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Cooking Lesson #279: Barbecued Cinco de Mayo Carne Asada Tacos

4/28/2021

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The Cinco de Mayo Collection

Carne Asada Tacos
How you doin’? You may not have thought a whole lot about it, but tacos are a cool food. Now, I’m not talking about the Taco Bell style although I still go back to the “Bell” on occasion. I’m talking about marinated charred steak tacos folded up in homemade-style warm corn tortillas with a Mexican-style, homemade charred salsa.
 
I decided to use Chef Roy Choi’s signature carne asada marinade, which makes the meat impressively flavorful and aromatic. It is a combination of spices and herbs—garlic, scallions, ancho chile powder, jalapeños, fresh cilantro, beer, kiwifruit, mirin and plenty of citrus flavors.
 
It’s not a hot marinade, but it is full flavored and smoky—you can barely taste the heat. The steak tastes bright, fresh, tangy and is perfect for tacos. Making the marinade is no big deal, just take all the ingredients and buzz them together in your blender. 
 
The marinated steak chars up beautifully on the grill, and you can smell all the different ingredients of the marinade as it cooks. I like to take the steak and wrap a nice piece in a toasted corn tortilla with pickled onions, radishes, cilantro, lime, my Charred Salsa, hot sauce and maybe a little queso fresco—any favorite taco toppings will work, especially with a frosty cerveza on the side.
 
Prep time:  10 minutes
Marinade time:  1 hour minimum
Cook time:  10 minutes
Yield:  4 servings
 
Ingredients
6 to 8 large, peeled garlic cloves
1/4 large peeled yellow onion, chopped
3 thick scallions trimmed and roughly chopped into 2” pieces
1/4 cup ancho chile powder
2 jalapeño peppers, stem removed
1/2 bunch fresh cilantro
3/4 cup lager beer
1 orange—juice and grated zest
2 limes—juice and grated zest
1 kiwifruit, peeled
1/4 cup mirin Asian rice wine
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 tablespoon freshly ground pepper
1/2 teaspoon granulated sugar
2 pounds skirt steak
Olive oil, for brushing grill
Corn tortillas
Your favorite taco toppings, for serving
Salsa (see recipe below)
 
Directions
  1. In a blender jar or food processor, combine the garlic, onion, scallions, chile powder, jalapeños, cilantro, lager, orange juice and zest, lime juice and zest, kiwifruit, mirin, salt, pepper, and sugar. Purée until smooth, about 30 seconds.
  2. Pat the steak dry and season both sides with salt and pepper. Place the steak in a shallow dish and pour the marinade over the steak until it’s fully submerged. Cover and leave to marinate in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour or up to 1 day.
  3. When ready to grill, pull the steak out of the marinade, letting the excess marinade drip off for about 30 seconds.
  4. Heat the grill to high heat, and brush with the oil. Cook the steak for 10 minutes, flipping halfway through, until the outside is nicely charred, and the inside is medium (125° F), or cook to your preference.
  5. Let the meat rest for 5 to 10 minutes under tented foil before slicing.
  6. Slice the steak and serve warm with corn tortillas, salsa (salsa recipe below) and your favorite taco toppings. 
ChefSecret:  You may never buy another jar of salsa again after trying my Charred Tomato Salsa.
 
                                                 Charred Tomato Salsa

Prep time:  15 minutes
Cook time:  10 minutes
Cool time: 30 minutes
Yield: roughly 3 cups
 
Ingredients
4 medium (about 1 pound) plum tomatoes
2 jalapeño peppers, stems, seeds and seams removed
2 garlic cloves
1/2 white onion, cut into 4 wedges
1/4 cup roughly chopped cilantro
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 teaspoon tequila
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Taco and tortilla chips, for serving
 
Directions
  1. Heat a heavy skillet over high heat. Working in batches, sear the plum tomatoes, jalapeños, garlic and onion until charred all over, 5 minutes for the tomatoes and garlic, and 8 minutes for the jalapeños and onion. You want to see the black from the char.
  2. Put the seared tomatoes in a paper bag to steam to make the skins easier to remove.
  3. Remove the skins from the tomatoes.
  4. Transfer all the charred vegetables to the bowl of a food processor and let them cool completely.
  5. Add the cilantro, lime juice and tequila and pulse until a get a chunky purée.
  6. Season with salt and pepper to your taste, then transfer to a bowl.
 
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