Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A Mexican dish consisting of steak strips that are marinated in lemon or lime juice, hot chili peppers, and seasonings, grilled, and often served in a tortilla.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Mexican Spanish, from Spanish, roasted meat : carne, meat (from Old Spanish, from Latin carō, carn-; see sker- in Indo-European roots) + asada, feminine of asado, past participle of asar, to roast (from Latin assāre, from assus, roasted, cooked without water; akin to ārdēre, to burn, be on fire; see ardent).]

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Examples

  • For a steak you cut the opposite of cutting for carne asada, where you cut with the grain of the meat.

    Crazy Loco Love Victor Villaseñor 2010

  • For a steak you cut the opposite of cutting for carne asada, where you cut with the grain of the meat.

    Crazy Loco Love Victor Villaseñor 2010

  • For a steak you cut the opposite of cutting for carne asada, where you cut with the grain of the meat.

    Crazy Loco Love Victor Villaseñor 2010

  • $8.95 Now I didn't mind, since I like carne asada, but that should give you a clue about the server I had.

    Archive 2007-06-01 Unitas We Stand 2007

  • $8.95 Now I didn't mind, since I like carne asada, but that should give you a clue about the server I had.

    Rockin Taco Unitas We Stand 2007

  • There was no flavor and it just seemed as though I was eating skirt steak, which is what carne asada is made out of.

    Archive 2007-01-01 Unitas We Stand 2007

  • There was no flavor and it just seemed as though I was eating skirt steak, which is what carne asada is made out of.

    Green Field- Long Beach Unitas We Stand 2007

  • The taco, stuffed with carne asada, onion and cilantro, kidnapped Turtle’s hunger.

    Their Dogs Came With Them Helena María Viramontes 2007

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