Shank (meat)

A meat shank or shin is the portion of meat around the tibia of the animal, the leg bone beneath the knee and shoulder. 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.
 * Portuguese Bifana can be several kind of meats in a bun, but "the real thing" is considered to be "febras de porco", pork shanks.