What is porterhouse?
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What is porterhouse?
Where does porterhouse come from on the cow?
“porterhouse” is a regional beef-cut name that maps to these canonical cuts: Striploin, T Bone.
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
Striploin: Leaner than ribeye; the classic strip steak muscle running along the short loin. (loin, longissimus dorsi (short loin)). T Bone: A cross-section of the short loin that includes both the striploin and a portion of the tenderloin, separated by a T-shaped vertebra. Porterhouse is the same cut from further back, with a larger tenderloin section. (loin, Short loin cross-section, containing T-shaped vertebra).
In menus and butcher shops it is often discussed next to Ribeye, Tenderloin, Sirloin Cap, Sirloin Flap, and T Bone.
What it's called in other countries
- Albania: bërxollë pa kockë · t bone
- Andhra Pradesh: mishrama mamsam · t bone
- Argentina: Bife de chorizo · Bife angosto con lomo
- Australia: porterhouse · sirloin au · t-bone au
- Austria: beiried · t bone
- Belarus: tonki kray · t bone
- Belgium: striploin · t bone
- Bolivia: bife de chorizo · t bone
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: ramstek · t bone
- Brazil: Contrafilé · Bife de chorizo · Entrecot · T-bone
- Bulgaria: контрафиле · t bone
- Canada: striploin · T-bone
- Chile: Lomo liso · Entrecot
- China: xileng · t bone
- Colombia: Churrasco · t bone
- Costa Rica: lomo · t bone
- Croatia: ramstek · t bone
- Czech Republic: nízký roštěnec · t bone
- Denmark: Oksefilet · T-bone steak
- Ecuador: lomo de asado · t bone
- Egypt: erq rosto · t bone
- El Salvador: lomo de aguja · t bone
- Estonia: välisfilee · t bone
- Ethiopia: yemigongo · tibs cut · t bone
- Finland: ulkofilee · t-luupihvi
- France: Contre-filet · t bone
- Germany: Rumpsteak · t bone
- Goa: sirloin goa · t bone
- Greece: κόντρα · t bone
- Guatemala: lomo de cinta · t bone
- Honduras: lomo de cinta · t bone
- Hungary: hátszín · t bone
- Indonesia: has luar · t bone
- Iran: rasteh · t bone
- Ireland: sirloin · t bone
- Israel: סינטה · t bone
- Italy: Controfiletto · Lombata · t bone
- Japan: saroin · t bone
- Karnataka: puth ka · t bone
- Kazakhstan: zhalyn · t bone
- Kenya: nyama ya mgongo · t bone
- Kerala: variyellu · poti loin · t bone
- Latvia: muguras fileja · t bone
- Lithuania: nugarinė · t bone
- Maharashtra: loin mh · t bone
- Malaysia: daging sirloin · daging import · t bone
- Mexico: Bistec (context) · Te bone
- Montenegro: ramstek · t bone
- Morocco: faux-filet · t bone
- Netherlands: Dunne Lende · t bone
- New Zealand: sirloin nz · t-bone nz
- Nicaragua: lomo de centro · t bone
- Nigeria: back meat ng · t bone
- North Macedonia: рамстек · t bone
- Norway: ytrefilet · t-bein steak
- Panama: new york · t bone
- Paraguay: Bife angosto · t bone
- Peru: bife angosto · t bone
- Philippines: tagilid · t bone
- Poland: rostbef · t-bone
- Portugal: striploin · t bone
- Qatar: sirloin qa · t bone
- Romania: vrabioară · t bone
- Russia: тонкий край · ти-бон стейк · портерхаус
- Saudi Arabia: sirloin sa · t bone
- Singapore: sirloin sg · t bone
- Slovakia: nízky roštenec · t bone
- Slovenia: nizek hrbet · t bone
- South Africa: sirloin sa · t-bone sa · club steak
- South Korea: chaekkeut · t bone
- Spain: Lomo bajo · t bone
- Sweden: ryggbiff · t-benstek
- Switzerland: entrecôte · t bone
- Taiwan: niuyueke · t bone
- Tamil Nadu: loin tn · t bone
- Telangana: gola tg · t bone
- Thailand: san nok · t bone
- Turkey: kontrafile · pirzola
- UAE: striploin uae · t bone
- Ukraine: тонкий край · ті-бон стейк
- United Kingdom: Sirloin steak (UK) · t bone
- United States: t-bone · New York strip · Strip steak · T-bone steak · Porterhouse
- Uruguay: Bife angosto · Bife angosto con lomo
- Uzbekistan: sirt · t bone
- Venezuela: solomo de cuerito · t bone
- Vietnam: than ngoai · bo ne · t bone
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 loin primal (longissimus dorsi (short loin)), adjust time and temperature to thickness and marbling.
Translations across countries
- Albania → Andhra Pradesh (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Argentina (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Australia (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Austria (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Belarus (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Belgium (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Bolivia (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Bosnia & Herzegovina (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Brazil (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Bulgaria (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Canada (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Chile (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → China (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Colombia (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Costa Rica (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Croatia (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Czech Republic (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Denmark (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Ecuador (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Egypt (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → El Salvador (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Estonia (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Ethiopia (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Finland (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → France (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Germany (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Goa (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Greece (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Guatemala (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Honduras (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Hungary (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Indonesia (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Iran (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Ireland (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Israel (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Italy (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Japan (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Karnataka (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Kazakhstan (bërxollë pa kockë)
- Albania → Kenya (bërxollë pa kockë)
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