Argentine · IV The Method
Argentinian asado (live-fire grilling)
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Description
Asado is Argentina's defining culinary practice — whole cuts of beef (and sometimes lamb, pork, offal, and chorizos) cooked over hardwood embers for hours. Unlike American BBQ which uses indirect heat and smoke, asado uses direct radiant heat from embers (not flames) at a carefully managed distance. The asador (grill master) controls temperature by adjusting the height of the grate and managing the ember bed. The fire is built separately and embers are shovelled under the grate as needed — the meat never cooks over open flame.
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