Beef cut: where it is, price, recipes
Chuck
Where France separates collier, macreuse, paleron and jumeau, America takes one block: the chuck. It is pot roast, and it is the burger: the classic 80/20 grind comes from this primal.
- Braised
- Stewed
- Ground
$7/ lb
- In French
- Chuck (épaule américaine)
- French cuts
- Collier, Macreuse à bifteck, Paleron, Jumeau à bifteck, Basses côtes
- Where it sits
- Shoulder. Seven muscles share the shoulder, from braising chuck to slow-stewing clod.
- Tenderness
- 2/5
- Flavor
- 5/5
- Marbling
- 4/5
- Price
- $7 / lb ·
- Actual size
- ~45 cm
