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Pork tenderloin

Pork tenderloin substitutes

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

Pork tenderloin is the traditional name in United States. 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.

United States

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Both are lean pork cuts from the back but the tenderloin is far smaller, more tender, and cooks much faster — they are not interchangeable in recipes without adjustment.

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