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Beef cheek

Beef cheek substitutes

What to use when you can't find Beef cheek at your butcher

Beef cheek is the traditional name in United Kingdom. Outside that tradition, butchers carry comparable beef 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.

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Both are collagen-rich cuts requiring long braising, but beef cheek is a single muscle that becomes exceptionally silky while chuck is larger and coarser-grained.

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