Sirloin And Shrimp In Tequila Chile Sauce Food

TEQUILA SHRIMP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Saute garlic until light brown. Place shrimp in the pan, and cook for 3 minutes.
• Pour in tequila, and season with cilantro, salt, and pepper. Cook for 2 more minutes.

SHRIMP LINGUINE

Steps:

• Cook pasta until al dente according to package directions.
• While linguine is cooking, melt butter or margarine in a large skillet. Add garlic, and saute briefly to release flavor. Add cream; heat just to boiling, stirring frequently. Lower heat, and stir in shrimp, parsley, basil, and thyme. Continue cooking until shrimp are just heated through. Do not overcook shrimp! Remove sauce from heat.
• Drain the pasta, and toss lightly with the sauce. Toss again with cheese, and salt and pepper to taste. Serve immediately.

TEQUILA SHRIMP WITH GARLIC AND GUAJILLO CHILE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat the olive oil, add the garlic, and saute until golden brown. Add the sliced chile and continue mixing until the oil has taken on the color of the chile.
• Add the shrimp to the hot pan and saute for 3 minutes. Add the lemon juice and the tomatoes. Add the tequila to the shrimp and carefully flambe. Cook until the alcohol burns out. On low heat, add the butter and swirl until the sauce slightly thickens.
• To serve, plate the shrimp in the center of each plate and add the sauce in the center. Garnish each plate with chive sprigs.

GRILLED TEQUILA GARLIC LIME FLANK STEAK

Steps:

• Combine the garlic, lime juice, tequila, soy sauce, cilantro, peppers, cumin and black pepper in a resealable plastic gallon bag. Add the steak and let marinate in the refrigerator for 2 hours. Remove from the refrigerator, and let marinate at room temperature another 30 to 45 minutes.
• Prepare a grill to medium-high heat. Remove the steak from the marinade, reserving the marinade. Put the marinade in small saucepot and bring to a boil. Then strain and reserve.
• Put the tortillas on the corner of the grill and flip the package a few times to heat through while the steak is cooking
• Place the steak on the grill. Cook for 4 minutes, turn 180 degrees, and cook for 3 minutes more (to create cross grill marks). Flip over and finish cooking for 3 to 5 minutes, depending on desired doneness. Remove from the grill to a cutting board and let rest, lightly covered, for 5 minutes.
• Slice against the grain, and serve immediately with the reserved marinade, garnishes, tortillas and hot sauce.

SIRLOIN AND SHRIMP IN TEQUILA - CHILE SAUCE

Steps:

• In a glass mixing bowl, combine sauce ingredients well, add salt and pepper if desired.
• Cover bowl and chill for 2 hours.
• Preheat the BBQ, season steaks and while steaks are cooking to desired doneness.
• In a saute pan over med high heat, add a small amount of Olive Oil, saute shrimp till cooked, add the chilled sauce and cook until it just starts to bubble, don't overcook (the alcohol will reduce quickly) Place cooked steaks on plates, spoon the shrimp with sauce on each steak.

SIRLOIN BURGERS ON BED OF LETTUCE WITH GRILLED SHRIMP AND HORSERADISH CHILI SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat grill pan or outdoor grill to high.
• Combine beef, shallot, thyme, Worcestershire, smoked paprika or cumin, and grill seasoning. Combine and divide meat into 4 portions. Form large patties about 1 1/4 inches thick. Coat beef patties with a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil. Cook 3 to 4 minutes preside for medium rare, 6 to 7 minutes per side for medium well to well doneness.
• Cut shrimp along deveining line and "butterfly" them open a little. Be careful not to cut all the way through the shrimp. Leave tails in tact. Place shrimp in a shallow dish. Coat shrimp in extra-virgin olive oil. Sprinkle with grill seasoning or salt and pepper. Add parsley, lemon zest and finely chopped garlic, turn shrimp to coat evenly in flavorings. Wedge lemon which you have zested to pass later at the table with cooked shrimp. Grill shrimp alongside meat patties for 2 to 3 minutes on each side, until heads curl towards tails and shrimp are pink.
• While meat and shrimp cook, arrange 4 beds of cut iceberg lettuce on platter and combine horseradish with chili sauce in a small bowl. To serve, place burgers on lettuce "buns" and dot with sauce, then top with 2 grilled shrimp. Pass remaining sauce and lemon wedges at table.

PASTA WITH TEQUILA LIME CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine garlic and shallot with tequila, lime juice and vinegar. Cook until reduced to about 1/4 cup.
• Add cream and cook until reduced by half. Strain out garlic and shallot if desired. Return sauce to heat and whisk in butter.
• Mix cornstarch with 1 tablespoon water until smooth. Whisk into sauce to thicken.
• Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain pasta. Add green onions and tomatoes to hot pasta pot and stir. Add drained pasta and sauce and mix well.
• Serve garnished with fresh cilantro, if desired. You can also top the pasta with grilled chicken, shrimp or salmon for a heartier meal.

BEEF TENDERLOIN STEAKS WITH CHILI SAUCE

Steps:

• Place both chilies and plum tomato in heavy medium skillet. Toast over medium-high heat until chilies are fragrant and deepen in color and tomato turns black in spots, turning occasionally, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Cool. Stem, seed and tear chilies into small pieces. Chop tomato. Place chilies, tomato and 1 cup water in small saucepan. Bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer until chilies are tender, about 10 minutes. Puree chili mixture in blender until smooth.
• Heat 3 tablespoons oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add garlic and sauté 1 minute. Add 1 cup chicken stock and beef stock, then wine; boil until reduced to 1 cup, about 15 minutes. Stir in chili puree, butter and rosemary; simmer 1 minute. Season sauce to taste with salt and pepper. (Sauce can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
• Heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle steaks with salt and pepper. Add steaks to skillet and cook to desired doneness, about 4 minutes per side for medium-rare.
• Bring sauce to simmer, thinning with more chicken stock if necessary. Place 1 steak on each of 4 plates. Top each with 1/4 cup sauce. Serve, passing remaining sauce separately.
• *Available at Latin American markets, specialty foods stores and some supermarkets.