🇲🇽 Mexico · Approximate
Arrachera
Skirt steak (arrachera)
Falda is the traditional name in Mexico. Elsewhere, butchers sell the same piece — or a close cousin — under a different name.
Substitutes for Falda that can be delivered rather than hunted down at a counter.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Approximate
Skirt steak (arrachera)
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Neighbours on the belly: arrachera is the outside skirt, from the diaphragm; falda is the flank behind it. Arrachera is richer and more tender, and is grilled; falda is usually simmered or shredded.
Suadero, the thin rose meat, sits just ahead of the flank; falda is the most common Mexican substitute when suadero is unavailable.