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Nalga

Nalga substitutes

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

Nalga is the traditional name in Argentina. 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.

United Kingdom

Topsideclose substitute

Same cut — the inside/top round of the rear leg. Nalga is the Argentine name; topside is British, coxão mole Brazilian. Same anatomy, different tradition.

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