What is contrafilé?
Quick Answer
contrafilé is a regional beef-cut name for the striploin (strip steak), on the loin primal (longissimus dorsi (short loin)).
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What is contrafilé in simple terms?
What is contrafilé called in the United States?
US retail labels for striploin (strip steak) appear in the names-by-country section; common forms include the mapped English terms listed there.
Where is contrafilé on the cow?
contrafilé refers to striploin (strip steak) located at longissimus dorsi (short loin) on the loin primal.
Is contrafilé steak?
It is a beef muscle sold as steak or roast depending on thickness and market—still striploin (strip steak) anatomically.
Is contrafilé the same as Ribeye?
How do I translate contrafilé for travel?
Use translation URLs from the list on this page, or open the Striploin hub.
What is another name for contrafilé?
“contrafilé” is a regional beef-cut name that maps to the canonical cut Striploin (loin primal).
Use the names-by-country section below when shopping or ordering abroad.
Global cut guide
Where it comes from
Leaner than ribeye; the classic strip steak muscle running along the short loin. It is part of the loin primal (longissimus dorsi (short loin)).
In menus and butcher shops it is often discussed next to Ribeye, Tenderloin, Sirloin Cap, Sirloin Flap, and T Bone.
What it's called in other countries
- Albania: bërxollë pa kockë · biftek
- Andhra Pradesh: mishrama mamsam
- Argentina: Bife de chorizo
- Australia: porterhouse · sirloin au
- Austria: beiried
- Bangladesh: sira bd
- Belarus: tonki kray
- Belgium: striploin
- Bhutan: phu-sha · yak-sha bhutan
- Bolivia: bife de chorizo
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: ramstek
- Botswana: mogolo
- Brazil: contrafilé · Contrafilé · Bife de chorizo
- Bulgaria: kontrafile
- Burkina Faso: poore sogo
- Canada: striploin
- Central India: chhaati ka gola
- Chad: lahm al-dahar
- Chile: Lomo liso
- China: xileng
- Coastal-Colonial India (Pondicherry & Daman): contre-filet pondicherry · contra-file daman
- Colombia: Churrasco
- Costa Rica: lomo
- Croatia: ramstek
- Czech Republic: nízký roštěnec
- Denmark: Oksefilet
- Ecuador: lomo de asado
- Egypt: erq rosto
- El Salvador: lomo de aguja
- Estonia: välisfilee
- Ethiopia: yemigongo · tibs cut
- Finland: ulkofilee
- France: Contre-filet
- Germany: Rumpsteak
- Goa: sirloin goa
- Greece: kontra
- Guatemala: lomo de cinta
- Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand: peeth ka mansa himachal · puth ka gosht uttarakhand
- Honduras: lomo de cinta
- Hungary: hátszín
- Indian Islands (Andaman, Nicobar & Lakshadweep): peeth ka maans andaman · variyellu lakshadweep
- Indonesia: has luar
- Iran: rasteh
- Ireland: sirloin
- Israel: sinta
- Italy: Controfiletto · Lombata
- Jammu & Kashmir: puth jk
- Japan: saroin
- Karnataka: puth ka
- Kazakhstan: zhalyn
- Kenya: nyama ya mgongo
- Kerala: variyellu · poti loin
- Ladakh: dhak-sha · yak striploin ladakh
- Latvia: muguras fileja
- Lithuania: nugarinė
- Maharashtra: loin mh
- Malaysia: daging sirloin · daging import
- Mali: koko sogo
- Manipur: mathak-sa · mithun manipur
- Meghalaya: doh sniang · mithun meghalaya
- Mexico: Bistec (context)
- Mongolia: nuuruunii makh · sarlagiin makh
- Montenegro: ramstek
- Morocco: faux-filet
- Myanmar: kyaw-thar
- Nagaland: vitho keivi · cuo · naga mithun · feast mithun naga · hornbill mithun
- Namibia: sirloin namibia
- Nepal: dhad ko masu · yak masu nepal
- Netherlands: Dunne Lende
- New Zealand: sirloin nz
- Nicaragua: lomo de centro
- Niger: nama na baya
- Nigeria: back meat ng · nama na baya
- North Macedonia: ramstek
- Northeast India (Other States): peeth ka mansa arunachal · mithun arunachal · sa-tha · sial · sira mangxo
- Norway: ytrefilet
- Pakistan: bachhiya puth · bhains puth · puth
- Panama: new york
- Paraguay: Bife angosto
- Peru: bife angosto
- Philippines: tagilid
- Poland: rostbef
- Portugal: vazia · prego
- Punjab: puth ka gosht
- Qatar: sirloin qa
- Rajasthan: striploin
- Romania: vrabioară
- Russia: tonkiy kray
- Saudi Arabia: sirloin sa
- Senegal: guinar gu · dibi cut
- Sikkim: dhad ko masu
- Singapore: sirloin sg
- Slovakia: nízky roštenec
- Slovenia: nizek hrbet
- South Africa: sirloin sa
- South Korea: chaekkeut
- Spain: Lomo bajo
- Sri Lanka: pita mas
- Sweden: ryggbiff
- Switzerland: entrecôte
- Taiwan: niuyueke
- Tamil Nadu: loin tn
- Tanzania: nyama ya mgongo
- Telangana: gola tg
- Thailand: san nok
- Turkey: kontrafile
- UAE: striploin uae
- Uganda: mugongo
- Ukraine: tonkyi krai
- United Kingdom: Sirloin steak (UK)
- United States: New York strip · Strip steak
- Uruguay: Bife angosto
- Uttar Pradesh: striploin
- Uzbekistan: sirt
- Venezuela: solomo de cuerito
- Vietnam: than ngoai · bo ne
- West Bengal: sira
- Zimbabwe: musana
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 loin primal (longissimus dorsi (short loin)), adjust time and temperature to thickness and marbling.
Translations across countries
- Albania → Andhra Pradesh (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Argentina (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Australia (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Austria (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Bangladesh (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Belarus (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Belgium (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Bhutan (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Bolivia (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Bosnia & Herzegovina (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Botswana (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Brazil (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Bulgaria (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Burkina Faso (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Canada (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Chad (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Chile (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → China (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Colombia (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Costa Rica (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Croatia (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Czech Republic (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Denmark (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Ecuador (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Egypt (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → El Salvador (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Estonia (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Ethiopia (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Finland (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → France (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Germany (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Goa (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Greece (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Guatemala (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Honduras (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Hungary (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Central India (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Coastal-Colonial India (Pondicherry & Daman) (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Indian Islands (Andaman, Nicobar & Lakshadweep) (bërxollë pa kockë)
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