Not sea salt, and not the fancy stuff. The answer is a specific medium grain called sal parrillera — and the reason it works has nothing to do with where it came from.
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Either right before it hits the fire, or at least 45 minutes ahead. The famous rule about the forbidden window in between is softer than the internet thinks — and the thing that actually matters is something else entirely.
Read the guide →Argentina seasons its fire cooking with restraint: salt first, then just enough pepper, garlic, oregano and gentle chile to say where the meat is from without covering how it tastes. This is that idea in one jar, built on the coarse Patagonian crystal so it clings and works slowly the way an asado wants.
A generous pinch per side on anything going over flame or coals — beef, chicken, pork, lamb. On thick vegetables before roasting. It is a grilling salt: let heat bloom it.
Patagonian Atlantic sea salt, black pepper, garlic, oregano, mild chile.
