Grilled Beef Oaxaca Style

Carne asado (grilled meat) and carnitas (little pieces of grilled meat) are snack/street/party foods so popular in Mexico, they could qualify as official state dishes. You find these smoky beef bits wherever crowds gather and an enterprising cook has space to set up a grill.

The best carne asado I’ve ever tasted was at the Mercado 20 de Noviembre (November 20 Market) in Oaxaca. The con-trast of textures and flavors—chewy meat, crisp scallions, juicy salsa, cooli