What is tzli katef?
Quick Answer
tzli katef is a regional beef-cut name for the shoulder clod, on the chuck primal (Upper shoulder, above the arm and outside the blade).
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What is tzli katef in simple terms?
What is tzli katef called in the United States?
US retail labels for shoulder clod appear in the names-by-country section; common forms include the mapped English terms listed there.
Where is tzli katef on the cow?
tzli katef refers to shoulder clod located at Upper shoulder, above the arm and outside the blade on the chuck primal.
Is tzli katef steak?
It is a beef muscle sold as steak or roast depending on thickness and market—still shoulder clod anatomically.
Is tzli katef the same as Chuck Blade?
How do I translate tzli katef for travel?
What is another name for tzli katef?
“tzli katef” is a regional beef-cut name that maps to the canonical cut Shoulder Clod (chuck primal).
Use the names-by-country section below when shopping or ordering abroad.
Global cut guide
Where it comes from
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. It is part of the chuck primal (Upper shoulder, above the arm and outside the blade).
In menus and butcher shops it is often discussed next to Chuck Blade, Chuck Roll, Flat Iron, and Petite Tender.
What it's called in other countries
- Albania: shoulder clod
- Andhra Pradesh: shoulder clod
- Argentina: Marucha
- Australia: shoulder clod
- Austria: dickes bugstück
- Bangladesh: shoulder clod
- Belarus: shoulder clod
- Belgium: shoulder clod
- Bolivia: shoulder clod
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: shoulder clod
- Brazil: Paleta
- Bulgaria: shoulder clod
- Canada: Shoulder clod
- Central India: shoulder clod
- Chile: Punta paleta
- China: shoulder clod
- Colombia: Tablón
- Costa Rica: shoulder clod
- Croatia: shoulder clod
- Czech Republic: shoulder clod
- Denmark: shoulder clod
- Ecuador: shoulder clod
- Egypt: shoulder clod
- El Salvador: shoulder clod
- Estonia: shoulder clod
- Ethiopia: shoulder clod
- Finland: shoulder clod
- France: Paleron
- Germany: Dickes Bugstück
- Goa: shoulder clod
- Greece: shoulder clod
- Guatemala: shoulder clod
- Honduras: shoulder clod
- Hungary: shoulder clod
- Indonesia: shoulder clod
- Iran: shoulder clod
- Ireland: shoulder clod
- Israel: tzli katef
- Italy: Fesone di spalla
- Japan: shoulder clod
- Karnataka: shoulder clod
- Kazakhstan: shoulder clod
- Kenya: shoulder clod
- Kerala: shoulder clod
- Latvia: shoulder clod
- Lithuania: shoulder clod
- Maharashtra: shoulder clod
- Malaysia: shoulder clod
- Mexico: Paleta
- Montenegro: shoulder clod
- Morocco: shoulder clod
- Netherlands: Bloemstuk
- New Zealand: shoulder clod
- Nicaragua: shoulder clod
- Nigeria: shoulder clod
- North Macedonia: shoulder clod
- Norway: bog
- Pakistan: shoulder clod
- Panama: shoulder clod
- Paraguay: shoulder clod
- Peru: shoulder clod
- Philippines: shoulder clod
- Poland: shoulder clod
- Portugal: shoulder clod
- Punjab: shoulder clod
- Qatar: shoulder clod
- Rajasthan: shoulder clod
- Romania: shoulder clod
- Russia: plechevaya chast
- Saudi Arabia: shoulder clod
- Singapore: shoulder clod
- Slovakia: shoulder clod
- Slovenia: shoulder clod
- South Africa: shoulder clod
- South Korea: shoulder clod
- Spain: shoulder clod
- Sweden: shoulder clod
- Switzerland: shoulder clod
- Taiwan: shoulder clod
- Tamil Nadu: shoulder clod
- Telangana: shoulder clod
- Thailand: shoulder clod
- Turkey: shoulder clod
- UAE: shoulder clod
- Ukraine: plechova chastyna
- United Kingdom: shoulder clod
- United States: Shoulder clod · Shoulder roast
- Uruguay: Marucha
- Uttar Pradesh: shoulder clod
- Uzbekistan: shoulder clod
- Venezuela: shoulder clod
- Vietnam: shoulder clod
- West Bengal: 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 (Upper shoulder, above the arm and outside the blade), adjust time and temperature to thickness and marbling.
Translations across countries
- Argentina → Albania (marucha)
- Argentina → Andhra Pradesh (marucha)
- Argentina → Australia (marucha)
- Argentina → Austria (marucha)
- Argentina → Bangladesh (marucha)
- Argentina → Belarus (marucha)
- Argentina → Belgium (marucha)
- Argentina → Bolivia (marucha)
- Argentina → Bosnia & Herzegovina (marucha)
- Argentina → Brazil (marucha)
- Argentina → Bulgaria (marucha)
- Argentina → Canada (marucha)
- Argentina → Chile (marucha)
- Argentina → China (marucha)
- Argentina → Colombia (marucha)
- Argentina → Costa Rica (marucha)
- Argentina → Croatia (marucha)
- Argentina → Czech Republic (marucha)
- Argentina → Denmark (marucha)
- Argentina → Ecuador (marucha)
- Argentina → Egypt (marucha)
- Argentina → El Salvador (marucha)
- Argentina → Estonia (marucha)
- Argentina → Ethiopia (marucha)
- Argentina → Finland (marucha)
- Argentina → France (marucha)
- Argentina → Germany (marucha)
- Argentina → Goa (marucha)
- Argentina → Greece (marucha)
- Argentina → Guatemala (marucha)
- Argentina → Honduras (marucha)
- Argentina → Hungary (marucha)
- Argentina → Central India (marucha)
- Argentina → Indonesia (marucha)
- Argentina → Iran (marucha)
- Argentina → Ireland (marucha)
- Argentina → Israel (marucha)
- Argentina → Italy (marucha)
- Argentina → Japan (marucha)
- Argentina → Karnataka (marucha)
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