Pork neck substitutes

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

Pork neck is the traditional name in United Kingdom. Outside that tradition, butchers carry comparable pork 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.

Argentina

Bondiolaapproximate

Adjacent and partially overlapping anatomy — bondiola sits between the upper shoulder and the neck/collar. Pork neck (échine / coppa di maiale) is the more strictly neck-and-collar cut; bondiola extends slightly further down into the shoulder.

United States

Boston buttapproximate

Both are well-marbled shoulder-area cuts suited to slow cooking, but pork neck is even more marbled and more forgiving when grilled as steaks than the Boston butt.

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