What is mince?
Quick Answer
"mince" 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 mince?
"mince" may map to more than one canonical cut in this dataset—use the hub links on this page.
Where does mince come from on the cow?
Open each linked canonical guide; primals differ when the name is ambiguous.
“mince” is a regional beef-cut name that maps to these canonical cuts: Chuck Roll, Inside Round.
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 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). Inside Round: A large, lean cut from the inner thigh (adductor and semimembranosus muscles). Sold as top round steaks, London broil, or roasts. Lean but can be tough — best sliced thin or braised. (round, Inner thigh of the hindquarter).
In menus and butcher shops it is often discussed next to Chuck Blade, Shoulder Clod, and Ribeye.
What it's called in other countries
- Afghanistan: shana · ran
- Albania: qafë · dhomat e kofshës · kofshë
- Andhra Pradesh: keema ap · pirudu mamsam
- Angola: acém comprido · chã de dentro
- Argentina: Cogote · Nalga de adentro
- Australia: premium mince · chuck au · topside
- Austria: kavalierspitz · schale
- Bangladesh: hath e kata · sole · topside bd
- Belarus: shyyka · ahuzak
- Belgium: épaule · inside round
- Belize: stew beef · round steak
- Bhutan: sha bhutan · inside round
- Bolivia: chuck roll · pulpa negra
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: vrat · plećka · frikando · but
- Botswana: seswaa chuck cut · nama ya kgomo · inside round
- Brazil: Acém · Coxão mole
- Bulgaria: vrat · inside round
- Burkina Faso: riz gras cut · burkinabe maffe cut · soro · burkina brochette strip
- Cameroon: épaule · cuisse
- Canada: Chuck roll · Inside round
- Central India: gol boti central · inside round
- Chad: charmout cut · daraba cut · lahm al-fakhid · ndjamena brochette strip
- Chile: Huachalomo · Posta negra
- China: diao long · bo ren · niurou mo · inside round
- Coastal-Colonial India (Pondicherry & Daman): beef pondicherry · boeuf bourguignon cut pondicherry · beef daman · inside round
- Colombia: chuck roll · Tabla
- Costa Rica: posta de cuello · posta negra
- Côte d'Ivoire: épaule · cuisse
- Croatia: vrat · frikando
- Cuba: aguja · pierna
- Czech Republic: chuck roll · vrchní šál
- Denmark: chuck roll · Inderlår
- Dominican Republic: paleta · masa limpia
- DR Congo: épaule · cuisse
- Ecuador: chuck roll · tapa ec
- Egypt: sinn · kandouz · bofteek
- El Salvador: chuck roll · posta negra
- Estonia: kael · pähklitükk
- Ethiopia: wot cut · le wot · inside round
- Finland: chuck roll · sisäpaisti
- France: Basses côtes · Tranche
- Germany: chuck roll · Oberschale
- Goa: kheema goa · topside goa
- Greece: elia · tranti
- Guatemala: chuck roll · posta negra
- Guyana: mince · stew beef · topside
- Haiti: zepòl · vyann san zo
- Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand: bade ka mansa himachal · keema himachal · bade ka gosht uttarakhand · keema uttarakhand · inside round
- Honduras: chuck roll · posta negra
- Hungary: chuck roll · felsál
- Indian Islands (Andaman, Nicobar & Lakshadweep): fresh andaman beef · frozen block andaman · andaman mince · beef kavaratti · kothu lakshadweep · inside round
- Indonesia: daging giling · penutup
- Iran: gardan · sar-sineh
- Ireland: chuck roll · topside
- Israel: tzavar · wysbraten
- Italy: Collo · Fesa
- Jamaica: mince · stew beef · topside
- Jammu & Kashmir: bade ka maans jk · rogan josh cut jk · inside round
- Japan: tanshita · inside round
- Karnataka: chuck roll · uppu saaru cut · bafat roast cut · topside ka
- Kazakhstan: moyyn · san eti ishki
- Kenya: nyama ya kusaga · topside ke
- Kerala: beef cutlet meat kl · beef fry cut · topside kl
- Ladakh: lang-sha ladakh · yag-sha · inside round
- Latvia: skausts · ciskas augšdaļa
- Lithuania: sprandinė · vidinė kumpio dalis
- Maharashtra: rawa keema · machine keema mh · curry cut mh · topside mh
- Malaysia: chuck roll · daging peha · daging segar
- Mali: bega · tiguadege cut · bolo sogo · malian brochette strip
- Manipur: shan-sa · buffalo shan-sa · inside round
- Meghalaya: doh masi · buffalo doh masi · khasi beef · inside round
- Mexico: Diezmillo (context) · Tapa
- Mongolia: tatamal makh · ukhriin makh · buuz mince mongolia · yak mince mongolia · inside round
- Montenegro: vrat · plećka · frikando · but
- Morocco: al-ankra · kefta · bofteek ma
- Mozambique: acém comprido · chã de dentro
- Myanmar: a-mae-mote · a-mae-thar · shan beef cut · inside round
