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Tomahawk steak

Tomahawk steak substitutes

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

Tomahawk steak is the traditional name in United States. 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.

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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