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).
豚バラ肉で角煮を作った。
I made braised pork belly using pork rib meat.
牛バラ肉は焼き肉にすると美味しい。
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'.