What is paleta?
Quick Answer
"paleta" 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 paleta?
"paleta" may map to more than one canonical cut in this dataset—use the hub links on this page.
Where does paleta come from on the cow?
Open each linked canonical guide; primals differ when the name is ambiguous.
“paleta” is a regional beef-cut name that maps to these canonical cuts: Chuck Blade, Chuck Roll, Shoulder Clod.
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 Blade: From the shoulder blade (scapula) area. Contains the blade bone and connective tissue that melts during braising. Classic pot roast cut. Cross-rib roast is cut from this area. (chuck, Shoulder blade area, above the arm). 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). Shoulder Clod: A large, lean muscle group from the outer shoulder. Contains the flat iron (infraspinatus) and petite tender (teres major) as sub-cuts. Often sold as shoulder roast or clod steaks. (chuck, Upper shoulder, above the arm and outside the blade).
In menus and butcher shops it is often discussed next to Chuck Roll, and Shoulder Clod.
What it's called in other countries
- Afghanistan: chuck blade · shana · shoulder clod
- Albania: shpatull · qafë · shoulder clod
- Andhra Pradesh: bhujam mamsam · keema ap · shoulder clod
- Angola: chuck blade · acém comprido · shoulder clod
- Argentina: Bife de paleta · Cogote · Marucha
- Australia: blade · bolar blade · chuck au · shoulder clod
- Austria: schulterscherzl · kavalierspitz · dickes bugstück
- Bangladesh: kaand · kalo bhuna cut · hath e kata · sole · shoulder clod
- Belarus: lapatka · shyyka · shoulder clod
- Belgium: collet · épaule · shoulder clod
- Belize: chuck blade · stew beef · shoulder clod
- Bhutan: chuck blade · sha bhutan · shoulder clod
- Bolivia: chuck blade · chuck roll · shoulder clod
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: lopatka · vrat · plećka · shoulder clod
- Botswana: chuck blade · seswaa chuck cut · nama ya kgomo · shoulder clod
- Brazil: paleta · cupim · Acém · Paleta
- Bulgaria: pleshka · vrat · shoulder clod
- Burkina Faso: chuck blade · riz gras cut · burkinabe maffe cut · shoulder clod
- Cameroon: chuck blade · épaule · shoulder clod
- Canada: Blade roast · Chuck roll · Shoulder clod
- Central India: dasti central · gol boti central · shoulder clod
- Chad: chuck blade · charmout cut · daraba cut · shoulder clod
- Chile: Asado carnicero · Huachalomo · Punta paleta
- China: shi bing · diao long · bo ren · niurou mo · shoulder clod
- Coastal-Colonial India (Pondicherry & Daman): chuck blade · beef pondicherry · boeuf bourguignon cut pondicherry · beef daman · shoulder clod
- Colombia: Paletero · chuck roll · Tablón
- Costa Rica: chuck blade · posta de cuello · shoulder clod
- Côte d'Ivoire: chuck blade · épaule · shoulder clod
- Croatia: chuck blade · vrat · shoulder clod
- Cuba: chuck blade · aguja · shoulder clod
- Czech Republic: chuck blade · chuck roll · shoulder clod
- Denmark: chuck blade · chuck roll · shoulder clod
- Dominican Republic: paleta · chuck blade · shoulder clod
- DR Congo: chuck blade · épaule · shoulder clod
- Ecuador: paleta · chuck roll · shoulder clod
- Egypt: chuck blade · sinn · kandouz · shoulder clod
- El Salvador: chuck blade · chuck roll · shoulder clod
- Estonia: abatükk · kael · shoulder clod
- Ethiopia: chuck blade · wot cut · le wot · shoulder clod
- Finland: lapa · chuck roll · shoulder clod
- France: Macreuse · Basses côtes · Paleron
- Germany: chuck blade · chuck roll · Dickes Bugstück
- Goa: chuck blade · kheema goa · shoulder clod
- Greece: laimos · elia · shoulder clod
- Guatemala: chuck blade · chuck roll · shoulder clod
