Can culotte mean more than one cut?

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How do you order steak doneness in China?

In China, medium rare is called "Wu fen shu". Rare is "San fen shu" and well done is "Quan shu".

What is culotte in China?

Q: What is culotte in China?

culotte is the Norway retail name for the sirloin cap, which sits on the sirloin primal. In China, the same cut is most often labeled sirloin cap.

Q: What is culotte called in China?

Look for sirloin cap—mapped to Sirloin Cap (sirloin cap).

Q: What primal is culotte from?

Sirloin Cap is on the sirloin primal (top sirloin cap (coulotte)).

Close match

culotte

is very similar to sirloin cap in China

Ask for: sirloin cap

About this cut

Triangular cap on the top sirloin; prized as picanha in Brazil.

sirloin primal · top sirloin cap (coulotte)

In China

sirloin cap

What is this cut?·Global guide

How to order steak doneness

Norway → China

rareRå→San fen shu48–55°C

medium rareMedium rå→Wu fen shu55–60°C

mediumMedium→Qi fen shu60–65°C

well doneGodt stekt→Quan shu70–100°C

Chinese steakhouses use the same fraction (fēn shú) system as Taiwan. Traditional Chinese cooking rarely serves beef in 'steak' format — the doneness vocabulary exists primarily for Western-influenced dining. For hot pot preparations, 'doneness' is controlled by dip time (typically 8-10 seconds), making formal doneness terminology irrelevant.

Doneness terminology varies by country and restaurant. When unsure, describe what you want (e.g., “warm red center”).

Detailed explanation

“culotte” in Norway maps to canonical sirloin cap (sirloin: top sirloin cap (coulotte)). In China, look for labels such as sirloin cap. Triangular cap on the top sirloin; prized as picanha in Brazil.

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This information is for educational purposes only and may vary by region or butcher practices.