Beef cut: where it is, price, recipes
Shank
Fore or hind, America does not distinguish: this is stock meat, chili meat, and marrow.
- Stewed
- Braised
- Boiled
$6/ lb
- French cuts
- Jarret avant, Gîte (jarret arrière)
- Where it sits
- Shank. Shank sliced across the bone becomes ossobuco, and the marrow is the prize.
- Tenderness
- 1/5
- Flavor
- 5/5
- Marbling
- 2/5
- Price
- $6 / lb ·
- Actual size
- ~30 cm
Questions people ask
Is beef shank a cheap cut?
Yes. At about $6 / lb, it is cheaper than 22 of the 28 beef cuts on our chart, offal aside.
What is another name for beef shank?
French butchers sell it as Jarret avant and Gîte (jarret arrière). Sawn into rounds around the bone, it is Ossobuco (Italy).
What is beef shank best for?
Slow cooking: stewed, braised, boiled. It scores 1/5 for tenderness and 5/5 for flavor, and 2 recipes on Umay name it.
