What is flap steak?
Quick Answer
flap steak is a regional beef-cut name for the flap steak (sirloin flap), on the sirloin primal (Bottom sirloin, obliquus internus abdominis muscle).
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What is flap steak in simple terms?
What is flap steak called in the United States?
US retail labels for flap steak (sirloin flap) appear in the names-by-country section; common forms include the mapped English terms listed there.
Where is flap steak on the cow?
flap steak refers to flap steak (sirloin flap) located at Bottom sirloin, obliquus internus abdominis muscle on the sirloin primal.
Is flap steak steak?
It is a beef muscle sold as steak or roast depending on thickness and market—still flap steak (sirloin flap) anatomically.
Is flap steak the same as Sirloin Flap?
How do I translate flap steak for travel?
Use translation URLs from the list on this page, or open the Flap Steak hub.
What is another name for flap steak?
“flap steak” is a regional beef-cut name that maps to the canonical cut Flap Steak (sirloin primal).
Use the names-by-country section below when shopping or ordering abroad.
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Where it comes from
A thin, coarse-grained steak from the bottom sirloin. The American name for what the French call bavette d'aloyau. Open grain absorbs marinades extremely well. Popular for fajitas, stir-fry, and carne asada. Often confused with skirt steak but from a different location entirely. It is part of the sirloin primal (Bottom sirloin, obliquus internus abdominis muscle).
In menus and butcher shops it is often discussed next to Sirloin Flap, Skirt, and Flank.
What it's called in other countries
- Albania: flap steak
- Andhra Pradesh: flap steak
- Argentina: flap steak
- Australia: flap steak
- Austria: flap steak
- Bangladesh: flap steak
- Belarus: flap steak
- Belgium: flap steak
- Bolivia: flap steak
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: flap steak
- Brazil: flap steak
- Bulgaria: flap steak
- Canada: flap steak · Flap steak
- Chile: flap steak
- China: flap steak
- Colombia: flap steak
- Costa Rica: flap steak
- Croatia: flap steak
- Czech Republic: flap steak
- Denmark: flap steak
- Ecuador: flap steak
- Egypt: flap steak
- El Salvador: flap steak
- Estonia: flap steak
- Ethiopia: flap steak
- Finland: flap steak
- France: flap steak
- Germany: flap steak
- Goa: flap steak
- Greece: flap steak
- Guatemala: flap steak
- Honduras: flap steak
- Hungary: flap steak
- Indonesia: flap steak
- Iran: flap steak
- Ireland: flap steak
- Israel: flap steak
- Italy: flap steak
- Japan: flap steak
- Karnataka: flap steak
- Kazakhstan: flap steak
- Kenya: flap steak
- Kerala: flap steak
- Latvia: flap steak
- Lithuania: flap steak
- Maharashtra: flap steak
- Malaysia: flap steak
- Mexico: flap steak
- Montenegro: flap steak
- Morocco: flap steak
- Netherlands: flap steak
- New Zealand: flap steak
- Nicaragua: flap steak
- Nigeria: flap steak
- North Macedonia: flap steak
- Norway: flap steak
- Pakistan: flap steak
- Panama: flap steak
- Paraguay: flap steak
- Peru: flap steak
- Philippines: flap steak
- Poland: flap steak
- Portugal: flap steak
- Qatar: flap steak
- Romania: flap steak
- Russia: flap steak
- Saudi Arabia: flap steak
- Singapore: flap steak
- Slovakia: flap steak
- Slovenia: flap steak
- South Africa: flap steak
- South Korea: flap steak
- Spain: flap steak
- Sweden: flap steak
- Switzerland: flap steak
- Taiwan: flap steak
- Tamil Nadu: flap steak
- Telangana: flap steak
- Thailand: flap steak
- Turkey: flap steak
- UAE: flap steak
- Ukraine: flap steak
- United Kingdom: flap steak
- United States: flap steak · Flap steak · Sirloin flap meat
- Uruguay: flap steak
- Uzbekistan: flap steak
- Venezuela: flap steak
- Vietnam: flap steak
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 (Bottom sirloin, obliquus internus abdominis muscle), adjust time and temperature to thickness and marbling.
Translations across countries
- Canada → Albania (flap steak)
- Canada → Andhra Pradesh (flap steak)
- Canada → Argentina (flap steak)
- Canada → Australia (flap steak)
- Canada → Austria (flap steak)
- Canada → Bangladesh (flap steak)
- Canada → Belarus (flap steak)
- Canada → Belgium (flap steak)
- Canada → Bolivia (flap steak)
- Canada → Bosnia & Herzegovina (flap steak)
- Canada → Brazil (flap steak)
- Canada → Bulgaria (flap steak)
- Canada → Chile (flap steak)
- Canada → China (flap steak)
- Canada → Colombia (flap steak)
- Canada → Costa Rica (flap steak)
- Canada → Croatia (flap steak)
- Canada → Czech Republic (flap steak)
- Canada → Denmark (flap steak)
- Canada → Ecuador (flap steak)
- Canada → Egypt (flap steak)
- Canada → El Salvador (flap steak)
- Canada → Estonia (flap steak)
- Canada → Ethiopia (flap steak)
- Canada → Finland (flap steak)
- Canada → France (flap steak)
- Canada → Germany (flap steak)
- Canada → Goa (flap steak)
- Canada → Greece (flap steak)
- Canada → Guatemala (flap steak)
- Canada → Honduras (flap steak)
- Canada → Hungary (flap steak)
- Canada → Indonesia (flap steak)
- Canada → Iran (flap steak)
- Canada → Ireland (flap steak)
- Canada → Israel (flap steak)
- Canada → Italy (flap steak)
- Canada → Japan (flap steak)
- Canada → Karnataka (flap steak)
- Canada → Kazakhstan (flap steak)
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