What is Chorizo argentino called in the United States?

In the United States, Chorizo argentino is known as Argentine chorizo.

What part of the pork does Chorizo argentino come from?

Chorizo argentino comes from the Various section of the pork.

Chorizo argentino

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Chorizo argentino is known in English as Argentine chorizo.

Also called

🇺🇸Argentine chorizo

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Argentina's fresh grilling sausage and the undisputed first thing off any asado — coarse-ground pork (often with some beef), seasoned simply with salt, pepper, garlic, and sometimes a little wine or nutmeg, stuffed into natural casing and sold in a horseshoe or in links at every carnicería. It is a fresh sausage, grilled from raw over the coals until the casing blisters and splits — nothing like the cured, pimentón-dried Spanish chorizo. Grilled whole, then split down the middle (mariposa) and tucked into a crusty roll with chimichurri or salsa criolla, it becomes the choripán, the country's signature street food. Not to be confused with bife de chorizo, the strip-loin steak that borrows the sausage's name only for its plump, chorizo-like shape. Its close cousin is the chorizo criollo of the wider Río de la Plata.

Names by country

Country	Name	Notes
🇺🇸United States	Argentine chorizo	English-language name for the fresh Argentine grilling sausage, as sold in US–UK Latin butchers and churrasco restaurants.
🇦🇷Argentina	Chorizo argentinoprimary	Fresh (uncured) coarse pork-and-beef grilling sausage; the star of the asado and the choripán. Also called chorizo criollo. Distinct from the cured Spanish chorizo and from bife de chorizo (the steak).