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ChuletónvsTomahawk steak

beef · Close equivalent

These cuts are closely equivalent — the same or nearly identical cut across different butchery traditions.

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.

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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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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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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
🇫🇷FranceCôte de bœuf Tomahawk
🇪🇸SpainChuletónChuletón de lomo alto
🇦🇷ArgentinaChuletónOjo de bife con hueso
🇲🇽MexicoChuletónRib eye con hueso
🇵🇹PortugalChuletónTomahawk
🇧🇷BrazilChuletónFilé de costela com osso
🇮🇹ItalyBistecca tomahawk
🇩🇪GermanyTomahawk-Steak

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