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Asado de tira

Beef · Rib
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Raw Asado de tira — Beef Rib cut
Also called
🇺🇸🇬🇧Short ribs🇲🇽Costillas🇫🇷Plat de côtes🇪🇸Costillas de ternera🇵🇹Costelas🇧🇷Costela🇮🇹Costine di manzo (taglio asado)🇩🇪Querrippe (Asado-Schnitt)🇺🇸Galbi

Short ribs are cut from the lower portion of the rib cage and consist of layers of meat, fat, and bone with rich connective tissue. They have an intense beefy flavor and become meltingly tender when braised low and slow. They can be cut English style (along the bone) or flanken style (across the bones).

Names by country

CountryNameNotes
🇺🇸United StatesShort ribs
🇬🇧United KingdomShort ribs
🇲🇽MexicoCostillas
🇦🇷ArgentinaAsado de tiraprimaryIn Argentina typically cut flanken style across the bones, a staple of the asado
🇫🇷FrancePlat de côtes
🇪🇸SpainCostillas de ternera
🇵🇹PortugalCostelas
🇧🇷BrazilCostelaCentral to Brazilian churrasco, often slow-cooked over wood fire
🇮🇹ItalyCostine di manzo (taglio asado)
🇩🇪GermanyQuerrippe (Asado-Schnitt)

Similar cuts

Tendron de bœufapproximate

Adjacent area — both are plate-rib cuts, but tendron is the cartilage end (for braising), Asado de tira is the cross-cut bone-in section (for grilling).

Costela ponta de agulha
Costela ponta de agulhaapproximate

Same general anatomical region (front of the chest plate / rib cage) but distinct cut: asado de tira is a thin (~½-inch) cross-cut Argentine strip, costela ponta de agulha is the whole long cut along the bone, slow-grilled for hours.

Plate ribsapproximate

Same general anatomical region (short plate / chuck rib), but cut differently: asado de tira is a thin (~½-inch) cross-cut Argentine strip, plate ribs is the whole long bone-in slab smoked low-and-slow.

Costillar
Costillarapproximate

Same general anatomical region — costillar is the whole bone-in slab cut along the bone for slow asado, asado de tira is the same region cross-cut into ½-inch strips for quick grilling. Different butchering and different cooking traditions, same primal.

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Classic recipe

Asado de Tira a la Parrilla45 min

Cross-cut flanken-style short ribs are the cornerstone of the Argentine asado. Cooked slowly over wood coals, the fat re…

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