Carne Asada With Salsa Mexicana Food

THE BEST CARNE ASADA RECIPE

Steps:

• When ready to cook, remove the extra salsa from the fridge to allow it to warm up a little. Light one chimney full of charcoal. When all the charcoal is lit and covered with gray ash, pour out and arrange the coals on one side of the charcoal grate. Set cooking grate in place, cover grill, and preheat for 5 minutes. Alternatively, set half the burners on a gas grill to the highest heat setting, cover, and preheat for 10 minutes. Clean and oil the grilling grate.

CARNE ASADA WITH SALSA MEXICANA

Steps:

• To make the salsa: Can be made 2 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature. Combine tomatoes through lime juice in a medium bowl. Season to taste with coarse kosher salt.
• To make the Carne Asada: Prepare barbeque (high heat). Grill chiles and onions until charred all over, about 3 minutes for onions and 5 minutes for chiles. Transfer onions to a plate; tent with foil. Transfer chiles to a bowl; cover with plastic wrap and let stand for 15 minutes. After 15 miutes peel and seed the chiles; cut into1 inch wide strips. Transfer to a plate and tent with foil.
• Rub steak with garlic; sprinkle with coarse salt and pepper. Grill until cooked to desired doneness, about 3 minutes per side for medium. Transfer to work surface; cool 5 minutes. Grill tortillas until slightly charred, about 10 seconds per side. Cut steaks crosswise into strips; transfer to a plate.
• Serve steak with tortillas, chiles, onions, avocado slices, lime wedges adn Salsa Mexicana.

MEXICAN CARNE ASADA RECIPE

Steps:

• LIME GARLIC MARINADE
• Start with a small bowl
• Mince the garlic and add to the bowl
• Squeeze the juice from 8 limes into the bowl
• Add the salt and mix with a fork
• SKIRT STEAK
• Trim the meat of any excess silver membrane
• Place the skirt steak in a tray and pour half the marinade over it
• Flip the skirt and pour the other half of the marinade over it
• Let the meat marinate for 2 hours in the refrigerator
• Bring the meat to room temperature before grilling
• Once the meat is marinated, start the charcoal
• When the coals are at their hottest grill the meat for about 7 or 8 minutes on each side
• Rest the meat for a few minutes before serving
• SPRING ONIONS
• Once the coals are going place the spring onions on the grill.
• Move them to the side of the grill when you are ready to cook the meat.