What is Picanha suína called in Portugal?

In Portugal, Picanha suína is known as Picanha de porco.

What is Picanha suína called in the United States?

In the United States, Picanha suína is known as Pork picanha.

What part of the pork does Picanha suína come from?

Picanha suína comes from the Leg section of the pork.

Picanha suína

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Picanha suína is known in English as Pork picanha.

Also called

🇺🇸Pork picanha🇵🇹Picanha de porco

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→ How it's cooked: Picanha Suína na Brasa (Pork Picanha on the Grill)

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Brazilian-churrasco innovation cut: the rump cap of the pork leg, butchered to keep its fat cap intact in the same shape as a beef picanha. A relatively recent addition to the churrasco repertoire (post-2000s) that adapted the iconic beef-picanha concept to pork — same triangular shape, same grilling technique (whole over a skewer or cut into thick crescents, fat side rendered first), same crust-from-rendered-fat finish. Distinct from generic pork rump roasts: the cut is defined by keeping the fat cap on, where most pork-leg butchery trims it off. Found increasingly at Brazilian *churrascarias* and at Brazilian-influenced US barbecue spots; less established than beef picanha but a real, named retail cut at Brazilian açougues.

Names by country

Country	Name	Notes
🇺🇸United States	Pork picanha	Loanword used at US Brazilian-style steakhouses and increasingly at specialty butchers.
🇵🇹Portugal	Picanha de porco	Used in Portuguese churrascarias influenced by Brazilian tradition.
🇧🇷Brazil	Picanha suínaprimary	Pork rump cap with fat cap preserved; churrasco preparation adapted from beef picanha.

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Similar cuts

Leg of porkapproximate

Same anatomical primal — picanha suína is butchered from the upper rump end of the pork leg, keeping the fat cap. Most leg-of-pork butchery trims the cap; the picanha cut deliberately preserves it.

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Same conceptual cut on a different animal — both are the rump cap with fat cap preserved, both are grilled with the fat-side-down rendering technique. Picanha suína is the pork-side adaptation of the iconic beef cut.

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