
- Thailand: chuck blade · nuea san-kor · nuea sop
- Trinidad & Tobago: chuck blade · stew beef · mince
- Turkey: kol · gerdan
- UAE: chuck uae · chuck roll
- Uganda: chuck blade · kifuba kyokubega · kisambi · katogo cut
- Ukraine: lopatka · lopatkova chastyna
- United Kingdom: chuck blade · chuck roll
- United States: Chuck roast · Blade roast · Chuck roll
- Uruguay: Bife de paleta · Cogote
- Uttar Pradesh: dasti up · hath ka keema up · kofte ka keema · garam gosht · boti up
- Uzbekistan: kurak · bo'yin
- Venezuela: chuck blade · chuck roll
- Vietnam: chuck blade · nac vai · thit bo xay
- West Bengal: kaand wb · kolkata biryani cut · cutlet meat wb · hath e kata wb
- Zimbabwe: chuck blade · nyama yemombe · high density stewing beef · neck zimbabwe
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 (Shoulder blade area, above the arm), 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 23852 routes — more in the sitemap.