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Anticuchos (Grilled Beef Heart Skewers)
Photo: Jimena Bernal / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Beef heart, not steak, is the classic cut — and it's prized, not a discount option.
Marinated beef heart skewered and grilled over charcoal, brushed with a spiced chili-vinegar sauce, sold by street vendors especially in the evening.
Why it's made this way: The dish traces back to using every part of the animal out of necessity; today it's a beloved specialty in its own right, not a fallback cut.
Roughly what's in it
350kcal
30gprotein
20gcarbs
16gfat
Estimated per typical street-vendor portion — not lab-tested.
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Part of World of Street Food — 3443 dishes from 118 countries.
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