- Guyana: chuck blade · stew beef · mince · shoulder clod
- Haiti: chuck blade · zepòl · shoulder clod
- Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand: dasti himachal · dasti uttarakhand · bade ka mansa himachal · keema himachal · bade ka gosht uttarakhand · keema uttarakhand · shoulder clod
- Honduras: chuck blade · chuck roll · shoulder clod
- Hungary: lapocka · chuck roll · shoulder clod
- Indian Islands (Andaman, Nicobar & Lakshadweep): dasti andaman · fresh andaman beef · frozen block andaman · andaman mince · beef kavaratti · kothu lakshadweep · shoulder clod
- Indonesia: paha depan · daging giling · shoulder clod
- Iran: sar-dast · gardan · shoulder clod
- Ireland: braising steak · chuck roll · shoulder clod
- Israel: chuck blade · tzavar · tzli katef
- Italy: chuck blade · Collo · Fesone di spalla
- Jamaica: chuck blade · stew beef · mince · shoulder clod
- Jammu & Kashmir: dasti jk · bade ka maans jk · rogan josh cut jk · shoulder clod
- Japan: chuck blade · tanshita · shoulder clod
- Karnataka: chuck blade · chuck roll · shoulder clod
- Kazakhstan: zhauyryn · moyyn · shoulder clod
- Kenya: bega · nyama ya kusaga · shoulder clod
- Kerala: chuck blade · beef cutlet meat kl · shoulder clod
- Ladakh: dasti ladakh · lang-sha ladakh · yag-sha · shoulder clod
- Latvia: lāpstiņa · skausts · shoulder clod
- Lithuania: mentė · sprandinė · shoulder clod
- Maharashtra: chuck blade · rawa keema · machine keema mh · curry cut mh · shoulder clod
- Malaysia: daging bahu · chuck roll · shoulder clod
- Mali: chuck blade · bega · tiguadege cut · shoulder clod
- Manipur: dasti manipur · shan-sa · buffalo shan-sa · shoulder clod
- Meghalaya: dasti meghalaya · doh masi · buffalo doh masi · khasi beef · shoulder clod
- Mexico: paleta · Diezmillo (context) · Paleta
- Mongolia: chuck blade · tatamal makh · ukhriin makh · buuz mince mongolia · yak mince mongolia · shoulder clod
- Montenegro: chuck blade · vrat · plećka · shoulder clod
- Morocco: al-ketf · al-ankra · kefta · shoulder clod
- Mozambique: chuck blade · acém comprido · shoulder clod
- Myanmar: sibyan curry cut · a-mae-mote · a-mae-thar · shan beef cut · shoulder clod
- Nagaland: dasti naga · vitho · shoulder clod
- Namibia: chuck blade · beesvleis · droewors cut · shoulder clod
- Nepal: chuck blade · keema nepal · bhaisi ko masu · momo keema · yak keema nepal · shoulder clod
- Netherlands: chuck blade · chuck roll · Bloemstuk
- New Zealand: blade nz · bolar blade nz · chuck nz · prime mince · hangi beef · shoulder clod
- Nicaragua: chuck blade · chuck roll · shoulder clod
- Niger: chuck blade · taba-nany · shoulder clod
- Nigeria: chuck blade · cow meat · minced meat ng · eran malu · shoulder clod
- North Macedonia: chuck blade · vrat · pleshka · shoulder clod
- Northeast India (Other States): chuck blade · goru mangxo · moh mangxo · mos-sa · shoulder clod
- Norway: bogstek · chuck roll · bog
- Pakistan: dasti pk · hath ka keema pk · shoulder clod
- Panama: chuck blade · chuck roll · shoulder clod
- Paraguay: paleta · chuck blade · aguja
- Peru: chuck blade · chuck roll · shoulder clod
- Philippines: paypay · giniling na baka · shoulder clod
- Poland: łopatka · karkówka · shoulder clod
- Portugal: Cachaço · Acém · acém comprido · shoulder clod
- Puerto Rico: paleta · chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Punjab: dasti pb · gol boti pb · khula gosht · hath chopped keema pb · shoulder clod
- Qatar: ketf qa · raqaba qa · mafroum · shoulder clod
- Quebec: chuck blade · palette · macreuse
- Rajasthan: dasti rj · boti rj · shoulder clod
- Romania: chuck blade · greabăn · shoulder clod
- Russia: lopatka · lopatochnaya chast · plechevaya chast
