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Tortuguita substitutes

Tortuguita is the traditional name in Argentina. Elsewhere, butchers sell the same piece — or a close cousin — under a different name.

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Bottom roundapproximate

Same general anatomical region (outside-rear-leg muscle group). Tortuguita is a smaller curved muscle within the broader silverside / contra group; both are slow-cook cuts.

Osso bucoapproximate

Anatomically adjacent — tortuguita is on the upper rear leg, osso buco is the cross-cut shank below it. Both are slow-cook working muscles with significant connective tissue.

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