What is tsa-sha?
Quick Answer
tsa-sha is a regional beef-cut name for the brisket, on the brisket primal (Breast / lower chest, between the forelegs).
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What is tsa-sha in simple terms?
What is tsa-sha called in the United States?
US retail labels for brisket appear in the names-by-country section; common forms include the mapped English terms listed there.
Where is tsa-sha on the cow?
Is tsa-sha steak?
It is a beef muscle sold as steak or roast depending on thickness and market—still brisket anatomically.
Is tsa-sha the same as Short Ribs?
How do I translate tsa-sha for travel?
What is another name for tsa-sha?
“tsa-sha” is a regional beef-cut name that maps to the canonical cut Brisket (brisket primal).
Use the names-by-country section below when shopping or ordering abroad.
Global cut guide
Where it comes from
From the breast and lower chest. Two sub-sections: the flat (lean, uniform) and the point/deckle (fattier, more marbled). The most iconic cut for American BBQ smoking. Also used for braising, corned beef, and pastrami. It is part of the brisket primal (Breast / lower chest, between the forelegs).
In menus and butcher shops it is often discussed next to Short Ribs, Fore Shank, Brisket Flat, and Brisket Point.
What it's called in other countries
- Albania: gjoks
- Andhra Pradesh: rommu mukkalu · kovvu
- Argentina: Pecho
- Australia: brisket au
- Austria: brust
- Bangladesh: book-er · mezban cut · tehari cut · charbi bd
- Belarus: hrudzinka
- Belgium: poitrine
- Bhutan: tsa-sha
- Bolivia: pecho
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: grudi · prsa
- Botswana: sehuba
- Brazil: Peito
- Bulgaria: gardi
- Burkina Faso: sukur-ndo · toggo
- Canada: brisket
- Central India: seena central · sati
- Chad: al-sidir · al-sanam · kaba
- Chile: Tapapecho
- China: niunan china
- Coastal-Colonial India (Pondicherry & Daman): poitrine pondicherry · salt meat daman · peito daman
- Colombia: Entrepecho
- Costa Rica: cecina
- Croatia: prsa
- Czech Republic: hrudí
- Denmark: Oksebryst
- Ecuador: pecho
- Egypt: dosh
- El Salvador: pecho
- Estonia: rinnatükk
- Ethiopia: fidsh
- Finland: rinta
- France: Poitrine
- Germany: Rinderbrust
- Goa: brisket goa · salt meat
- Greece: stithos
- Guatemala: pecho
- Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand: seena himachal · seena uttarakhand
- Honduras: pecho
- Hungary: szegy
- Indian Islands (Andaman, Nicobar & Lakshadweep): seena andaman · nenju lakshadweep · coconut oil correction lakshadweep
- Indonesia: brisket
- Iran: brisket
- Ireland: brisket
- Israel: chaze bakar
- Italy: Punta di petto
- Jammu & Kashmir: seena jk
- Japan: katarabara
- Karnataka: seena ka · charbi ka
- Kazakhstan: tos
- Kenya: kidari
- Kerala: nenju rachi · kozhuppu rachi
- Ladakh: tsa-sha · yak brisket ladakh · mok-mok cut · sha-pao cut
- Latvia: krūšu daļa
- Lithuania: krūtininė
- Maharashtra: seena mh · charbi mh
- Malaysia: daging tetel
- Mali: sisiko · zebu ngoun
- Manipur: tha-sa · shan-sa meihouba · berma cut · kangshoy cut
- Meghalaya: doh khlein · doh masi thang · doh khlein jadoh cut
- Mexico: Pecho
- Mongolia: ovchuu mongolia
- Montenegro: grudi
- Morocco: brisket
- Myanmar: yin-nyunt · sibyan brisket cut
- Nagaland: vitho kezhu · vitho keshu · fermented vitho · naga axone cut · anishi cut
- Namibia: borsstuk
- Nepal: chhati nepal
- Netherlands: Runderborst
- New Zealand: brisket nz
- Nicaragua: pecho
- Niger: kirji · kaba
- Nigeria: chest ng · kirji · eran malu · kaba
- North Macedonia: gradi
- Northeast India (Other States): suka mansa · sa-thau · sa-rep · sati mangxo · dhua-khua mangxo · buk-er · mos-sa meihouba tripura · tripura chakhwi cut
- Norway: oksebryst
- Pakistan: seena pk
- Panama: pecho
- Paraguay: brisket
- Peru: pecho
- Philippines: punong dapit
- Poland: mostek
- Portugal: Peito · maçã do peito
- Punjab: seena pb · charbi pb
- Qatar: sadr qa
- Rajasthan: seena rj · kidney charbi rj
- Romania: piept
- Russia: grudinka
- Saudi Arabia: sadr
- Senegal: poitrin mi · thieboudienne cut
- Sikkim: boso bhayeko · momo ko masu
- Singapore: brisket sg
- Slovakia: hruď
- Slovenia: prsa
- South Africa: brisket sa
- South Korea: yangji
- Spain: pecho
- Sri Lanka: penna
- Sweden: bringa
- Switzerland: federstück
- Taiwan: niunan
- Tamil Nadu: kozhuppu rachi tn · charbi tn
- Tanzania: kidari tanzania · kidari
- Telangana: seena tg · charbi tg
- Thailand: suea rong hai
- Turkey: döş
- UAE: dosh uae
- Uganda: kifuba
- Ukraine: hrudynka
- United Kingdom: Brisket
- United States: Brisket · Beef brisket
- Uruguay: Pecho
- Uttar Pradesh: seena up · charbi up
- Uzbekistan: to'sh
- Venezuela: pecho
- Vietnam: brisket
- West Bengal: buker · charbi wb
- Zimbabwe: chipfuva
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 brisket primal (Breast / lower chest, between the forelegs), adjust time and temperature to thickness and marbling.
Translations across countries
- Albania → Andhra Pradesh (gjoks)
- Albania → Argentina (gjoks)
- Albania → Australia (gjoks)
- Albania → Austria (gjoks)
- Albania → Bangladesh (gjoks)
- Albania → Belarus (gjoks)
- Albania → Belgium (gjoks)
- Albania → Bhutan (gjoks)
- Albania → Bolivia (gjoks)
- Albania → Bosnia & Herzegovina (gjoks)
- Albania → Botswana (gjoks)
- Albania → Brazil (gjoks)
- Albania → Bulgaria (gjoks)
- Albania → Burkina Faso (gjoks)
- Albania → Canada (gjoks)
- Albania → Chad (gjoks)
- Albania → Chile (gjoks)
- Albania → China (gjoks)
- Albania → Colombia (gjoks)
- Albania → Costa Rica (gjoks)
- Albania → Croatia (gjoks)
- Albania → Czech Republic (gjoks)
- Albania → Denmark (gjoks)
- Albania → Ecuador (gjoks)
- Albania → Egypt (gjoks)
- Albania → El Salvador (gjoks)
- Albania → Estonia (gjoks)
- Albania → Ethiopia (gjoks)
- Albania → Finland (gjoks)
- Albania → France (gjoks)
- Albania → Germany (gjoks)
- Albania → Goa (gjoks)
- Albania → Greece (gjoks)
- Albania → Guatemala (gjoks)
- Albania → Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand (gjoks)
- Albania → Honduras (gjoks)
- Albania → Hungary (gjoks)
- Albania → Central India (gjoks)
- Albania → Coastal-Colonial India (Pondicherry & Daman) (gjoks)
- Albania → Indian Islands (Andaman, Nicobar & Lakshadweep) (gjoks)
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