Shank (meat)

Cut of meat around the tibia of an animal
A cooked lamb shank

A meat shank or shin is the portion of meat around the tibia of the animal, the leg bone beneath the knee and shoulder.[1]

American beef cuts: shank shown in red

Lamb shanks are often braised whole; veal shanks are typically cross-cut.

Some dishes made using shank include:

  • Bulalo, a Filipino beef shank stew.
  • Ossobuco alla milanese, an Italian veal shank dish.
  • Persian biryani, with different shanks.
  • Nihari, a spicy national dish of Pakistan and a popular dish in North India and Bangladesh with origin in Delhi, India.
  • Cazuela with beef shank meat, popular in 19th-century Chile during the nitrate boom.[2]
  • Portuguese Bifana can be several kind of meats in a bun, but "the real thing" is considered to be "febras de porco", pork shanks.

Notes

  1. ^ "About Shank with recipes (Crowd Cow)". Crowd Cow. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  2. ^ Labarca, Rafael. 2009. Meal in the Pampas During the Saltpetre Boom in Chile: A View from Historic Zooarchaeology. Revista Española de antropología Americana.

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