Argentine & Uruguayan recipes
34 Argentine & Uruguayan recipes for a home kitchen, from 15 minutes. Have some of the ingredients already? Match them to what you have.
Dinner
25 min
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Skirt steak with garlicky parsley sauce
A fast-cooking cut, seared hot and sliced thin, with a sharp chimichurri-style sauce.
25 min
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Flat iron steak with chimichurri
Tender, beefy flat iron seared hard and sliced against the grain under fresh chimichurri.
45 min
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Milanesa a la napolitana
Argentine breaded steak cutlet topped with ham, tomato sauce and melted mozzarella, with fries.
60 min
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Mollejas a la parrilla (grilled sweetbreads)
Asado favorite: veal sweetbreads grilled until crisp outside and creamy inside, finished with lemon.
60 min
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Tarta de jamón y queso
Argentine weeknight savory tart of ham, cheese and eggs in a simple pastry.
75 min
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Asado de tira (cross-cut short ribs) with chimichurri
The heart of a Sunday asado: thin flanken-cut short ribs salted simply and grilled slowly, with chimichurri and salsa criolla.
75 min
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Guiso de lentejas (lentil stew)
Hearty Argentine winter stew of lentils with chorizo, bacon, beef, squash and potatoes.
90 min
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Canelones de ricota y verdura
Sunday-lunch crêpe cannelloni filled with spinach and ricotta, baked in tomato sauce and béchamel.
120 min
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Empanadas tucumanas (knife-cut beef)
Northern Argentine baked empanadas with hand-cut beef, onion, cumin, scallion and egg in a lard pastry.
120 min
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Humitas en chala (corn tamales in husks)
Northern Argentine fresh-corn tamales with onion, squash, basil and cheese, wrapped in fresh husks and boiled.
120 min
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Sorrentinos de jamón y queso
Mar del Plata's big round stuffed pasta filled with ham, mozzarella and ricotta, served with tomato sauce.
120 min
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Carbonada criolla (beef stew in a pumpkin)
Sweet-savory Argentine stew of beef, squash, corn, sweet potato and peaches, often served in a roasted pumpkin.
150 min
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Fugazzeta (onion and cheese stuffed pizza)
Buenos Aires classic: thick focaccia-like crust stuffed with mozzarella and topped with sweet onions and oregano.
150 min
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Vitel toné (veal in tuna sauce)
The Italian-Argentine Christmas Eve classic: chilled sliced veal under a creamy tuna, anchovy and caper sauce.
180 min
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Locro (corn, squash and meat stew)
Argentina's national-holiday stew of hominy, beans, squash, pork and chorizo, with spicy paprika oil.
180 min
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Matambre arrollado (stuffed rolled flank steak)
Flank steak rolled around eggs, carrots, peppers and herbs, braised, chilled and sliced into colorful pinwheels.
Lunch & snacks
15 min
Argentine & Uruguayan · lunch
Provoleta (grilled provolone)
A thick round of provolone grilled until crusty outside and molten inside, with oregano, chili and olive oil.
25 min
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Chivito steak sandwiches
A Uruguayan sandwich of seared thin steak, ham, melted mozzarella, tomato and a fried egg stacked on toasted rolls with mayonnaise. Hearty, layered and best eaten right away.
25 min
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Lomito sandwich
Córdoba's monster steak sandwich: thin beef tenderloin, ham, cheese, fried egg, lettuce, tomato and mayo on a soft roll.
30 min
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Steak salad with chimichurri
Sliced seared steak over greens, tomatoes and red onion, dressed with punchy herb chimichurri.
30 min
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Sándwiches de miga
Party-platter staple: crustless, ultra-thin white bread layered with ham, cheese and buttery mayo, cut into neat triangles.
30 min
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Choripán
Argentine asado starter: grilled chorizo split butterfly-style in crusty bread with chimichurri.
Breakfast
Baking & sweets
20 min
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Chocotorta
Argentina's no-bake birthday cake of chocolate cookies soaked in coffee layered with dulce de leche cream cheese.
40 min
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Panqueques con dulce de leche
Thin crêpes rolled around dulce de leche and caramelized with sugar on top, a classic Argentine dessert.
45 min
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Fainá (chickpea flatbread)
Thin, crispy-edged chickpea flour flatbread eaten 'a caballo' on top of a slice of pizza in Argentina and Uruguay.
45 min
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Tortas fritas (Uruguayan fried dough)
Rainy-day fried dough rounds from Uruguay and Argentina, eaten with sugar or dulce de leche alongside mate.
75 min
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Pastafrola (quince lattice tart)
Classic merienda tart of tender lemon-vanilla pastry filled with quince paste under a lattice top.
75 min
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Alfajores de maicena
Melt-in-your-mouth cornstarch shortbread sandwich cookies filled with dulce de leche and rolled in coconut.
90 min
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Flan casero con dulce de leche
Homestyle egg flan with dark caramel, served the Argentine way with a big spoon of dulce de leche (and cream).
120 min
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Torta rogel (dulce de leche layer cake)
Tall Argentine celebration cake of crisp, thin pastry layers stacked with dulce de leche and crowned with toasted meringue.
150 min
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Homemade dulce de leche
Thick, caramel-brown milk jam slowly cooked from milk, sugar, vanilla and a pinch of baking soda.
240 min
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Medialunas (Argentine croissants)
Small, sweet, slightly bready crescents brushed with syrup—Argentina's café breakfast with café con leche.
Drinks
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