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.Labarca, Rafael. 2009. Meal in the Pampas During the Saltpetre Boom in Chile: A View from Historic Zooarchaeology. Revista Española de antropología Americana. Portuguese Bifana can be several kind of meats in a bun, but "the real thing" is considered to be "febras de porco", pork shanks.
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See also Beef shank Crispy pata Pork knuckle Pig's trotters