What is etujalka?
Quick Answer
etujalka is a regional beef-cut name for the foreshank, on the shank primal (Front leg, below the elbow joint).
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What is etujalka in simple terms?
What is etujalka called in the United States?
US retail labels for foreshank appear in the names-by-country section; common forms include the mapped English terms listed there.
Where is etujalka on the cow?
Is etujalka steak?
It is a beef muscle sold as steak or roast depending on thickness and market—still foreshank anatomically.
Is etujalka the same as Hind Shank?
How do I translate etujalka for travel?
Use translation URLs from the list on this page, or open the Fore Shank hub.
What is another name for etujalka?
“etujalka” is a regional beef-cut name that maps to the canonical cut Fore Shank (shank primal).
Use the names-by-country section below when shopping or ordering abroad.
Global cut guide
Where it comes from
Cross-cut sections of the front leg. Slightly smaller than hind shank but prepared identically. Same braising applications. In many countries, fore and hind shank are sold interchangeably. It is part of the shank primal (Front leg, below the elbow joint).
In menus and butcher shops it is often discussed next to Hind Shank, and Brisket.
What it's called in other countries
- Albania: fore shank
- Andhra Pradesh: fore shank
- Argentina: Garrón delantero
- Australia: fore shank
- Austria: vorderer wadschinken
- Belarus: fore shank
- Belgium: fore shank
- Bolivia: fore shank
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: fore shank
- Brazil: Músculo dianteiro
- Bulgaria: fore shank
- Canada: Foreshank
- Chile: Osobuco de mano
- China: fore shank
- Colombia: fore shank
- Costa Rica: fore shank
- Croatia: fore shank
- Czech Republic: fore shank
- Denmark: fore shank
- Ecuador: fore shank
- Egypt: fore shank
- El Salvador: fore shank
- Estonia: fore shank
- Ethiopia: fore shank
- Finland: etujalka
- France: Jarret avant
- Germany: fore shank
- Goa: fore shank
- Greece: κνήμη
- Guatemala: fore shank
- Honduras: fore shank
- Hungary: fore shank
- Indonesia: fore shank
- Iran: fore shank
- Ireland: fore shank
- Israel: שריר קדמי
- Italy: fore shank
- Japan: fore shank
- Karnataka: fore shank
- Kazakhstan: fore shank
- Kenya: fore shank
- Kerala: fore shank
- Latvia: fore shank
- Lithuania: fore shank
- Maharashtra: fore shank
- Malaysia: fore shank
- Mexico: Chambarete de mano
- Montenegro: fore shank
- Morocco: fore shank
- Netherlands: fore shank
- New Zealand: fore shank
- Nicaragua: fore shank
- Nigeria: fore shank
- North Macedonia: fore shank
- Norway: forlegg
- Panama: fore shank
- Paraguay: fore shank
- Peru: fore shank
- Philippines: fore shank
- Poland: goleń przednia
- Portugal: fore shank
- Qatar: fore shank
- Romania: fore shank
- Russia: голяшка передняя
- Saudi Arabia: fore shank
- Singapore: fore shank
- Slovakia: fore shank
- Slovenia: fore shank
- South Africa: fore shank
- South Korea: fore shank
- Spain: fore shank
- Sweden: framlägg
- Switzerland: fore shank
- Taiwan: fore shank
- Tamil Nadu: fore shank
- Telangana: fore shank
- Thailand: fore shank
- Turkey: fore shank
- UAE: fore shank
- Ukraine: гомілка передня
- United Kingdom: fore shank
- United States: Foreshank
- Uruguay: Garrón delantero
- Uzbekistan: fore shank
- Venezuela: fore shank
- Vietnam: fore shank
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 shank primal (Front leg, below the elbow joint), adjust time and temperature to thickness and marbling.
Translations across countries
- Argentina → Albania (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Andhra Pradesh (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Australia (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Austria (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Belarus (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Belgium (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Bolivia (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Bosnia & Herzegovina (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Brazil (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Bulgaria (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Canada (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Chile (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → China (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Colombia (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Costa Rica (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Croatia (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Czech Republic (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Denmark (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Ecuador (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Egypt (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → El Salvador (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Estonia (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Ethiopia (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Finland (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → France (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Germany (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Goa (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Greece (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Guatemala (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Honduras (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Hungary (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Indonesia (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Iran (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Ireland (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Israel (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Italy (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Japan (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Karnataka (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Kazakhstan (garrón delantero)
- Argentina → Kenya (garrón delantero)
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