CarneAtlas
Diezmillo

Diezmillo substitutes

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

Diezmillo is the traditional name in Mexico. 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.

Mexico

Aguja norteñaapproximate

Adjacent chuck cut — aguja is the chuck eye (more like a single muscle), diezmillo is the 3-muscle chuck-roll group around it. Both are northern-Mexican carne asada staples.

France

Paleronapproximate

Same primal — paleron (paleta) is the broader shoulder cap, diezmillo is the chuck-roll subset. Sometimes conflated as 'paleta' in central Mexico but distinct at northern butcher counters.

United States

Denver steakapproximate

Same anatomical zone — Denver steak is the modern US butcher cut from the chuck-roll inner muscle, diezmillo is the broader Mexican-tradition cut from the same general area.

← Full Diezmillo details

Discover one new cut every issue.

A regional cut, the dish that defines it, and a side-by-side comparison — straight to your inbox.

Free. Roughly monthly. No tracking pixels.