What is aiguillette?
Quick Answer
aiguillette is a regional beef-cut name for the sirloin flap, on the sirloin primal (sirloin flap / bottom sirloin flap).
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What is aiguillette in simple terms?
What is aiguillette called in the United States?
US retail labels for sirloin flap appear in the names-by-country section; common forms include the mapped English terms listed there.
Where is aiguillette on the cow?
aiguillette refers to sirloin flap located at sirloin flap / bottom sirloin flap on the sirloin primal.
Is aiguillette steak?
It is a beef muscle sold as steak or roast depending on thickness and market—still sirloin flap anatomically.
Is aiguillette the same as Flank?
How do I translate aiguillette for travel?
What is another name for aiguillette?
“aiguillette” is a regional beef-cut name that maps to the canonical cut Sirloin Flap (sirloin primal).
Use the names-by-country section below when shopping or ordering abroad.
Global cut guide
Where it comes from
Thin, loose-grained flap from the bottom sirloin; overlaps skirt/flank in some regional breakdowns. It is part of the sirloin primal (sirloin flap / bottom sirloin flap).
In menus and butcher shops it is often discussed next to Flank, Skirt, Sirloin Cap, and Flap Steak.
What it's called in other countries
- Albania: sirloin flap
- Andhra Pradesh: sirloin flap
- Argentina: Vacío overlap
- Australia: sirloin flap
- Austria: sirloin flap
- Belarus: sirloin flap
- Belgium: aiguillette
- Bolivia: sirloin flap
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: sirloin flap
- Brazil: Fraldinha (overlap—verify)
- Bulgaria: sirloin flap
- Canada: sirloin flap
- Chile: Flap
- China: sirloin flap
- Colombia: Sobrebarriga overlap
- Costa Rica: sirloin flap
- Croatia: sirloin flap
- Czech Republic: sirloin flap
- Denmark: sirloin flap
- Ecuador: sirloin flap
- Egypt: sirloin flap
- El Salvador: sirloin flap
- Estonia: sirloin flap
- Ethiopia: sirloin flap
- Finland: sirloin flap
- France: Bavette overlap
- Germany: sirloin flap
- Goa: sirloin flap
- Greece: sirloin flap
- Guatemala: sirloin flap
- Honduras: sirloin flap
- Hungary: sirloin flap
- Indonesia: sirloin flap
- Iran: sirloin flap
- Ireland: sirloin flap
- Israel: sirloin flap
- Italy: sirloin flap
- Japan: sirloin flap
- Karnataka: sirloin flap
- Kazakhstan: sirloin flap
- Kenya: sirloin flap
- Kerala: sirloin flap
- Latvia: sirloin flap
- Lithuania: sirloin flap
- Maharashtra: sirloin flap
- Malaysia: sirloin flap
- Mexico: Flap
- Montenegro: sirloin flap
- Morocco: sirloin flap
- Netherlands: sirloin flap
- New Zealand: sirloin flap
- Nicaragua: sirloin flap
- Nigeria: sirloin flap
- North Macedonia: sirloin flap
- Norway: sirloin flap
- Panama: sirloin flap
- Paraguay: Flap
- Peru: sirloin flap
- Philippines: sirloin flap
- Poland: sirloin flap
- Portugal: sirloin flap
- Qatar: sirloin flap
- Romania: sirloin flap
- Russia: sirloin flap
- Saudi Arabia: sirloin flap
- Singapore: sirloin flap
- Slovakia: sirloin flap
- Slovenia: sirloin flap
- South Africa: sirloin flap
- South Korea: sirloin flap
- Spain: Falda
- Sweden: sirloin flap
- Switzerland: sirloin flap
- Taiwan: sirloin flap
- Tamil Nadu: sirloin flap
- Telangana: sirloin flap
- Thailand: sirloin flap
- Turkey: sirloin flap
- UAE: sirloin flap
- Ukraine: sirloin flap
- United Kingdom: Flap
- United States: Sirloin flap
- Uruguay: Flap
- Uzbekistan: sirloin flap
- Venezuela: sirloin flap
- Vietnam: sirloin flap
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 sirloin primal (sirloin flap / bottom sirloin flap), adjust time and temperature to thickness and marbling.
Translations across countries
- Belgium → Albania (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Andhra Pradesh (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Argentina (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Australia (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Austria (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Belarus (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Bolivia (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Bosnia & Herzegovina (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Brazil (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Bulgaria (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Canada (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Chile (aiguillette)
- Belgium → China (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Colombia (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Costa Rica (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Croatia (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Czech Republic (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Denmark (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Ecuador (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Egypt (aiguillette)
- Belgium → El Salvador (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Estonia (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Ethiopia (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Finland (aiguillette)
- Belgium → France (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Germany (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Goa (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Greece (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Guatemala (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Honduras (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Hungary (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Indonesia (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Iran (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Ireland (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Israel (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Italy (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Japan (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Karnataka (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Kazakhstan (aiguillette)
- Belgium → Kenya (aiguillette)
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