1.
thigh meat; leg meat
meat cut from the thigh or upper leg of an animal, especially chicken, beef, or pork
鶏のもも肉を買ってきた。
I bought some chicken thigh meat.
もも肉は脂がのっていてジューシーだ。
Thigh meat is fatty and juicy.
からあげには胸肉よりもも肉を使った方がやわらかく仕上がる。
Karaage turns out more tender when you use thigh meat rather than breast meat.
Composed of もも (thigh) + 肉 (meat). One of the most common meat cut terms in Japanese cooking and shopping. Can be written as 腿肉 in kanji, but the hiragana-kanji mix is more common.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 鶏もも肉: chicken thigh meat
- 牛もも肉: beef round/thigh
- 豚もも肉: pork leg meat
- もも肉を焼く: to grill thigh meat
- 骨つきもも肉: bone-in thigh meat
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 胸肉: breast meat — leaner and drier than thigh meat
- 手羽先: chicken wing tip
- 手羽元: chicken drumette
- ささみ: chicken tender/fillet — the leanest part of the chicken