The same cut, the shank. Chambarete con hueso is the cross-cut slice Italians braise as ossobuco, usually from veal; in Mexico it goes into caldo de res.
Translation takeaway
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.
Keep Chambarete and Osso buco together in your notebook.
Names by country
| Country | Chambarete | Osso buco |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸United States | Beef shank | Osso buco |
| 🇬🇧United Kingdom | — | Osso buco |
| 🇫🇷France | — | Jarret de bœuf |
| 🇪🇸Spain | — | Osobuco |
| 🇦🇷Argentina | — | Osobuco |
| 🇲🇽Mexico | Chambarete | — |
| 🇵🇹Portugal | — | Chambão |
| 🇧🇷Brazil | — | Ossobuco |
| 🇮🇹Italy | — | Ossobuco |
| 🇩🇪Germany | — | Beinscheibe |