center cut
Middle meat portion
Center cut refers to a portion taken from the middle of a larger piece, especially meat or fish.
A center-cut pork chop or salmon fillet comes from the thickest, most uniform part of the cut, prized for even cooking and consistent texture.
The term implies quality—edges and ends are less desirable: I always ask the butcher for center cut.
- pork chopCut from a pig
- pork loinCut from pig's back
- loinLower back region
- primeReadying for action
- beefBovine meat for eating
tenderloin · butcher · butcher shop · thick · lean · boneless · steak · filet · medallion · chop · sirloin · meat · bacon · roast · trimmed · juicy · slab · marbled
- fish cutsfillet, steak, loin, belly, pave
- pork cutsloin chop, rib chop, back ribs, country ribs, crown roast
- tenderloinbeef tenderloin, pork tenderloin, filet mignon, filet, chateaubriand
- filetsfilet mignon
- country hamVirginia ham, aged ham