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Asado de tira

Asado de tira substitutes

What to use when you can't find Asado de tira at your butcher

Asado de tira is the traditional name in Argentina. Outside that tradition, butchers carry comparable beef cuts under different names — sometimes the same anatomical piece, sometimes a close cousin. The alternatives below are grouped by country so you can match what your local butcher actually carries.

Argentina

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.

Brazil

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.

France

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).

United States

Galbiclose substitute

Both are cross-cut short ribs sliced thin across the bones — galbi is sliced thinner (5–10mm) for fast tabletop grilling; asado de tira is sliced thicker (1–2cm) for slower grilling over wood coals.

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.

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