🇦🇷 Argentina recipe
Asado
The asado is not merely a meal but a deeply cherished Argentine ritual of slow-grilling meats over wood and charcoal embers. A proper asado features beef short ribs, chorizo, morcilla, and offal cooked low and slow by the asador, the designated grill master. The entire process takes hours and brings families together around the parrilla every Sunday.
Prep1 hr (fire prep) + 30 mins (meat prep)
Cook2 hrs 30 mins
Serves6
Difficultyhard
Ingredients
- 1.5 kg beef short ribs (tira de asado), cut across the bone
- 1 kg beef flank or vacío
- 4 fresh chorizo criollo sausages
- 4 morcilla (blood sausage) links
- Coarse sea salt (sal parrillera)
- 1 whole head of garlic, halved crosswise
- Fresh rosemary sprigs for basting
- 2 lemons, halved
- 1 cup red wine vinegar mixed with 1 cup water for salmuera basting
- Hardwood charcoal or quebracho wood
- Crusty bread for serving
- Chimichurri sauce for serving
Method
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Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 580
- Protein
- 52 g
- Carbs
- 0 g
- Fat
- 42 g
