What is mentė?
Quick Answer
mentė is a regional beef-cut name for the chuck roast (blade), on the chuck primal (Shoulder blade area, above the arm).
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What is mentė in simple terms?
What is mentė called in the United States?
US retail labels for chuck roast (blade) appear in the names-by-country section; common forms include the mapped English terms listed there.
Where is mentė on the cow?
mentė refers to chuck roast (blade) located at Shoulder blade area, above the arm on the chuck primal.
Is mentė steak?
It is a beef muscle sold as steak or roast depending on thickness and market—still chuck roast (blade) anatomically.
Is mentė the same as Chuck Roll?
How do I translate mentė for travel?
Use translation URLs from the list on this page, or open the Chuck Blade hub.
What is another name for mentė?
“mentė” is a regional beef-cut name that maps to the canonical cut Chuck Blade (chuck primal).
Use the names-by-country section below when shopping or ordering abroad.
Global cut guide
Where it comes from
From the shoulder blade (scapula) area. Contains the blade bone and connective tissue that melts during braising. Classic pot roast cut. Cross-rib roast is cut from this area. It is part of the chuck primal (Shoulder blade area, above the arm).
In menus and butcher shops it is often discussed next to Chuck Roll, and Shoulder Clod.
What it's called in other countries
- Albania: shpatull
- Andhra Pradesh: bhujam mamsam
- Argentina: Bife de paleta
- Australia: blade · bolar blade
- Austria: schulterscherzl
- Bangladesh: kaand · kalo bhuna cut
- Belarus: lapatka
- Belgium: collet
- Bolivia: chuck blade
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: lopatka
- Brazil: chuck blade
- Bulgaria: pleshka
- Canada: Blade roast
- Chile: Asado carnicero
- China: shi bing
- Colombia: Paletero
- Costa Rica: chuck blade
- Croatia: chuck blade
- Czech Republic: chuck blade
- Denmark: chuck blade
- Ecuador: paleta
- Egypt: chuck blade
- El Salvador: chuck blade
- Estonia: abatükk
- Ethiopia: chuck blade
- Finland: lapa
- France: Macreuse
- Germany: chuck blade
- Goa: chuck blade
- Greece: λαιμός
- Guatemala: chuck blade
- Honduras: chuck blade
- Hungary: lapocka
- Indonesia: paha depan
- Iran: sar-dast
- Ireland: braising steak
- Israel: chuck blade
- Italy: chuck blade
- Japan: chuck blade
- Karnataka: chuck blade
- Kazakhstan: zhauyryn
- Kenya: bega
- Kerala: chuck blade
- Latvia: lāpstiņa
- Lithuania: mentė
- Maharashtra: chuck blade
- Malaysia: daging bahu
- Mexico: Diezmillo (context)
- Montenegro: chuck blade
- Morocco: al-ketf
- Netherlands: chuck blade
- New Zealand: blade nz · bolar blade nz
- Nicaragua: chuck blade
- Nigeria: chuck blade
- North Macedonia: chuck blade
- Norway: bogstek
- Pakistan: dasti pk
- Panama: chuck blade
- Paraguay: chuck blade
- Peru: chuck blade
- Philippines: paypay
- Poland: łopatka
- Portugal: Cachaço
- Qatar: ketf qa
- Romania: chuck blade
- Russia: lopatka
- Saudi Arabia: ketf sa
- Singapore: chuck tender
- Slovakia: lopatka
- Slovenia: lopatka
- South Africa: blade sa
- South Korea: mok-sal
- Spain: chuck blade
- Sweden: bogblad
- Switzerland: schulterblatt
- Taiwan: jian jia rou
- Tamil Nadu: chuck blade
- Telangana: dasti
- Thailand: chuck blade
- Turkey: kol
- UAE: chuck uae
- Ukraine: lopatka
- United Kingdom: chuck blade
- United States: Chuck roast · Blade roast
- Uruguay: Bife de paleta
- Uzbekistan: kurak
- Venezuela: chuck blade
- Vietnam: chuck blade
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 (Shoulder blade area, above the arm), adjust time and temperature to thickness and marbling.
Translations across countries
- Albania → Andhra Pradesh (shpatull)
- Albania → Argentina (shpatull)
- Albania → Australia (shpatull)
- Albania → Austria (shpatull)
- Albania → Bangladesh (shpatull)
- Albania → Belarus (shpatull)
- Albania → Belgium (shpatull)
- Albania → Bolivia (shpatull)
- Albania → Bosnia & Herzegovina (shpatull)
- Albania → Brazil (shpatull)
- Albania → Bulgaria (shpatull)
- Albania → Canada (shpatull)
- Albania → Chile (shpatull)
- Albania → China (shpatull)
- Albania → Colombia (shpatull)
- Albania → Costa Rica (shpatull)
- Albania → Croatia (shpatull)
- Albania → Czech Republic (shpatull)
- Albania → Denmark (shpatull)
- Albania → Ecuador (shpatull)
- Albania → Egypt (shpatull)
- Albania → El Salvador (shpatull)
- Albania → Estonia (shpatull)
- Albania → Ethiopia (shpatull)
- Albania → Finland (shpatull)
- Albania → France (shpatull)
- Albania → Germany (shpatull)
- Albania → Goa (shpatull)
- Albania → Greece (shpatull)
- Albania → Guatemala (shpatull)
- Albania → Honduras (shpatull)
- Albania → Hungary (shpatull)
- Albania → Indonesia (shpatull)
- Albania → Iran (shpatull)
- Albania → Ireland (shpatull)
- Albania → Israel (shpatull)
- Albania → Italy (shpatull)
- Albania → Japan (shpatull)
- Albania → Karnataka (shpatull)
- Albania → Kazakhstan (shpatull)
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