What is cecina?
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What is cecina?
Where does cecina come from on the cow?
“cecina” is a regional beef-cut name that maps to these canonical cuts: Brisket, Skirt.
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
Brisket: 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. (brisket, Breast / lower chest, between the forelegs). Skirt: Plate primal diaphragm muscle; very beefy, used for fajitas and grilling. (plate, diaphragm (inside/outside skirt varies by spec)).
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 · skirt
- Andhra Pradesh: rommu mukkalu · kovvu · skirt
- Argentina: Pecho · Entraña
- Australia: brisket au · thin skirt
- Austria: brust · skirt
- Belarus: hrudzinka · skirt
- Belgium: poitrine · skirt
- Bolivia: pecho · entraña bo
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: grudi · skirt
- Brazil: Peito · Entraña (import)
- Bulgaria: гърди · skirt
- Canada: brisket · skirt
- Chile: Tapapecho · Entraña
- China: niunan china · skirt
- Colombia: Entrepecho · Arrachera (regional)
- Costa Rica: cecina · entraña
- Croatia: prsa · skirt
- Czech Republic: hrudí · skirt
- Denmark: Oksebryst · skirt
- Ecuador: pecho · entraña ec
- Egypt: dosh · skirt
- El Salvador: cecina sv · pecho
- Estonia: rinnatükk · skirt
- Ethiopia: fidsh · skirt
- Finland: rinta · kylkiliha
- France: Poitrine · Bavette overlap
- Germany: Rinderbrust · skirt
- Goa: brisket goa · salt meat · skirt
- Greece: στήθος · skirt
- Guatemala: pecho · entraña
- Honduras: cecina hn · pecho
- Hungary: szegy · skirt
- Indonesia: brisket · skirt
- Iran: brisket · skirt
- Ireland: brisket · goose skirt
- Israel: חזה בקר · skirt
- Italy: Punta di petto · skirt
- Japan: katarabara · harami
- Karnataka: seena ka · charbi ka · skirt
- Kazakhstan: tos · skirt
- Kenya: kidari · skirt
- Kerala: nenju rachi · kozhuppu rachi · skirt
- Latvia: krūšu daļa · skirt
- Lithuania: krūtininė · skirt
- Maharashtra: seena mh · charbi mh · skirt
- Malaysia: daging tetel · skirt
- Mexico: Pecho · Arrachera
- Montenegro: grudi · skirt
- Morocco: brisket · skirt
- Netherlands: Runderborst · skirt
- New Zealand: brisket nz · skirt
- Nicaragua: cecina nic · pecho
- Nigeria: chest ng · skirt
- North Macedonia: гради · skirt
- Norway: oksebryst · skjørt
- Panama: pecho · entraña
- Paraguay: brisket · Entraña
- Peru: pecho · entraña
- Philippines: punong dapit · skirt
- Poland: mostek · skirt
- Portugal: Peito · skirt
- Qatar: sadr qa · skirt
- Romania: piept · skirt
- Russia: грудинка · skirt
- Saudi Arabia: sadr · skirt
- Singapore: brisket sg · skirt
- Slovakia: hruď · skirt
- Slovenia: prsa · skirt
- South Africa: brisket sa · skirt
- South Korea: yangji · skirt
- Spain: brisket · Entraña
- Sweden: bringa · skirt
- Switzerland: federstück · skirt
- Taiwan: niunan · heng ge mo
- Tamil Nadu: kozhuppu rachi tn · charbi tn · skirt
- Telangana: seena tg · charbi tg · skirt
- Thailand: suea rong hai · skirt
- Turkey: döş · skirt
- UAE: dosh uae · skirt
- Ukraine: грудинка · skirt
- United Kingdom: Brisket · Skirt
- United States: Brisket · Beef brisket · Skirt steak
- Uruguay: Pecho · Entraña
- Uzbekistan: to'sh · skirt
- Venezuela: pecho · entraña
- Vietnam: brisket · skirt
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 → Belarus (gjoks)
- Albania → Belgium (gjoks)
- Albania → Bolivia (gjoks)
- Albania → Bosnia & Herzegovina (gjoks)
- Albania → Brazil (gjoks)
- Albania → Bulgaria (gjoks)
- Albania → Canada (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 → Honduras (gjoks)
- Albania → Hungary (gjoks)
- Albania → Indonesia (gjoks)
- Albania → Iran (gjoks)
- Albania → Ireland (gjoks)
- Albania → Israel (gjoks)
- Albania → Italy (gjoks)
- Albania → Japan (gjoks)
- Albania → Karnataka (gjoks)
- Albania → Kazakhstan (gjoks)
- Albania → Kenya (gjoks)
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