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Oxtail substitutes

Oxtail is the traditional name in United Kingdom. Elsewhere, butchers sell the same piece — or a close cousin — under a different name.

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Substitutes for Oxtail that can be delivered rather than hunted down at a counter.

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United Kingdom

Beef cheekapproximate

Beef cheek is the standard swap in an oxtail braise — pure connective tissue that breaks down to the same silky texture, with far less bone.

Beef neckapproximate

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

United States

Osso bucoapproximate

Both bone-in cross-cut braising cuts rich in marrow and collagen; osso buco gives a similar gelatinous sauce with more meat per portion.

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