What is maminha?
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What is maminha?
Where does maminha come from on the cow?
“maminha” is a regional beef-cut name that maps to these canonical cuts: Sirloin Flap, Tri Tip.
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
Sirloin Flap: Thin, loose-grained flap from the bottom sirloin; overlaps skirt/flank in some regional breakdowns. (sirloin, sirloin flap / bottom sirloin flap). Tri Tip: A triangular cut from the bottom sirloin (tensor fasciae latae muscle). Popularized by Santa Maria-style California BBQ. Lean with a pronounced grain that changes direction. Best grilled whole to medium-rare and sliced against the grain. (sirloin, Bottom sirloin, triangular muscle at the base of the sirloin near the flank).
In menus and butcher shops it is often discussed next to Flank, Skirt, Sirloin Cap, and Flap Steak.
What it's called in other countries
- Afghanistan: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Albania: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Andhra Pradesh: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Angola: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Argentina: Vacío overlap · Colita de cuadril
- Australia: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Austria: sirloin flap · hüferschwanzl
- Bangladesh: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Belarus: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Belgium: aiguillette · pointe de filet
- Belize: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Bhutan: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Bolivia: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Botswana: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Brazil: maminha · Fraldinha (overlap—verify) · Maminha
- Bulgaria: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Burkina Faso: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Cameroon: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Canada: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Central India: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Chad: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Chile: Flap · Punta de picana
- China: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Coastal-Colonial India (Pondicherry & Daman): sirloin flap · tri tip
- Colombia: Sobrebarriga overlap · Cola solomo extranjero
- Costa Rica: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Côte d'Ivoire: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Croatia: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Cuba: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Czech Republic: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Denmark: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Dominican Republic: sirloin flap · tri tip
- DR Congo: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Ecuador: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Egypt: sirloin flap · tri tip
- El Salvador: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Estonia: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Ethiopia: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Finland: sirloin flap · tri tip
- France: Bavette overlap · Aiguillette baronne
- Germany: sirloin flap · Bürgermeisterstück
- Goa: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Greece: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Guatemala: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Guyana: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Haiti: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Honduras: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Hungary: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Indian Islands (Andaman, Nicobar & Lakshadweep): sirloin flap · tri tip
- Indonesia: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Iran: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Ireland: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Israel: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Italy: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Jamaica: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Jammu & Kashmir: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Japan: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Karnataka: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Kazakhstan: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Kenya: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Kerala: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Ladakh: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Latvia: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Lithuania: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Maharashtra: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Malaysia: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Mali: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Manipur: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Meghalaya: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Mexico: Flap · Empuje
- Mongolia: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Montenegro: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Morocco: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Mozambique: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Myanmar: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Nagaland: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Namibia: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Nepal: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Netherlands: sirloin flap · Ezeltje
- New Zealand: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Nicaragua: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Niger: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Nigeria: sirloin flap · tri tip
- North Macedonia: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Northeast India (Other States): sirloin flap · tri tip
- Norway: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Pakistan: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Panama: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Paraguay: Flap · colita de cuadril
- Peru: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Philippines: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Poland: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Portugal: Maminha · sirloin flap
- Puerto Rico: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Punjab: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Qatar: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Quebec: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Rajasthan: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Romania: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Russia: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Saudi Arabia: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Senegal: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Sikkim: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Singapore: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Slovakia: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Slovenia: sirloin flap · tri tip
- South Africa: sirloin flap · tri tip
- South Korea: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Spain: Falda · Babilla
- Sri Lanka: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Sudan: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Suriname: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Sweden: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Switzerland: sirloin flap · huft
- Taiwan: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Tamil Nadu: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Tanzania: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Telangana: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Thailand: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Trinidad & Tobago: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Turkey: sirloin flap · tri tip
- UAE: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Uganda: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Ukraine: sirloin flap · tri tip
- United Kingdom: Flap · tri tip
- United States: Sirloin flap · Tri-tip · Triangle roast
- Uruguay: Flap · Colita de cuadril
- Uttar Pradesh: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Uzbekistan: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Venezuela: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Vietnam: sirloin flap · tri tip
- West Bengal: sirloin flap · tri tip
- Zimbabwe: sirloin flap · tri tip
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 sirloin primal (sirloin flap / bottom sirloin flap), adjust time and temperature to thickness and marbling.
Translations across countries
- Austria → Afghanistan (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → Albania (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → Andhra Pradesh (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → Angola (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → Argentina (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → Australia (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → Bangladesh (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → Belarus (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → Belgium (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → Belize (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → Bhutan (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → Bolivia (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → Bosnia & Herzegovina (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → Botswana (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → Brazil (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → Bulgaria (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → Burkina Faso (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → Cameroon (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → Canada (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → Chad (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → Chile (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → China (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → Colombia (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → Costa Rica (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → Côte d'Ivoire (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → Croatia (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → Cuba (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → Czech Republic (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → Denmark (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → Dominican Republic (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → DR Congo (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → Ecuador (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → Egypt (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → El Salvador (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → Estonia (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → Ethiopia (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → Finland (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → France (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → Germany (hüferschwanzl)
- Austria → Goa (hüferschwanzl)
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