What is paleta?
Quick Answer
"paleta" can map to more than one canonical beef cut in this dataset; open each hub below for the exact primal and location.
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What is paleta?
"paleta" may map to more than one canonical cut in this dataset—use the hub links on this page.
Where does paleta come from on the cow?
Open each linked canonical guide; primals differ when the name is ambiguous.
“paleta” is a regional beef-cut name that maps to these canonical cuts: Chuck Blade, Shoulder Clod.
This retail name can point to more than one canonical cut in our dataset—see the canonical guides below.
Global cut guide
Where it comes from
Chuck Blade: 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. (chuck, Shoulder blade area, above the arm). Shoulder Clod: A large, lean muscle group from the outer shoulder. Contains the flat iron (infraspinatus) and petite tender (teres major) as sub-cuts. Often sold as shoulder roast or clod steaks. (chuck, Upper shoulder, above the arm and outside the blade).
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 · shoulder clod
- Andhra Pradesh: bhujam mamsam · shoulder clod
- Argentina: Bife de paleta · Marucha
- Australia: blade · bolar blade · shoulder clod
- Austria: schulterscherzl · dickes bugstück
- Bangladesh: kaand · kalo bhuna cut · shoulder clod
- Belarus: lapatka · shoulder clod
- Belgium: collet · shoulder clod
- Bolivia: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: lopatka · shoulder clod
- Brazil: paleta · chuck blade · Paleta
- Bulgaria: pleshka · shoulder clod
- Canada: Blade roast · Shoulder clod
- Chile: Asado carnicero · Punta paleta
- China: shi bing · shoulder clod
- Colombia: Paletero · Tablón
- Costa Rica: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Croatia: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Czech Republic: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Denmark: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Ecuador: paleta · shoulder clod
- Egypt: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- El Salvador: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Estonia: abatükk · shoulder clod
- Ethiopia: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Finland: lapa · shoulder clod
- France: Macreuse · Paleron
- Germany: chuck blade · Dickes Bugstück
- Goa: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Greece: λαιμός · shoulder clod
- Guatemala: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Honduras: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Hungary: lapocka · shoulder clod
- Indonesia: paha depan · shoulder clod
- Iran: sar-dast · shoulder clod
- Ireland: braising steak · shoulder clod
- Israel: chuck blade · צלי כתף
- Italy: chuck blade · Fesone di spalla
- Japan: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Karnataka: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Kazakhstan: zhauyryn · shoulder clod
- Kenya: bega · shoulder clod
- Kerala: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Latvia: lāpstiņa · shoulder clod
- Lithuania: mentė · shoulder clod
- Maharashtra: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Malaysia: daging bahu · shoulder clod
- Mexico: paleta · Diezmillo (context) · Paleta
- Montenegro: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Morocco: al-ketf · shoulder clod
- Netherlands: chuck blade · Bloemstuk
- New Zealand: blade nz · bolar blade nz · shoulder clod
- Nicaragua: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Nigeria: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- North Macedonia: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Norway: bogstek · bog
- Pakistan: dasti pk · shoulder clod
- Panama: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Paraguay: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Peru: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Philippines: paypay · shoulder clod
- Poland: łopatka · shoulder clod
- Portugal: Cachaço · shoulder clod
- Qatar: ketf qa · shoulder clod
- Romania: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Russia: lopatka · plechevaya chast
- Saudi Arabia: ketf sa · shoulder clod
- Singapore: chuck tender · shoulder clod
- Slovakia: lopatka · shoulder clod
- Slovenia: lopatka · shoulder clod
- South Africa: blade sa · shoulder clod
- South Korea: mok-sal · shoulder clod
- Spain: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Sweden: bogblad · shoulder clod
- Switzerland: schulterblatt · shoulder clod
- Taiwan: jian jia rou · shoulder clod
- Tamil Nadu: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Telangana: dasti · shoulder clod
- Thailand: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Turkey: kol · shoulder clod
- UAE: chuck uae · shoulder clod
- Ukraine: lopatka · plechova chastyna
- United Kingdom: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- United States: Chuck roast · Blade roast · Shoulder clod · Shoulder roast
- Uruguay: Bife de paleta · Marucha
- Uzbekistan: kurak · shoulder clod
- Venezuela: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Vietnam: chuck blade · shoulder clod
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)
Showing 40 of 6090 routes — more in the sitemap.