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Barnsley chop

Barnsley chop substitutes

What to use when you can't find Barnsley chop at your butcher

Barnsley chop is the traditional name in United Kingdom. Outside that tradition, butchers carry comparable lamb cuts under different names — sometimes the same anatomical piece, sometimes a close cousin. The alternatives below are grouped by country so you can match what your local butcher actually carries.

United Kingdom

Saddle of lambclose substitute

A Barnsley chop is a single thick cross-cut from the saddle (T-bone-shaped, with both loin eyes on one bone). The saddle is the whole roast; the Barnsley is the chop variation.

United States

Lamb Loin Chopclose substitute

Same anatomical cut from the saddle, but Barnsley chop is cut across both loin eyes plus the spinal bone — a single chop spanning both sides of the animal — while a standard loin chop is cut from one side only.

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