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 entrees and bocadillos, or appetizers.
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 to taste 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 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 salsa or a mango salsa 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 a makeover.
These recipes work particularly well to cure a Cinco de Mayo hangover.
Festive Flautas Roll chopped meat and crumbled cojita or cheddar cheese into flour tortillas.
Be sure to roll with the sides of the tortillas 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 Carne 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 correct consistency 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 or in a deep fryer until they just turn golden.
Remove from the oil, drain and sprinkle with a bit of salt.
Serve individual tostones topped with a chunk of the roasted meat.
Secure meat to tostones with a toothpick if desired.
Carne de Salada Dry and slice your favorite salad greens.
Toss greens with diced tomatoes, onions and olives.
Place greens mixture in chilled bowls and top with sliced, grilled steak.
Garnish the edges of bowls with tortilla strips and shredded cheddar cheese.
Use pico de gallo or a tomatillo salsa in place of salad dressing.
For a creamy dressing, mix one can of prepared tomatillo salsa with half a cup of heavy cream.
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 entrees and bocadillos, or appetizers.
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 to taste 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 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 salsa or a mango salsa 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 a makeover.
These recipes work particularly well to cure a Cinco de Mayo hangover.
Festive Flautas Roll chopped meat and crumbled cojita or cheddar cheese into flour tortillas.
Be sure to roll with the sides of the tortillas 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 Carne 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 correct consistency 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 or in a deep fryer until they just turn golden.
Remove from the oil, drain and sprinkle with a bit of salt.
Serve individual tostones topped with a chunk of the roasted meat.
Secure meat to tostones with a toothpick if desired.
Carne de Salada Dry and slice your favorite salad greens.
Toss greens with diced tomatoes, onions and olives.
Place greens mixture in chilled bowls and top with sliced, grilled steak.
Garnish the edges of bowls with tortilla strips and shredded cheddar cheese.
Use pico de gallo or a tomatillo salsa in place of salad dressing.
For a creamy dressing, mix one can of prepared tomatillo salsa with half a cup of heavy cream.