Full asado menu

everything I made for a private event recently and how to recreate it at home

As promised and without further ado, here are the recipes for everything we made for our last private event!

Much of this is more of a method than a recipe. That’s because an asado is mostly about simply preparing high quality ingredients and letting them shine. The salad is simple, the sides are limited, and the meat isn’t marinaded. Rather it’s seasoned with salt and finished with freshly squeezed lemon.

In case you want to replicate the event exactly: This is the grill we rented. You can probably find one similar by calling an event rental company in your area. They’re usually open to the public and deliver to your home. A traditional asado allows you to raise and lower the grill grates even higher than this one did. However, you can mimic this on a home grill by making half of the grill hotter and the other half cooler to allow for direct and indirect heat.

For this event, we rented 2 charcoal grills like this that allow you to raise and lower the grates. These are the exact ones that we rented.

Grilling the meat

This style of grilling is known for its simple preparation—salt and lemon. Rather than adding additional flavor, the focus, instead, is on controlling the heat of the grill to perfectly cook each cut of meat. the meat is meant to be cooked over medium or even low heat rather than being charred. Here’s a rundown on how we cooked each cut.