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Originally Posted by mthomas58
Anyone got a good one for Carne Asada?
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Carne asada is traditionally marinated with fresh lime juice, garlic and salt. Use enough lime juice to wet the meat, a normal amount of salt and however much garlic you like. Or, you can just season the meat with salt and pepper and drizzle it with lime jucie after cooking.
Try going to a Mexican market and getting some beef
para carne asada. This should be a steak that has been sliced extremely thinly, thinner than you could achieve with a knife at home. Marinate this briefly, then cook it even more briefly (basically, just sear it on both sides, don't cook it through) let it rest and then chop it.
This isn't exactly Mexican but another way of seasoning meat would be to pan fry it (try a skirt steak, marinated briefly in lime juice, with some lime zest also) in olive oil and then, while the meat is resting after cooking, make a simple pan sauce by adding some anchovy fillets and garlic, cooking them until the anchovies dissolve, deglazing the pan with a little water and tossing in some green onions. The sauce takes about a minute to make.
JR