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Rump steak

Rump steak substitutes

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

Rump steak is the traditional name in United Kingdom. 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.

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Brazil

Alcatraclose substitute

Overlapping rump anatomy — Portuguese alcatra maps most directly to the British rump. Same region, different butchering and naming.

Mexico

Sirloinapproximate

Adjacent cuts from the hindquarter with similar flavor profiles — rump has slightly more chew and flavor while sirloin is marginally more tender.

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