What is flankstek?
Quick Answer
flankstek is a regional beef-cut name for the flank steak, on the flank primal (abdominal flank steak).
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What is flankstek in simple terms?
What is flankstek called in the United States?
US retail labels for flank steak appear in the names-by-country section; common forms include the mapped English terms listed there.
Where is flankstek on the cow?
Is flankstek steak?
It is a beef muscle sold as steak or roast depending on thickness and market—still flank steak anatomically.
Is flankstek the same as Skirt?
How do I translate flankstek for travel?
Use translation URLs from the list on this page, or open the Flank hub.
What is another name for flankstek?
“flankstek” is a regional beef-cut name that maps to the canonical cut Flank (flank primal).
Use the names-by-country section below when shopping or ordering abroad.
Global cut guide
Where it comes from
Long, fibrous abdominal cut; benefits from slicing across the grain. It is part of the flank primal (abdominal flank steak).
In menus and butcher shops it is often discussed next to Skirt, Sirloin Flap, Sirloin Cap, and Hanger.
What it's called in other countries
- Albania: flank
- Andhra Pradesh: flank
- Argentina: Vacío overlap
- Australia: bavette
- Austria: flank
- Belarus: flank
- Belgium: flanchet · bavette
- Bolivia: matambre
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: flank
- Brazil: Fraldinha
- Bulgaria: коремна част
- Canada: flank
- Chile: Flank
- China: niu nan pai
- Colombia: Sobrebarriga
- Costa Rica: flank
- Croatia: flank
- Czech Republic: pupek
- Denmark: flank
- Ecuador: falda ec
- Egypt: flank
- El Salvador: falda
- Estonia: flank
- Ethiopia: flank
- Finland: kylki
- France: Bavette
- Germany: flank
- Goa: flank
- Greece: πανσέτα
- Guatemala: falda
- Honduras: falda
- Hungary: flank
- Indonesia: sancan
- Iran: flank
- Ireland: flank
- Israel: פלדה
- Italy: flank
- Japan: flank
- Karnataka: flank
- Kazakhstan: flank
- Kenya: tumbo
- Kerala: flank
- Latvia: flank
- Lithuania: flank
- Maharashtra: flank
- Malaysia: flank
- Mexico: Flank
- Montenegro: flank
- Morocco: flank
- Netherlands: flank
- New Zealand: flank
- Nicaragua: falda
- Nigeria: flank
- North Macedonia: flank
- Norway: flankstek
- Panama: falda
- Paraguay: Vacío
- Peru: malaya
- Philippines: kamto
- Poland: flank
- Portugal: flank
- Qatar: flank
- Romania: fleică
- Russia: пашина
- Saudi Arabia: flank
- Singapore: flank
- Slovakia: flank
- Slovenia: flank
- South Africa: bavette sa
- South Korea: flank
- Spain: Vacío
- Sweden: flankstek
- Switzerland: flanksteak
- Taiwan: ce fu mo
- Tamil Nadu: flank
- Telangana: flank
- Thailand: nuea bai-bua
- Turkey: boşluk
- UAE: flank steak uae
- Ukraine: пашина
- United Kingdom: Flank
- United States: Flank steak
- Uruguay: Vacío
- Uzbekistan: flank
- Venezuela: falda
- Vietnam: ve gion
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 flank primal (abdominal flank steak), adjust time and temperature to thickness and marbling.
Translations across countries
- Australia → Albania (bavette)
- Australia → Andhra Pradesh (bavette)
- Australia → Argentina (bavette)
- Australia → Austria (bavette)
- Australia → Belarus (bavette)
- Australia → Belgium (bavette)
- Australia → Bolivia (bavette)
- Australia → Bosnia & Herzegovina (bavette)
- Australia → Brazil (bavette)
- Australia → Bulgaria (bavette)
- Australia → Canada (bavette)
- Australia → Chile (bavette)
- Australia → China (bavette)
- Australia → Colombia (bavette)
- Australia → Costa Rica (bavette)
- Australia → Croatia (bavette)
- Australia → Czech Republic (bavette)
- Australia → Denmark (bavette)
- Australia → Ecuador (bavette)
- Australia → Egypt (bavette)
- Australia → El Salvador (bavette)
- Australia → Estonia (bavette)
- Australia → Ethiopia (bavette)
- Australia → Finland (bavette)
- Australia → France (bavette)
- Australia → Germany (bavette)
- Australia → Goa (bavette)
- Australia → Greece (bavette)
- Australia → Guatemala (bavette)
- Australia → Honduras (bavette)
- Australia → Hungary (bavette)
- Australia → Indonesia (bavette)
- Australia → Iran (bavette)
- Australia → Ireland (bavette)
- Australia → Israel (bavette)
- Australia → Italy (bavette)
- Australia → Japan (bavette)
- Australia → Karnataka (bavette)
- Australia → Kazakhstan (bavette)
- Australia → Kenya (bavette)
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