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High-heat grilling, simple indirect cooks, steak, picanha, and burgers.
These cuts are closely equivalent — the same or nearly identical cut across different butchery traditions.
The same strip loin muscle — bife de chorizo is the Argentine name for what Americans call the New York strip, typically cut thicker and served with the fat cap on.
These are near equivalents in the way butchers and cooks use them. If you can source either one, you're very close to the same result.
| Country | Bife de chorizo | New York strip |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸United States | Strip steak | New York strip |
| 🇬🇧United Kingdom | — | Sirloin steak |
| 🇫🇷France | — | Faux-filet / Contre-filet |
| 🇪🇸Spain | Lomo alto | — |
| 🇦🇷Argentina | Bife de chorizo | Bife angosto |
| 🇲🇽Mexico | — | New York |
| 🇵🇹Portugal | — | Vazia |
| 🇧🇷Brazil | Bife de chorizo | Contrafilé |
| 🇮🇹Italy | — | Controfiletto |
| 🇩🇪Germany | Roastbeef (Bife de chorizo) | Roastbeef |
$$$ · picanha, steaks, skewers, and general charcoal grilling
High-heat grilling, simple indirect cooks, steak, picanha, and burgers.
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