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Aguja norteñavsDenver steak

beef · Approximate equivalent

These cuts are approximate equivalents — similar in character but with meaningful differences in preparation or exact cut.

Both come from the chuck primal and are prized as more affordable alternatives to ribeye; aguja norteña is the chuck eye, Denver is the under-blade.

Aguja norteña
Beef · Chuck

A bone-in chuck eye steak cut thin for grilling, prized in northern Mexico — particularly Monterrey. It comes from the chuck eye roll, the ribeye muscle as it extends into the…

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Denver steak
Beef · Chuck

An 'innovation cut' identified by the US Beef Checkoff in 2009, sliced from the under-blade of the chuck (the serratus ventralis muscle). The fourth-most-tender muscle in the…

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Names by country

CountryAguja norteñaDenver steak
🇺🇸United StatesChuck eye steakDenver steak
🇬🇧United KingdomChuck eye steakDenver steak
🇫🇷FranceBasses côtesOnglet de palette
🇪🇸SpainAgujaDenver
🇦🇷ArgentinaAgujaDenver
🇲🇽MexicoAguja norteñaDenver
🇵🇹PortugalAcémDenver
🇧🇷BrazilAcémDenver
🇮🇹ItalyRealeDenver
🇩🇪GermanyHochrippenkernDenver-Steak

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