- Saudi Arabia: ketf sa · raqaba · shoulder clod
- Senegal: chuck blade · dibi cut · senegalese maffe cut · shoulder clod
- Sikkim: dasti sikkim · lang-sha sikkim · yak ko masu · shoulder clod
- Singapore: chuck tender · chuck roll · shoulder clod
- Slovakia: lopatka · chuck roll · shoulder clod
- Slovenia: lopatka · bovla · shoulder clod
- South Africa: blade sa · chuck sa · boerewors mince · shoulder clod
- South Korea: mok-sal · salchisal · shoulder clod
- Spain: carne para guisar · aguja · espalda
- Sri Lanka: dalla sri lanka · haraka mas · buffalo haraka mas · ceylon curry cut · hand-beaten mince sri lanka · shoulder clod
- Sudan: chuck blade · kitif · shoulder clod
- Suriname: chuck blade · stoofvlees · shoulder clod
- Sweden: bogblad · chuck roll · shoulder clod
- Switzerland: schulterblatt · hals · shoulder clod
- Taiwan: jian jia rou · chuck roll · shoulder clod
- Tamil Nadu: chuck blade · kothu beef · machine keema tn · shoulder clod
- Tanzania: chuck blade · bega tanzania · bega · nyama ya mchuzi tanzania · shoulder clod
- Telangana: dasti · hath ka keema · machine keema tg · boti tg · shoulder clod
- Thailand: chuck blade · nuea san-kor · nuea sop · shoulder clod
- Trinidad & Tobago: chuck blade · stew beef · mince · shoulder clod
- Turkey: kol · gerdan · shoulder clod
- UAE: chuck uae · chuck roll · shoulder clod
- Uganda: chuck blade · kifuba kyokubega · kisambi · katogo cut · shoulder clod
- Ukraine: lopatka · lopatkova chastyna · plechova chastyna
- United Kingdom: chuck blade · chuck roll · shoulder clod
- United States: Chuck roast · Blade roast · Chuck roll · Shoulder clod · Shoulder roast
- Uruguay: Bife de paleta · Cogote · Marucha
- Uttar Pradesh: dasti up · hath ka keema up · kofte ka keema · garam gosht · boti up · shoulder clod
- Uzbekistan: kurak · bo'yin · shoulder clod
- Venezuela: chuck blade · chuck roll · shoulder clod
- Vietnam: chuck blade · nac vai · thit bo xay · shoulder clod
- West Bengal: kaand wb · kolkata biryani cut · cutlet meat wb · hath e kata wb · shoulder clod
- Zimbabwe: chuck blade · nyama yemombe · high density stewing beef · neck zimbabwe · shoulder clod
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 (Shoulder blade area, above the arm), adjust time and temperature to thickness and marbling.
Translations across countries
- Afghanistan → Albania (shana)
- Afghanistan → Andhra Pradesh (shana)
- Afghanistan → Angola (shana)
- Afghanistan → Argentina (shana)
- Afghanistan → Australia (shana)
- Afghanistan → Austria (shana)
- Afghanistan → Bangladesh (shana)
- Afghanistan → Belarus (shana)
- Afghanistan → Belgium (shana)
- Afghanistan → Belize (shana)
- Afghanistan → Bhutan (shana)
- Afghanistan → Bolivia (shana)
- Afghanistan → Bosnia & Herzegovina (shana)
- Afghanistan → Botswana (shana)
- Afghanistan → Brazil (shana)
- Afghanistan → Bulgaria (shana)
- Afghanistan → Burkina Faso (shana)
- Afghanistan → Cameroon (shana)
- Afghanistan → Canada (shana)
- Afghanistan → Chad (shana)
- Afghanistan → Chile (shana)
- Afghanistan → China (shana)
- Afghanistan → Colombia (shana)
- Afghanistan → Costa Rica (shana)
- Afghanistan → Côte d'Ivoire (shana)
- Afghanistan → Croatia (shana)
- Afghanistan → Cuba (shana)
- Afghanistan → Czech Republic (shana)
- Afghanistan → Denmark (shana)
- Afghanistan → Dominican Republic (shana)
- Afghanistan → DR Congo (shana)
- Afghanistan → Ecuador (shana)
- Afghanistan → Egypt (shana)
- Afghanistan → El Salvador (shana)
- Afghanistan → Estonia (shana)
- Afghanistan → Ethiopia (shana)
- Afghanistan → Finland (shana)
- Afghanistan → France (shana)
- Afghanistan → Germany (shana)
- Afghanistan → Goa (shana)
Showing 40 of 26532 routes — more in the sitemap.