Asado de Tira – What is it and how is it cooked?

”New cut, new lesson from your personal Master Butcher.”

Hi, I’m Roby, your Master Butcher and today again we discover together the best secrets of the most prized and good cuts in the world!
Let’s talk aboutAsado de Tira, also known as ‘diaframma’ a cut of meat from our beloved South America, in particular from Argentina, here this meat is used and appreciated at its best, let’s find out what it is and how to cook this unique cut.

What is Asado de Tira?

Asado” means roast, indicates precisely the most commonly used cooking method for this meat, ”tira” translated literally means ”strip” referring to the type of meat, namely the tips.

This meat is the classic cut you take to the spring or summer barbecue, to be cooked while you know shirtless and with a cold beer to keep you company.

Cutting characteristics

There’s not much to say, this is a cut that is as simple as it is good, and for Argentineans who love carnazza and it represents the classic group meal with a thousand kilos of meat on the fire, and honestly even to us at Fierro Food it reminds us of summer barbecues with friends and family, happy and carefree thinking only about not cooking the meat badly, how carefree.

grigliata sudameriucana asado de tira

Typical South American barbecue for a couple of friends with meat of all kinds, including asado de tira.

How to cook Asado de Tira

Usually you slice up the meat and marinate it with mixtures of various sauces and spices (in the States they are crazy about marinating it with BBQ sauce and honey, for example) and sizzle it well on the grill until it is ready.

But that’s not all, you can also overcook it, leaving the piece whole and marinating it as you see fit. After this cooking it will release all its tenderness, it will be soft and juicy, mamma mia how it will water just writing about it.

So, super-recommended cut for anyone, it does not taste too special and cooking with requires incredible cooking skills. Try it and you’ll never go back, Master Butcher’s word.