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Tomahawk steak substitutes

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

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

Ribeye

🇺🇸 United States · Close substitute

Ribeye

Grumpy Butcher ribeye steaks (4 pack)

Chuletón

🇪🇸 Spain · Close substitute

Chuletón

Bone-in tomahawk ribeye — the US cut closest to chuletón

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United States

Prime ribclose substitute

Both are bone-in cuts from the rib primal; prime rib is a roast while the tomahawk is a thick individual steak

Ribeyeclose substitute

The tomahawk is a ribeye with the full rib bone left intact; the meat is identical

T-bone steakapproximate

Both are dramatic bone-in steaks, but the T-bone comes from the short loin and includes both strip and tenderloin

Spain

Chuletónclose substitute

Same muscle (longissimus dorsi), both bone-in single-portion steaks. Tomahawk leaves the long French-trimmed rib bone; chuletón comes from older aged ex-dairy cows with the Basque salt-and-coal preparation.

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