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ChuletónvsTomahawk steak

beef · Close equivalent

Same muscle (longissimus dorsi), both bone-in single-portion steaks. Tomahawk leaves the long French-trimmed rib bone; chuletón comes from older aged ex-dairy cows with the Basque salt-and-coal preparation.

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.

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Raw Chuletón — Beef Rib cut
Chuletón
Beef · Rib

Spain's signature steak — a thick bone-in rib steak, traditionally from old dairy cows (vaca vieja or buey) that have been retired from milking and finished on grass for several…

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Bone-in tomahawk ribeye — the US cut closest to chuletón

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Raw Tomahawk steak — Beef Rib cut
Tomahawk steak
Beef · Rib

The tomahawk is a bone-in ribeye cut from the rib primal with the full rib bone left intact and French-trimmed, typically extending 30-45 cm and weighing between 900g and 1.5kg.…

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Names by country

CountryChuletónTomahawk steak
🇺🇸United StatesChuletónTomahawk steak
🇬🇧United KingdomChuletónTomahawk steak
🇫🇷France—Côte de bœuf Tomahawk
🇪🇸SpainChuletónChuletón de lomo alto
🇦🇷Argentina—Ojo de bife con hueso
🇲🇽MexicoChuletónRib eye con hueso
🇵🇹Portugal—Tomahawk
🇧🇷Brazil—Filé de costela com osso
🇮🇹Italy—Bistecca tomahawk
🇩🇪Germany—Tomahawk-Steak

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