What is ponta de agulha?
Quick Answer
ponta de agulha is a regional beef-cut name for the short plate, on the plate primal (Belly area, below the rib section).
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What is ponta de agulha in simple terms?
What is ponta de agulha called in the United States?
US retail labels for short plate appear in the names-by-country section; common forms include the mapped English terms listed there.
Where is ponta de agulha on the cow?
ponta de agulha refers to short plate located at Belly area, below the rib section on the plate primal.
Is ponta de agulha steak?
It is a beef muscle sold as steak or roast depending on thickness and market—still short plate anatomically.
Is ponta de agulha the same as Short Ribs?
How do I translate ponta de agulha for travel?
What is another name for ponta de agulha?
“ponta de agulha” is a regional beef-cut name that maps to the canonical cut Short Plate (plate primal).
Use the names-by-country section below when shopping or ordering abroad.
Global cut guide
Where it comes from
The belly of the cow, below the rib primal. Source of short ribs, skirt steak, and hanger steak. Rich, fatty, and flavorful. Used for braising, fajitas, and in Asian cuisines for hot pot. It is part of the plate primal (Belly area, below the rib section).
In menus and butcher shops it is often discussed next to Short Ribs, Skirt, and Hanger.
What it's called in other countries
- Albania: short plate
- Andhra Pradesh: short plate
- Argentina: Asado (cut)
- Australia: short plate
- Austria: short plate
- Bangladesh: short plate
- Belarus: short plate
- Belgium: short plate
- Bhutan: yak tsillu
- Bolivia: short plate
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: short plate
- Botswana: short plate
- Brazil: ponta de agulha · Ponta de agulha
- Bulgaria: short plate
- Burkina Faso: short plate
- Canada: Short plate
- Central India: short plate
- Chad: short plate
- Chile: short plate
- China: short plate
- Coastal-Colonial India (Pondicherry & Daman): charbi pondicherry · charbi daman
- Colombia: short plate
- Costa Rica: short plate
- Croatia: short plate
- Czech Republic: short plate
- Denmark: short plate
- Ecuador: short plate
- Egypt: short plate
- El Salvador: short plate
- Estonia: short plate
- Ethiopia: short plate
- Finland: short plate
- France: short plate
- Germany: short plate
- Goa: short plate
- Greece: short plate
- Guatemala: short plate
- Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand: charbi uttarakhand
- Honduras: short plate
- Hungary: short plate
- Indian Islands (Andaman, Nicobar & Lakshadweep): short plate
- Indonesia: short plate
- Iran: gholveh-gah
- Ireland: short plate
- Israel: short plate
- Italy: short plate
- Jammu & Kashmir: charbi jk
- Japan: short plate
- Karnataka: short plate
- Kazakhstan: short plate
- Kenya: short plate
- Kerala: short plate
- Ladakh: short plate
- Latvia: short plate
- Lithuania: short plate
- Maharashtra: short plate
- Malaysia: short plate
- Mali: short plate
- Manipur: short plate
- Meghalaya: short plate
- Mexico: short plate
- Mongolia: ookh mongolia · yak fat mongolia
- Montenegro: short plate
- Morocco: short plate
- Myanmar: short plate
- Nagaland: short plate
- Namibia: short plate
- Nepal: yak fat nepal
- Netherlands: short plate
- New Zealand: short plate
- Nicaragua: short plate
- Niger: short plate
- Nigeria: short plate
- North Macedonia: short plate
- Northeast India (Other States): short plate
- Norway: short plate
- Pakistan: short plate
- Panama: short plate
- Paraguay: short plate
- Peru: short plate
- Philippines: short plate
- Poland: short plate
- Portugal: short plate
- Punjab: short plate
- Qatar: short plate
- Rajasthan: short plate
- Romania: short plate
- Russia: short plate
- Saudi Arabia: short plate
- Senegal: short plate
- Sikkim: short plate
- Singapore: short plate
- Slovakia: short plate
- Slovenia: short plate
- South Africa: short plate
- South Korea: short plate
- Spain: short plate
- Sri Lanka: thel ekka cut
- Sweden: short plate
- Switzerland: short plate
- Taiwan: short plate
- Tamil Nadu: short plate
- Tanzania: short plate
- Telangana: short plate
- Thailand: short plate
- Turkey: short plate
- UAE: short plate
- Uganda: short plate
- Ukraine: short plate
- United Kingdom: short plate
- United States: Short plate
- Uruguay: Asado (cut)
- Uttar Pradesh: short plate
- Uzbekistan: short plate
- Venezuela: short plate
- Vietnam: nuoc beo
- West Bengal: short plate
- Zimbabwe: short plate
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 (Belly area, below the rib section), adjust time and temperature to thickness and marbling.
Translations across countries
- Argentina → Albania (asado)
- Argentina → Andhra Pradesh (asado)
- Argentina → Australia (asado)
- Argentina → Austria (asado)
- Argentina → Bangladesh (asado)
- Argentina → Belarus (asado)
- Argentina → Belgium (asado)
- Argentina → Bhutan (asado)
- Argentina → Bolivia (asado)
- Argentina → Bosnia & Herzegovina (asado)
- Argentina → Botswana (asado)
- Argentina → Brazil (asado)
- Argentina → Bulgaria (asado)
- Argentina → Burkina Faso (asado)
- Argentina → Canada (asado)
- Argentina → Chad (asado)
- Argentina → Chile (asado)
- Argentina → China (asado)
- Argentina → Colombia (asado)
- Argentina → Costa Rica (asado)
- Argentina → Croatia (asado)
- Argentina → Czech Republic (asado)
- Argentina → Denmark (asado)
- Argentina → Ecuador (asado)
- Argentina → Egypt (asado)
- Argentina → El Salvador (asado)
- Argentina → Estonia (asado)
- Argentina → Ethiopia (asado)
- Argentina → Finland (asado)
- Argentina → France (asado)
- Argentina → Germany (asado)
- Argentina → Goa (asado)
- Argentina → Greece (asado)
- Argentina → Guatemala (asado)
- Argentina → Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand (asado)
- Argentina → Honduras (asado)
- Argentina → Hungary (asado)
- Argentina → Central India (asado)
- Argentina → Coastal-Colonial India (Pondicherry & Daman) (asado)
- Argentina → Indian Islands (Andaman, Nicobar & Lakshadweep) (asado)
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