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Choripán
Argentina's greatest street food — grilled chorizo in a crusty baguette roll with chimichurri and salsa criolla.
⏱ 25 min🔥 580 kcalEasy
★4.9(821)
3 recipes using tomatoes — Asado, chimichurri, empanadas — the BBQ culture of the pampas.
These 3 argentinian tomatoes recipes are ready in about 45 minutes on average, with 380–740 kcal per serving, and 100% are rated easy enough for a weeknight. Every recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions and full nutrition per serving.
Argentinian cooking revolves around fire and beef — patient asado grilling finished with the herbaceous punch of chimichurri. When Argentinian cooks work with tomatoes, they reach for garlic, parsley, oregano, red wine vinegar and good beef, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are grilling, simmering, frying and sautéing.
Sweet-acidic fruit that forms the backbone of sauces, stews and salads across nearly every cuisine. In this collection it's most often cooked with olive oil, dried oregano and garlic minced. The dishes here span argentinian classics ready in as little as 25 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.
Reader favourite: Milanesa Napolitana is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.9★ from 1,320 ratings.
Argentina's greatest street food — grilled chorizo in a crusty baguette roll with chimichurri and salsa criolla.
Argentinian breaded-beef cutlet topped with tomato sauce, ham, and melted mozzarella — Buenos Aires comfort food.
Argentinian creamy fresh corn stew with sweet basil and goat cheese — comforting Andean classic.
Ripe tomatoes smell fragrant at the stem and give slightly to a gentle squeeze. For cooking out of season, good-quality tinned tomatoes often beat pale fresh ones.
Store at room temperature, never the fridge, which kills their flavour and texture. Score and blanch to slip off skins; salting slices draws out excess water for salads.
A low-calorie source of vitamin C, potassium and the antioxidant lycopene — which actually becomes more available when tomatoes are cooked.
Most of these 3 Argentinian tomatoes recipes are ready in around 45 minutes from start to finish. The quickest, Choripán, takes about 25 minutes, while the slower-cooked dishes run up to 65 minutes.
Across this collection they range from about 380 to 740 kcal per serving, averaging 567 kcal — Humita en Olla is the lightest option at 380 kcal.
Choripán is a great place to start — it's rated easy and comes together in about 25 minutes. 100% of the recipes here are beginner-friendly.
In these recipes, tomatoes is most often paired with olive oil, dried oregano and garlic minced. Argentinian kitchens also lean on garlic, parsley, oregano, red wine vinegar and good beef.