Refers to the rib section of pork or beef, typically sold as boneless strips or slabs. Common in cooking contexts like バラ肉の角煮 (braised pork belly) or 牛バラ肉 (beef short rib).
I made braised pork belly using pork rib meat.
Beef rib meat is delicious when grilled.
boneless pork rib; pork belly rib meat
Most common spelling, using katakana for バラ and kanji for 肉.
Hiragana variant, also seen in everyday writing.
Rarely used kanji form; 肋 means rib.
From ばら (bara, 'loose' or 'scattered', referring to the loose structure of the rib meat) + 肉 (niku, 'meat'). The kanji 肋 specifically means 'rib'.