What is coulotte?
Quick Answer
coulotte is a regional beef-cut name for the sirloin cap, on the sirloin primal (top sirloin cap (coulotte)).
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What is coulotte in simple terms?
What is coulotte called in the United States?
US retail labels for sirloin cap appear in the names-by-country section; common forms include the mapped English terms listed there.
Where is coulotte on the cow?
Is coulotte steak?
It is a beef muscle sold as steak or roast depending on thickness and market—still sirloin cap anatomically.
Is coulotte the same as Striploin?
How do I translate coulotte for travel?
What is another name for coulotte?
“coulotte” is a regional beef-cut name that maps to the canonical cut Sirloin Cap (sirloin primal).
Use the names-by-country section below when shopping or ordering abroad.
Global cut guide
Where it comes from
Triangular cap on the top sirloin; prized as picanha in Brazil. It is part of the sirloin primal (top sirloin cap (coulotte)).
In menus and butcher shops it is often discussed next to Striploin, Sirloin Flap, Flank, Top Sirloin, and Tri Tip.
What it's called in other countries
- Albania: sirloin cap
- Andhra Pradesh: sirloin cap
- Argentina: Colita de cuadril
- Australia: sirloin cap
- Austria: sirloin cap
- Belarus: sirloin cap
- Belgium: poire
- Bolivia: picaña
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: sirloin cap
- Brazil: Picanha
- Bulgaria: sirloin cap
- Canada: sirloin cap
- Chile: Punta de lomo (approx.)
- China: sirloin cap
- Colombia: Punta de anca
- Costa Rica: punta de solomo
- Croatia: ruža
- Czech Republic: sirloin cap
- Denmark: Cuvette
- Ecuador: picanha
- Egypt: sirloin cap
- El Salvador: punta de lomo
- Estonia: sirloin cap
- Ethiopia: sirloin cap
- Finland: sirloin cap
- France: Picanha (import) · Rumsteck (approx.)
- Germany: sirloin cap
- Goa: sirloin cap
- Greece: sirloin cap
- Guatemala: punta de puyaso
- Honduras: punta de lomo
- Hungary: hegyesfartő
- Indonesia: sirloin cap
- Iran: coulotte
- Ireland: sirloin cap
- Israel: פיקניה
- Italy: sirloin cap
- Japan: ichibo
- Karnataka: sirloin cap
- Kazakhstan: sirloin cap
- Kenya: sirloin cap
- Kerala: sirloin cap
- Latvia: sirloin cap
- Lithuania: sirloin cap
- Maharashtra: sirloin cap
- Malaysia: sirloin cap
- Mexico: Bistec (context)
- Montenegro: sirloin cap
- Morocco: coulotte ma
- Netherlands: Staartstuk
- New Zealand: sirloin cap
- Nicaragua: punta de lomo
- Nigeria: sirloin cap
- North Macedonia: sirloin cap
- Norway: culotte
- Panama: sirloin cap
- Paraguay: Picaña (import)
- Peru: picanya
- Philippines: sirloin cap
- Poland: picanha
- Portugal: Picanha
- Qatar: sirloin cap
- Romania: sirloin cap
- Russia: пиканья
- Saudi Arabia: sirloin cap
- Singapore: sirloin cap
- Slovakia: sirloin cap
- Slovenia: sirloin cap
- South Africa: sirloin cap
- South Korea: sirloin cap
- Spain: Tapa (approx.)
- Sweden: rumpstek
- Switzerland: tafelspitz
- Taiwan: sirloin cap
- Tamil Nadu: sirloin cap
- Telangana: sirloin cap
- Thailand: sirloin cap
- Turkey: sirloin cap
- UAE: sirloin cap
- Ukraine: піканья
- United Kingdom: Rump steak (context)
- United States: Coulotte
- Uruguay: Vacío overlap (verify)
- Uzbekistan: sirloin cap
- Venezuela: punta trasera
- Vietnam: sirloin cap
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 (top sirloin cap (coulotte)), adjust time and temperature to thickness and marbling.
Translations across countries
- Belgium → Albania (poire)
- Belgium → Andhra Pradesh (poire)
- Belgium → Argentina (poire)
- Belgium → Australia (poire)
- Belgium → Austria (poire)
- Belgium → Belarus (poire)
- Belgium → Bolivia (poire)
- Belgium → Bosnia & Herzegovina (poire)
- Belgium → Brazil (poire)
- Belgium → Bulgaria (poire)
- Belgium → Canada (poire)
- Belgium → Chile (poire)
- Belgium → China (poire)
- Belgium → Colombia (poire)
- Belgium → Costa Rica (poire)
- Belgium → Croatia (poire)
- Belgium → Czech Republic (poire)
- Belgium → Denmark (poire)
- Belgium → Ecuador (poire)
- Belgium → Egypt (poire)
- Belgium → El Salvador (poire)
- Belgium → Estonia (poire)
- Belgium → Ethiopia (poire)
- Belgium → Finland (poire)
- Belgium → France (poire)
- Belgium → Germany (poire)
- Belgium → Goa (poire)
- Belgium → Greece (poire)
- Belgium → Guatemala (poire)
- Belgium → Honduras (poire)
- Belgium → Hungary (poire)
- Belgium → Indonesia (poire)
- Belgium → Iran (poire)
- Belgium → Ireland (poire)
- Belgium → Israel (poire)
- Belgium → Italy (poire)
- Belgium → Japan (poire)
- Belgium → Karnataka (poire)
- Belgium → Kazakhstan (poire)
- Belgium → Kenya (poire)
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