Beef cut: where it is, price, recipes
Short plate
The forward belly: short ribs on one side, outside skirt on the other. The fattiest region of the carcass, and by the same token the most flavourful.
- Braised
- Smoked
- Grilled
$6/ lb
- In French
- Plate (plat de côtes américain)
- French cuts
- Plat de côtes
- Where it sits
- Brisket and plate. In Texas the same muscle becomes brisket: twelve hours of smoke.
- Tenderness
- 1/5
- Flavor
- 5/5
- Marbling
- 5/5
- Price
- $6 / lb ·
- Actual size
- ~40 cm
Compared with its neighbors
Compared with Brisket, Short plate is more marbled (5/5 vs 4/5) and costs $1 a pound more.
| Cut | Tenderness | Flavor | Marbling | Price | How to cook it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short plate | 1/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | $6 / lb | Braised, Smoked, Grilled |
| Brisket | 1/5 | 5/5 | 4/5 | $5 / lb | Braised, Smoked, Boiled |
