What is churrasco?
Quick Answer
churrasco is a regional beef-cut name for the skirt steak, on the plate primal (diaphragm (inside/outside skirt varies by spec)).
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What is churrasco in simple terms?
What is churrasco called in the United States?
US retail labels for skirt steak appear in the names-by-country section; common forms include the mapped English terms listed there.
Where is churrasco on the cow?
churrasco refers to skirt steak located at diaphragm (inside/outside skirt varies by spec) on the plate primal.
Is churrasco steak?
It is a beef muscle sold as steak or roast depending on thickness and market—still skirt steak anatomically.
Is churrasco the same as Flank?
How do I translate churrasco for travel?
Use translation URLs from the list on this page, or open the Skirt hub.
What is another name for churrasco?
“churrasco” is a regional beef-cut name that maps to the canonical cut Skirt (plate primal).
Use the names-by-country section below when shopping or ordering abroad.
Global cut guide
Where it comes from
Plate primal diaphragm muscle; very beefy, used for fajitas and grilling. It is part of the plate primal (diaphragm (inside/outside skirt varies by spec)).
In menus and butcher shops it is often discussed next to Flank, Sirloin Flap, Hanger, and Inside Skirt.
What it's called in other countries
- Afghanistan: skirt
- Albania: skirt
- Andhra Pradesh: skirt
- Angola: skirt
- Argentina: Entraña
- Australia: thin skirt
- Austria: skirt
- Bangladesh: skirt
- Belarus: skirt
- Belgium: skirt
- Belize: skirt
- Bhutan: skirt
- Bolivia: entraña bo
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: skirt
- Botswana: skirt
- Brazil: Entraña (import)
- Bulgaria: skirt
- Burkina Faso: skirt
- Cameroon: skirt
- Canada: skirt
- Central India: skirt
- Chad: skirt
- Chile: Entraña
- China: skirt
- Coastal-Colonial India (Pondicherry & Daman): skirt
- Colombia: Arrachera (regional)
- Costa Rica: entraña
- Côte d'Ivoire: skirt
- Croatia: skirt
- Cuba: entraña
- Czech Republic: skirt
- Denmark: skirt
- Dominican Republic: churrasco
- DR Congo: skirt
- Ecuador: entraña ec
- Egypt: skirt
- El Salvador: cecina sv
- Estonia: skirt
- Ethiopia: skirt
- Finland: kylkiliha
- France: Bavette overlap
- Germany: skirt
- Goa: skirt
- Greece: skirt
- Guatemala: entraña
- Guyana: skirt
- Haiti: skirt
- Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand: skirt
- Honduras: cecina hn
- Hungary: skirt
- Indian Islands (Andaman, Nicobar & Lakshadweep): skirt
- Indonesia: skirt
- Iran: skirt
- Ireland: goose skirt
- Israel: skirt
- Italy: skirt
- Jamaica: skirt
- Jammu & Kashmir: skirt
- Japan: harami
- Karnataka: skirt
- Kazakhstan: skirt
- Kenya: skirt
- Kerala: skirt
- Ladakh: skirt
- Latvia: skirt
- Lithuania: skirt
- Maharashtra: skirt
- Malaysia: skirt
- Mali: skirt
- Manipur: skirt
- Meghalaya: skirt
- Mexico: Arrachera
- Mongolia: skirt
- Montenegro: skirt
- Morocco: skirt
- Mozambique: skirt
- Myanmar: skirt
- Nagaland: skirt
- Namibia: skirt
- Nepal: skirt
- Netherlands: skirt
- New Zealand: skirt
- Nicaragua: cecina nic
- Niger: skirt
- Nigeria: skirt
- North Macedonia: skirt
- Northeast India (Other States): skirt
- Norway: skjørt
- Pakistan: skirt
- Panama: entraña
- Paraguay: Entraña
- Peru: entraña
- Philippines: skirt
- Poland: skirt
- Portugal: skirt
- Puerto Rico: churrasco
- Punjab: skirt
- Qatar: skirt
- Quebec: hampe
- Rajasthan: skirt
- Romania: skirt
- Russia: skirt
- Saudi Arabia: skirt
- Senegal: skirt
- Sikkim: skirt
- Singapore: skirt
- Slovakia: skirt
- Slovenia: skirt
- South Africa: skirt
- South Korea: skirt
- Spain: Entraña
- Sri Lanka: skirt
- Sudan: skirt
- Suriname: skirt
- Sweden: skirt
- Switzerland: skirt
- Taiwan: heng ge mo
- Tamil Nadu: skirt
- Tanzania: skirt
- Telangana: skirt
- Thailand: skirt
- Trinidad & Tobago: skirt
- Turkey: skirt
- UAE: skirt
- Uganda: skirt
- Ukraine: skirt
- United Kingdom: Skirt
- United States: Skirt steak
- Uruguay: Entraña
- Uttar Pradesh: skirt
- Uzbekistan: skirt
- Venezuela: entraña
- Vietnam: skirt
- West Bengal: skirt
- Zimbabwe: skirt
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 plate primal (diaphragm (inside/outside skirt varies by spec)), adjust time and temperature to thickness and marbling.
Translations across countries
- Australia → Afghanistan (thin skirt)
- Australia → Albania (thin skirt)
- Australia → Andhra Pradesh (thin skirt)
- Australia → Angola (thin skirt)
- Australia → Argentina (thin skirt)
- Australia → Austria (thin skirt)
- Australia → Bangladesh (thin skirt)
- Australia → Belarus (thin skirt)
- Australia → Belgium (thin skirt)
- Australia → Belize (thin skirt)
- Australia → Bhutan (thin skirt)
- Australia → Bolivia (thin skirt)
- Australia → Bosnia & Herzegovina (thin skirt)
- Australia → Botswana (thin skirt)
- Australia → Brazil (thin skirt)
- Australia → Bulgaria (thin skirt)
- Australia → Burkina Faso (thin skirt)
- Australia → Cameroon (thin skirt)
- Australia → Canada (thin skirt)
- Australia → Chad (thin skirt)
- Australia → Chile (thin skirt)
- Australia → China (thin skirt)
- Australia → Colombia (thin skirt)
- Australia → Costa Rica (thin skirt)
- Australia → Côte d'Ivoire (thin skirt)
- Australia → Croatia (thin skirt)
- Australia → Cuba (thin skirt)
- Australia → Czech Republic (thin skirt)
- Australia → Denmark (thin skirt)
- Australia → Dominican Republic (thin skirt)
- Australia → DR Congo (thin skirt)
- Australia → Ecuador (thin skirt)
- Australia → Egypt (thin skirt)
- Australia → El Salvador (thin skirt)
- Australia → Estonia (thin skirt)
- Australia → Ethiopia (thin skirt)
- Australia → Finland (thin skirt)
- Australia → France (thin skirt)
- Australia → Germany (thin skirt)
- Australia → Goa (thin skirt)
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