What is flat iron?
Quick Answer
flat iron is a regional beef-cut name for the flat iron steak, on the chuck primal (Infraspinatus muscle, top blade of the shoulder clod).
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What is flat iron in simple terms?
What is flat iron called in the United States?
US retail labels for flat iron steak appear in the names-by-country section; common forms include the mapped English terms listed there.
Where is flat iron on the cow?
flat iron refers to flat iron steak located at Infraspinatus muscle, top blade of the shoulder clod on the chuck primal.
Is flat iron steak?
It is a beef muscle sold as steak or roast depending on thickness and market—still flat iron steak anatomically.
Is flat iron the same as Denver Steak?
How do I translate flat iron for travel?
Use translation URLs from the list on this page, or open the Flat Iron hub.
What is another name for flat iron?
“flat iron” is a regional beef-cut name that maps to the canonical cut Flat Iron (chuck primal).
Use the names-by-country section below when shopping or ordering abroad.
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Where it comes from
The second most tender muscle on the entire animal, after the tenderloin. A flat, rectangular steak extracted from the top blade by splitting it along the central connective tissue. Uniform thickness makes it ideal for grilling. Also known as butler's steak in the UK. It is part of the chuck primal (Infraspinatus muscle, top blade of the shoulder clod).
In menus and butcher shops it is often discussed next to Denver Steak, Shoulder Clod, and Petite Tender.
What it's called in other countries
- Albania: flat iron
- Andhra Pradesh: flat iron
- Argentina: flat iron
- Australia: flat iron
- Austria: flat iron
- Bangladesh: flat iron
- Belarus: flat iron
- Belgium: flat iron
- Bolivia: flat iron
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: flat iron
- Brazil: flat iron
- Bulgaria: flat iron
- Canada: flat iron · Flat iron
- Chile: flat iron
- China: banjian
- Colombia: flat iron
- Costa Rica: flat iron
- Croatia: flat iron
- Czech Republic: flat iron
- Denmark: flat iron
- Ecuador: flat iron
- Egypt: flat iron
- El Salvador: flat iron
- Estonia: flat iron
- Ethiopia: flat iron
- Finland: flat iron
- France: flat iron
- Germany: flat iron
- Goa: flat iron
- Greece: flat iron
- Guatemala: flat iron
- Honduras: flat iron
- Hungary: flat iron
- Indonesia: flat iron
- Iran: flat iron
- Ireland: flat iron
- Israel: flat iron
- Italy: flat iron
- Japan: misuji
- Karnataka: flat iron
- Kazakhstan: flat iron
- Kenya: flat iron
- Kerala: flat iron
- Latvia: flat iron
- Lithuania: flat iron
- Maharashtra: flat iron
- Malaysia: flat iron
- Mexico: Paleta chica
- Montenegro: flat iron
- Morocco: flat iron
- Netherlands: flat iron
- New Zealand: flat iron
- Nicaragua: flat iron
- Nigeria: flat iron
- North Macedonia: flat iron
- Norway: flat iron
- Pakistan: flat iron
- Panama: flat iron
- Paraguay: flat iron
- Peru: flat iron
- Philippines: flat iron
- Poland: flat iron
- Portugal: flat iron
- Qatar: flat iron
- Romania: flat iron
- Russia: flat iron
- Saudi Arabia: flat iron
- Singapore: flat iron
- Slovakia: flat iron
- Slovenia: flat iron
- South Africa: flat iron
- South Korea: buchaesal
- Spain: flat iron
- Sweden: flat iron
- Switzerland: flat iron
- Taiwan: flat iron
- Tamil Nadu: flat iron
- Telangana: flat iron
- Thailand: bai-pie
- Turkey: flat iron
- UAE: flat iron
- Ukraine: flat iron
- United Kingdom: flat iron · Flat iron steak · Feather steak
- United States: flat iron · Flat iron steak · Top blade steak
- Uruguay: flat iron
- Uzbekistan: flat iron
- Venezuela: flat iron
- Vietnam: loi vai
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 chuck primal (Infraspinatus muscle, top blade of the shoulder clod), adjust time and temperature to thickness and marbling.
Translations across countries
- Canada → Albania (flat iron)
- Canada → Andhra Pradesh (flat iron)
- Canada → Argentina (flat iron)
- Canada → Australia (flat iron)
- Canada → Austria (flat iron)
- Canada → Bangladesh (flat iron)
- Canada → Belarus (flat iron)
- Canada → Belgium (flat iron)
- Canada → Bolivia (flat iron)
- Canada → Bosnia & Herzegovina (flat iron)
- Canada → Brazil (flat iron)
- Canada → Bulgaria (flat iron)
- Canada → Chile (flat iron)
- Canada → China (flat iron)
- Canada → Colombia (flat iron)
- Canada → Costa Rica (flat iron)
- Canada → Croatia (flat iron)
- Canada → Czech Republic (flat iron)
- Canada → Denmark (flat iron)
- Canada → Ecuador (flat iron)
- Canada → Egypt (flat iron)
- Canada → El Salvador (flat iron)
- Canada → Estonia (flat iron)
- Canada → Ethiopia (flat iron)
- Canada → Finland (flat iron)
- Canada → France (flat iron)
- Canada → Germany (flat iron)
- Canada → Goa (flat iron)
- Canada → Greece (flat iron)
- Canada → Guatemala (flat iron)
- Canada → Honduras (flat iron)
- Canada → Hungary (flat iron)
- Canada → Indonesia (flat iron)
- Canada → Iran (flat iron)
- Canada → Ireland (flat iron)
- Canada → Israel (flat iron)
- Canada → Italy (flat iron)
- Canada → Japan (flat iron)
- Canada → Karnataka (flat iron)
- Canada → Kazakhstan (flat iron)
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