- Nagaland: vitho · inside round
- Namibia: beesvleis · droewors cut · inside round
- Nepal: keema nepal · bhaisi ko masu · momo keema · yak keema nepal · inside round
- Netherlands: chuck roll · inside round
- New Zealand: prime mince · chuck nz · hangi beef · topside nz · schnitzel nz
- Nicaragua: chuck roll · posta negra
- Niger: taba-nany · kafa · cinya · niger kilishi cut · niamey brochette strip
- Nigeria: cow meat · minced meat ng · eran malu · lap · suya cut · eran didi · kafa
- North Macedonia: vrat · pleshka · frikando · but
- Northeast India (Other States): goru mangxo · moh mangxo · mos-sa · inside round
- Norway: chuck roll · flatbiff
- Pakistan: hath ka keema pk · raan
- Panama: chuck roll · pulpa negra
- Paraguay: aguja · carnaza negra
- Peru: chuck roll · tapa
- Philippines: giniling na baka · pierna corta
- Poland: karkówka · zrazowa górna
- Portugal: Acém · acém comprido · Pojadouro
- Puerto Rico: paleta · pelota
- Punjab: gol boti pb · khula gosht · hath chopped keema pb · inside round
- Qatar: raqaba qa · mafroum · escalope
- Quebec: palette · ronde
- Rajasthan: boti rj · inside round
- Romania: greabăn · capac
- Russia: lopatochnaya chast · vnutrennyaya chast bedra
- Saudi Arabia: raqaba · bofteek sa
- Senegal: dibi cut · senegalese maffe cut · cuiss bi · senegalese brochette strip
- Sikkim: lang-sha sikkim · yak ko masu · inside round
- Singapore: chuck roll · topside · niu rou wan meat sg · minced beef extra lean
- Slovakia: chuck roll · vrchný šál
- Slovenia: bovla · frikando
- South Africa: chuck sa · boerewors mince · topside sa
- South Korea: salchisal · seolgidu
- Spain: aguja · inside round
- Sri Lanka: haraka mas · buffalo haraka mas · ceylon curry cut · hand-beaten mince sri lanka · inside round
- Sudan: kitif · fakhid
- Suriname: stoofvlees · fricandeau
- Sweden: chuck roll · innanlår
- Switzerland: hals · eckstück
- Taiwan: chuck roll · wen ti niu
- Tamil Nadu: kothu beef · machine keema tn · chukka cut · topside tn
- Tanzania: bega tanzania · bega · nyama ya mchuzi tanzania · inside round
- Telangana: hath ka keema · machine keema tg · boti tg · inside round
- Thailand: nuea san-kor · nuea sop · inside round
- Trinidad & Tobago: mince · stew beef · topside
- Turkey: gerdan · inside round
- UAE: chuck roll · topside uae
- Uganda: kifuba kyokubega · kisambi · katogo cut · inside round
- Ukraine: lopatkova chastyna · vnutrishnya chastyna stegna
- United Kingdom: chuck roll · Topside
- United States: Chuck roll · Top round · London broil
- Uruguay: Cogote · Nalga de adentro
- Uttar Pradesh: hath ka keema up · kofte ka keema · garam gosht · boti up · inside round
- Uzbekistan: bo'yin · son ichki
- Venezuela: chuck roll · pulpa negra
- Vietnam: nac vai · thit bo xay · inside round
- West Bengal: cutlet meat wb · hath e kata wb · kolkata chaap cut · topside wb
- Zimbabwe: nyama yemombe · high density stewing beef · neck zimbabwe · inside 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 chuck primal (Between the neck and the rib section, boneless), adjust time and temperature to thickness and marbling.
Translations across countries
- Afghanistan → Albania (ran)
- Afghanistan → Albania (shana)
- Afghanistan → Andhra Pradesh (ran)
- Afghanistan → Andhra Pradesh (shana)
- Afghanistan → Angola (ran)
- Afghanistan → Angola (shana)
- Afghanistan → Argentina (ran)
- Afghanistan → Argentina (shana)
- Afghanistan → Australia (ran)
- Afghanistan → Australia (shana)
- Afghanistan → Austria (ran)
- Afghanistan → Austria (shana)
- Afghanistan → Bangladesh (ran)
- Afghanistan → Bangladesh (shana)
- Afghanistan → Belarus (ran)
- Afghanistan → Belarus (shana)
- Afghanistan → Belgium (ran)
- Afghanistan → Belgium (shana)
- Afghanistan → Belize (ran)
- Afghanistan → Belize (shana)
- Afghanistan → Bhutan (ran)
- Afghanistan → Bhutan (shana)
- Afghanistan → Bolivia (ran)
- Afghanistan → Bolivia (shana)
- Afghanistan → Bosnia & Herzegovina (ran)
- Afghanistan → Bosnia & Herzegovina (shana)
- Afghanistan → Botswana (ran)
- Afghanistan → Botswana (shana)
- Afghanistan → Brazil (ran)
- Afghanistan → Brazil (shana)
- Afghanistan → Bulgaria (ran)
- Afghanistan → Bulgaria (shana)
- Afghanistan → Burkina Faso (ran)
- Afghanistan → Burkina Faso (shana)
- Afghanistan → Cameroon (ran)
- Afghanistan → Cameroon (shana)
- Afghanistan → Canada (ran)
- Afghanistan → Canada (shana)
- Afghanistan → Chad (ran)
- Afghanistan → Chad (shana)
Showing 40 of 27738 routes — more in the sitemap.