What is côte de bœuf?
Quick Answer
côte de bœuf is a regional beef-cut name for the prime rib, on the rib primal (Ribs 6-12, bone-in, with cap and eye).
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What is côte de bœuf in simple terms?
What is côte de bœuf called in the United States?
US retail labels for prime rib appear in the names-by-country section; common forms include the mapped English terms listed there.
Where is côte de bœuf on the cow?
Is côte de bœuf steak?
It is a beef muscle sold as steak or roast depending on thickness and market—still prime rib anatomically.
Is côte de bœuf the same as Ribeye?
How do I translate côte de bœuf for travel?
What is another name for côte de bœuf?
“côte de bœuf” is a regional beef-cut name that maps to the canonical cut Prime Rib (rib primal).
Use the names-by-country section below when shopping or ordering abroad.
Global cut guide
Where it comes from
A bone-in rib roast consisting of the ribeye with the bone, cap (spinalis), and fat layer intact. Premium roasting cut — the classic holiday centerpiece. 'Prime' refers to the cut, not necessarily the USDA grade. It is part of the rib primal (Ribs 6-12, bone-in, with cap and eye).
In menus and butcher shops it is often discussed next to Ribeye, and Back Ribs.
What it's called in other countries
- Albania: prime rib
- Andhra Pradesh: prime rib
- Argentina: Bife ancho con costilla
- Australia: rib cutlet
- Austria: hohe rippe
- Bangladesh: prime rib
- Belarus: prime rib
- Belgium: côte de bœuf
- Bolivia: prime rib
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: prime rib
- Brazil: Bisteca
- Bulgaria: garbina
- Canada: Prime rib
- Chile: Lomo vetado con costilla
- China: prime rib
- Colombia: prime rib
- Costa Rica: prime rib
- Croatia: prime rib
- Czech Republic: prime rib
- Denmark: prime rib
- Ecuador: prime rib
- Egypt: prime rib
- El Salvador: prime rib
- Estonia: prime rib
- Ethiopia: prime rib
- Finland: prime rib
- France: Côte de boeuf
- Germany: Hohe Rippe
- Goa: prime rib
- Greece: prime rib
- Guatemala: lomo compuesto
- Honduras: prime rib
- Hungary: prime rib
- Indonesia: prime rib
- Iran: prime rib
- Ireland: fore rib
- Israel: prime rib
- Italy: prime rib
- Japan: prime rib
- Karnataka: prime rib
- Kazakhstan: prime rib
- Kenya: prime rib
- Kerala: prime rib
- Latvia: prime rib
- Lithuania: prime rib
- Maharashtra: prime rib
- Malaysia: prime rib
- Mexico: Entrecot (bone-in)
- Montenegro: prime rib
- Morocco: prime rib
- Netherlands: prime rib
- New Zealand: ribeye on the bone
- Nicaragua: prime rib
- Nigeria: prime rib
- North Macedonia: prime rib
- Norway: prime rib
- Pakistan: prime rib
- Panama: prime rib
- Paraguay: prime rib
- Peru: prime rib
- Philippines: prime rib
- Poland: prime rib
- Portugal: prime rib
- Qatar: prime rib
- Romania: prime rib
- Russia: rostbif na kosti
- Saudi Arabia: prime rib
- Singapore: prime rib
- Slovakia: prime rib
- Slovenia: prime rib
- South Africa: prime rib sa
- South Korea: prime rib
- Spain: Chuletón
- Sweden: prime rib
- Switzerland: hohe rippe
- Taiwan: prime rib
- Tamil Nadu: prime rib
- Telangana: prime rib
- Thailand: prime rib
- Turkey: prime rib
- UAE: prime rib
- Ukraine: rostbif na kistsi
- United Kingdom: Rib of beef · Fore rib
- United States: Prime rib · Standing rib roast
- Uruguay: Bife ancho con costilla
- Uzbekistan: prime rib
- Venezuela: prime rib
- Vietnam: prime rib
Cooking methods
Typical methods include high-heat searing or grilling for steaks, resting before slicing, and cutting across the grain when the muscle is fibrous. Because this cut sits on the rib primal (Ribs 6-12, bone-in, with cap and eye), adjust time and temperature to thickness and marbling.
Translations across countries
- Argentina → Albania (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Andhra Pradesh (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Australia (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Austria (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Bangladesh (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Belarus (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Belgium (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Bolivia (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Bosnia & Herzegovina (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Brazil (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Bulgaria (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Canada (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Chile (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → China (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Colombia (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Costa Rica (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Croatia (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Czech Republic (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Denmark (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Ecuador (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Egypt (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → El Salvador (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Estonia (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Ethiopia (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Finland (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → France (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Germany (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Goa (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Greece (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Guatemala (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Honduras (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Hungary (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Indonesia (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Iran (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Ireland (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Israel (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Italy (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Japan (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Karnataka (bife ancho con costilla)
- Argentina → Kazakhstan (bife ancho con costilla)
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