Product Description
Cut Name: Beef Chuck Tender (Shoulder Tender, Mock Tender, Chuck Tender Roast)
Fresh/Frozen: Fresh
Typical Case Weight: 25kg per case
Grade: Confirm availability
Country of Origin: Canada
Beef chuck tender is a lean, boneless muscle from the shoulder section of cattle, located on the dorsal side of the medial ridge of the blade bone. Also known as mock tender because of its resemblance in shape to beef tenderloin, this cut has a firm texture, fine muscle grain, and rich beef flavour. Unlike true tenderloin, chuck tender contains more connective tissue and benefits from slow, moist cooking methods such as braising, simmering, and pressure cooking to achieve optimal tenderness. Common culinary applications include North American pot roast, Chinese red-braised beef, Vietnamese beef stews, Japanese beef curry, Korean braised beef, and traditional European beef dishes. For restaurants, butcher shops, and food processors, whole chuck tenders can be portioned into small roasts, sliced thinly for marinated dishes, diced for stews, or processed into prepared meals. Its consistent shape, lean composition, and versatile processing applications make it a practical choice for commercial kitchens, specialty meat counters, and wholesale meat production.
Product case weight, grade, and country of origin are subject to change without notice.
Wholesale Availability: Newton Meats supplies beef chuck tender and other wholesale beef shoulder cuts to restaurants, butcher shops, grocery stores, and food processors across British Columbia. Based in Surrey, our distribution serves Vancouver, Richmond, Burnaby, Coquitlam, Langley, Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Mission, Delta, New Westminster, Victoria, Nanaimo, Kelowna, Kamloops, Vernon, Penticton, and surrounding communities throughout Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley, Vancouver Island, and the BC Interior. Contact Newton Meats for current grades, availability, and bulk wholesale ordering options.