What's in an Argentine BBQ? | We Tasted 7 Asado Meats

beef ribs

🥗Healthier: chicken thighs

💰Cheaper: pork ribs

Chicken is lower in fat, while pork ribs are often less expensive.

chimichurri sauce

🥗Healthier: salsa verde

💰Cheaper: olive oil + vinegar

Salsa verde offers a fresh alternative, while the olive oil and vinegar mix is budget-friendly.

Introduce the Argentine asado tradition of grilling and smoking meat.

List the six cuts of meat typically found in an Argentine asado: entraña, vacío, ojo de bife, bife de chorizo, lomo, and asado.

Mention the bonus category of choripan, the grilled sausage served on bread.

Walk to the Buenos Aires Food Fest to try the first cut of meat, entraña.

Order and taste the entraña, noting it was a good start but not overwhelming.

Visit La Cabrera restaurant to try bife de chorizo, but express disappointment in the quality and price.

Travel to Barrio Mataderos to experience the local meat-packing district and try choripan from El Reino del Choripan.

Order choripan with salsa criolla and describe it as super good and crispy.

Visit the San Telmo Market, noting its authenticity and reasonable prices.

Highlight the Campeonato Federal del Asado, a national cook-off for grilling.

Attempt to find vacío at the festival, noting concerns about cheese on the meat.

Taste the vacío and describe it as super tender with nice flavor.

Seek out asado from the state of Santa Fe, known for its winning asado.

Describe the asado sandwich as everything dreamed of, noting its lean quality and the presence of veggies and chimichurri sauce.

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