What is chã de fora?
Quick Answer
chã de fora is a regional beef-cut name for the bottom round (outside round), on the round primal (Outer thigh of the hindquarter).
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What is chã de fora in simple terms?
What is chã de fora called in the United States?
US retail labels for bottom round (outside round) appear in the names-by-country section; common forms include the mapped English terms listed there.
Where is chã de fora on the cow?
chã de fora refers to bottom round (outside round) located at Outer thigh of the hindquarter on the round primal.
Is chã de fora steak?
It is a beef muscle sold as steak or roast depending on thickness and market—still bottom round (outside round) anatomically.
Is chã de fora the same as Inside Round?
How do I translate chã de fora for travel?
Use translation URLs from the list on this page, or open the Outside Round hub.
What is another name for chã de fora?
“chã de fora” is a regional beef-cut name that maps to the canonical cut Outside Round (round primal).
Use the names-by-country section below when shopping or ordering abroad.
Global cut guide
Where it comes from
From the outer thigh (biceps femoris). Leaner and less tender than inside round. Used for roasts, rouladen, and ground beef. Often sold as bottom round roast or eye of round. It is part of the round primal (Outer thigh of the hindquarter).
In menus and butcher shops it is often discussed next to Inside Round, Eye Of Round, and Bottom Round Roast.
What it's called in other countries
- Afghanistan: outside round
- Albania: outside round
- Andhra Pradesh: outside round
- Angola: chã de fora · carne seca
- Argentina: Carnaza cuadrada
- Australia: silverside
- Austria: outside round
- Bangladesh: outside round
- Belarus: outside round
- Belgium: outside round
- Belize: outside round
- Bhutan: outside round
- Bolivia: outside round
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: outside round
- Botswana: outside round
- Brazil: Coxão duro
- Bulgaria: outside round
- Burkina Faso: outside round
- Cameroon: outside round
- Canada: Outside round
- Central India: outside round
- Chad: outside round
- Chile: Ganso
- China: outside round
- Coastal-Colonial India (Pondicherry & Daman): outside round
- Colombia: Posta
- Costa Rica: posta blanca
- Côte d'Ivoire: outside round
- Croatia: outside round
- Cuba: outside round
- Czech Republic: outside round
- Denmark: Yderlår
- Dominican Republic: outside round
- DR Congo: outside round
- Ecuador: outside round
- Egypt: outside round
- El Salvador: posta blanca
- Estonia: outside round
- Ethiopia: outside round
- Finland: ulkopaisti
- France: Gîte à la noix
- Germany: Unterschale
- Goa: outside round
- Greece: outside round
- Guatemala: outside round
- Guyana: silverside
- Haiti: outside round
- Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand: outside round
- Honduras: outside round
- Hungary: outside round
- Indian Islands (Andaman, Nicobar & Lakshadweep): outside round
- Indonesia: gandik · paha belakang · daging bakso
- Iran: outside round
- Ireland: silverside
- Israel: outside round
- Italy: Sottofesa
- Jamaica: silverside
- Jammu & Kashmir: kashmiri dried beef
- Japan: outside round
- Karnataka: outside round
- Kazakhstan: outside round
- Kenya: outside round
- Kerala: outside round
- Ladakh: yak sha-skam
- Latvia: outside round
- Lithuania: outside round
- Maharashtra: silver side mh
- Malaysia: outside round
- Mali: outside round
- Manipur: shan-sa akangba
- Meghalaya: outside round
- Mexico: Cuete
- Mongolia: outside round
- Montenegro: outside round
- Morocco: outside round
- Mozambique: chã de fora
- Myanmar: outside round
- Nagaland: vitho khwu
- Namibia: outside round
- Nepal: outside round
- Netherlands: Platte Bil
- New Zealand: silverside nz
- Nicaragua: mano de piedra
- Niger: outside round
- Nigeria: outside round
- North Macedonia: outside round
- Northeast India (Other States): sa-ro
- Norway: rundbiff
- Pakistan: outside round
- Panama: pulpa blanca
- Paraguay: carnaza blanca
- Peru: outside round
- Philippines: pierna larga
- Poland: zrazowa dolna
- Portugal: chã de fora · Ganso
- Puerto Rico: outside round
- Punjab: outside round
- Qatar: outside round
- Quebec: extérieur de ronde
- Rajasthan: outside round
- Romania: outside round
- Russia: naruzhnaya chast bedra
- Saudi Arabia: outside round
- Senegal: outside round
- Sikkim: outside round
- Singapore: silverside
- Slovakia: spodný šál
- Slovenia: outside round
- South Africa: silverside sa · biltong cut
- South Korea: outside round
- Spain: outside round
- Sri Lanka: outside round
- Sudan: outside round
- Suriname: outside round
- Sweden: ytterlår
- Switzerland: unterspalte
- Taiwan: hou tui rou
- Tamil Nadu: outside round
- Tanzania: outside round
- Telangana: outside round
- Thailand: outside round
- Trinidad & Tobago: silverside
- Turkey: outside round
- UAE: silverside uae
- Uganda: outside round
- Ukraine: zovnishnya chastyna stegna
- United Kingdom: Silverside
- United States: Bottom round · Rump roast
- Uruguay: Carnaza cuadrada
- Uttar Pradesh: outside round
- Uzbekistan: outside round
- Venezuela: muchacho cuadrado
- Vietnam: outside round
- West Bengal: outside round
- Zimbabwe: outside round
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 round primal (Outer thigh of the hindquarter), adjust time and temperature to thickness and marbling.
Translations across countries
- Angola → Afghanistan (chã de fora)
- Angola → Albania (chã de fora)
- Angola → Andhra Pradesh (chã de fora)
- Angola → Argentina (chã de fora)
- Angola → Australia (chã de fora)
- Angola → Austria (chã de fora)
- Angola → Bangladesh (chã de fora)
- Angola → Belarus (chã de fora)
- Angola → Belgium (chã de fora)
- Angola → Belize (chã de fora)
- Angola → Bhutan (chã de fora)
- Angola → Bolivia (chã de fora)
- Angola → Bosnia & Herzegovina (chã de fora)
- Angola → Botswana (chã de fora)
- Angola → Brazil (chã de fora)
- Angola → Bulgaria (chã de fora)
- Angola → Burkina Faso (chã de fora)
- Angola → Cameroon (chã de fora)
- Angola → Canada (chã de fora)
- Angola → Chad (chã de fora)
- Angola → Chile (chã de fora)
- Angola → China (chã de fora)
- Angola → Colombia (chã de fora)
- Angola → Costa Rica (chã de fora)
- Angola → Côte d'Ivoire (chã de fora)
- Angola → Croatia (chã de fora)
- Angola → Cuba (chã de fora)
- Angola → Czech Republic (chã de fora)
- Angola → Denmark (chã de fora)
- Angola → Dominican Republic (chã de fora)
- Angola → DR Congo (chã de fora)
- Angola → Ecuador (chã de fora)
- Angola → Egypt (chã de fora)
- Angola → El Salvador (chã de fora)
- Angola → Estonia (chã de fora)
- Angola → Ethiopia (chã de fora)
- Angola → Finland (chã de fora)
- Angola → France (chã de fora)
- Angola → Germany (chã de fora)
- Angola → Goa (chã de fora)
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