Great Carne Asada Dishes for A Smashing Cinco De Mayo
There's no better way to celebrate Cinco de Mayo than with chilly drinks and great carne asada. This traditional Mexican dish, whose name literally means "roasted meat, can be made on the grill or under the broiler. Inexpensive steaks, such as skirt steak and hanger steak, are traditionally used to prepare this great dish. However, you can step it by using a nicer cut of steak. The basic carne asada recipe below is used as the main dish and in several fun and bocadillos, entrees or appetizers.
Great Carne Asada Dishes for A Smashing Cinco De Mayo
Great Carne Asada Dishes for A Smashing Cinco De Mayo
Great Carne Asada Dishes for A Smashing Cinco De Mayo
Great Carne Asada Dishes for A Smashing Cinco De Mayo
Basic Marinade
Juice of 2 limes
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 to 1/2 cup minced cilantro
2 diced serrano or jalapeno chiles, depending on personal preference
2 cloves minced garlic
1 1/2 teaspoons honey
Dash of ground coriander
Dash of cumin
Salt totaste
Pepper to taste
1/4 cup mango puree, optional
Whisk all ingredients together. Place with steak in a sealable plastic bag or bowl in the refrigerator overnight, or for at least five hours. Grill or broil until cooked to your personal preference. Let the steaks rest for approximately 10 minutes before cutting.
Traditionally, sliced strips of steak are served with fresh tortillas, cilantro and diced onions. Rice and beans generally accompany such dinners. You may wish to serve a fresh mango salsa sauce or a alongside the traditional rendition of the dish.
Double-Takes on Carne Asada
Using the meat prepared with the first recipe, you can make many tasty entrees and appetizers. Use the below ideas to give this traditional Mexican dish to makeover. These recipeswork particularly well "to cure a Cinco de Mayo hangover.
Festive Flautas
Roll chopped meat and cojita cheese crumbled or cheddar into flour tortillas. Be sure to roll with the sides of the tortilla chips tucked in. Fry in a cast iron skillet in an inch of oil until golden brown on all sides, or use a deep fryer to cook until golden brown. Allow flautas to cool for a few minutes before cutting in half. Flautas are best served with sour cream, pico de gallo and fresh avocado.
Tostones with Meat
Tostones, fried green plantains, are popular in Southern Mexico and throughout Central America. Purchase two or three green plantains for this easy recipe. Note that ripe plantains are usually yellow and, while providing a sweet touch to any meal, do not have the correctconsistency for tostones.
Peel plantains and cut into circles approximately one inch thick. Flatten rounds slightly with a hammer, heavy bottle or tortilla press. Fry rounds in an inch of canola oil in a deep fryer or until they just turn golden. Remove from the oil, drain and sprinkle with a bit of salt. Tostones topped with serves individual chunk of the roasted meat. Secure meat to tostones with a toothpick if desired.
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Great Carne Asada Dishes for A Smashing Cinco De Mayo