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Beef neck

Beef neck substitutes

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

Beef neck 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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United Kingdom

Oxtailapproximate

Neck delivers the same long-cook gelatin as oxtail at lower cost, though without the marrow.

France

Jumeauapproximate

Anatomically adjacent — jumeau is on the front thigh near the neck, beef neck (collier) is just above. Both are slow-cook cuts with significant connective tissue.

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