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Last Sunday's cook: Churrasco Fajitas! (pic heavy)
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Rezen73
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a wee late, but damn it's been a busy week! We just got our doggie out of quarantine on Wednesday!
Anyway... so last Sunday, we had South American style (Churrasco) Fajitas with Chimichurri, lots of sides, and homemade tortillas (was inspired by Florida Grillin' Girl!)...
First, I made the chimichurri sauce/marinade.
Ingredients: freshly chopped parsley & cilantro (pain in the butt removing the stems!), red pepper flakes, oregano, marjoram, olive oil, and red wine vinegar... and of course salt & pepper.
quick run through the blitzer:
Finally made it down to the local butcher. Must be pretty good, the place was PACKED, we were all like sardines!
Got two skirt steaks (and some pork fat back), and smothered the skirt steaks with the chimichurri sauce...
I reserved some chimichurri ... this stuff is good!
Ingredients for the shrimp marinade ... scotch bonnet, freshly chopped ginger, a few cloves of garlic, some cilantro, and lemon. mmmmm good stuff.
The shrimp take a dive in the marinade:
Made some pico de gallo too ... chopped tomatoes, white onions, red onions, cilantro, lime juice, garlic, jalapenos, S&P...
Also guacamole ... 2 coarsely chopped avacados, red onions, cilantro, zested/juiced lime juice, and garlic...
Julienned cabbage:
Thinly sliced baby radishes:
Thinly sliced English cucumber:
For the tortillas, I based my version on a recipe that I found on a blog called "Homesick Texan" ... seems fitting, since I'm a homesick Texan in Scotland! Main difference, I used lard that I rendered last Saturday, instead of vegetable oil.
Tortilla dough balls, resting:
Tortillas, rolled out and ready to go on the griddle. I know, why didn't I cook them on the egg? Crap reason, but honestly, I ran out of time. I need another egg!
On the griddle, just starting to bubble:
Nice and fluffy... these were so good, that we made another batch the next day. The recipe only makes 8, and they were gone the next morning. lol
Tortillas all done!
Skirt steak churrasco on the egg:
Skirt steak churrasco, after flipping:
Shrimp done. Cooked these in a cast iron skillet on the egg. Took about 2 or 3 minutes. Notice the one giant shrimp ... wish they were all that size. So juicy and plump.
Skirt steak churrasco done:
Churrasco Fajitas & Grilled shrimp with chimichurri, pico de gallo, guacamole, and homemade tortillas, plated:
Extremely yummy meal, will definitely make again!
Anyway... so last Sunday, we had South American style (Churrasco) Fajitas with Chimichurri, lots of sides, and homemade tortillas (was inspired by Florida Grillin' Girl!)...
First, I made the chimichurri sauce/marinade.
Ingredients: freshly chopped parsley & cilantro (pain in the butt removing the stems!), red pepper flakes, oregano, marjoram, olive oil, and red wine vinegar... and of course salt & pepper.
quick run through the blitzer:
Finally made it down to the local butcher. Must be pretty good, the place was PACKED, we were all like sardines!
Got two skirt steaks (and some pork fat back), and smothered the skirt steaks with the chimichurri sauce...
I reserved some chimichurri ... this stuff is good!
Ingredients for the shrimp marinade ... scotch bonnet, freshly chopped ginger, a few cloves of garlic, some cilantro, and lemon. mmmmm good stuff.
The shrimp take a dive in the marinade:
Made some pico de gallo too ... chopped tomatoes, white onions, red onions, cilantro, lime juice, garlic, jalapenos, S&P...
Also guacamole ... 2 coarsely chopped avacados, red onions, cilantro, zested/juiced lime juice, and garlic...
Julienned cabbage:
Thinly sliced baby radishes:
Thinly sliced English cucumber:
For the tortillas, I based my version on a recipe that I found on a blog called "Homesick Texan" ... seems fitting, since I'm a homesick Texan in Scotland! Main difference, I used lard that I rendered last Saturday, instead of vegetable oil.
Tortilla dough balls, resting:
Tortillas, rolled out and ready to go on the griddle. I know, why didn't I cook them on the egg? Crap reason, but honestly, I ran out of time. I need another egg!
On the griddle, just starting to bubble:
Nice and fluffy... these were so good, that we made another batch the next day. The recipe only makes 8, and they were gone the next morning. lol
Tortillas all done!
Skirt steak churrasco on the egg:
Skirt steak churrasco, after flipping:
Shrimp done. Cooked these in a cast iron skillet on the egg. Took about 2 or 3 minutes. Notice the one giant shrimp ... wish they were all that size. So juicy and plump.
Skirt steak churrasco done:
Churrasco Fajitas & Grilled shrimp with chimichurri, pico de gallo, guacamole, and homemade tortillas, plated:
Extremely yummy meal, will definitely make again!
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Very nice - you are going to make some good friends in Scotland laddie
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Looks outstanding, but it also looks like a ton of work!!
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Amazing.
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eggscelente!Which came first the chicken or the egg? I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg.
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Man, that looks awesome!
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What a great cook!!!! When you make Haggis look that good I might consider eating it.....NOT.
I am sure that is it calot ooler in Scotland, 104 here today!
The homesick Texan is a good website and has some good recipes. If you need a care package form home, just yell :laugh:
BTW the tillas looked much better than HEB's :laugh:Large, small and mini now Egging in Rowlett Tx -
ALOT OF WORK but if it taste half as good as it looks dang sure worth it!! Thanks for taken time with all the pics.
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It looks excellent and I know from experience, because I just made something similar two weeks ago from Steven Raichlen's Planet BBQ! It was skirt steak, chimichurri, fried eggs and bacon. Twisted I know but it was delicious!
I have to get off my duff and make my own tortillas like you! Very nice work.Knoxville, TN
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Very nice! As a relocated Texan as well, I believe our mission is to expose others to BBQ as we make new friends. Don't worry, after 30 years away, I still say ya'll.
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Terrific meal and pictures!Molly
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LBGE, MBGE, SBGE , MiniBGE and a Mini Mini BGE -
Great post! Your plated dish looks wonderful.
Don't you love the homemade tortillas?? Yours look great. I'm glad you tried them.Happily egging on my original large BGE since 1996... now the owner of 5 eggs. Call me crazy, everyone else does!
3 Large, 1 Small, 1 well-used Mini -
Looks fantastic!! Chimmichuri is a big favorite around our house....btw, don't sweat the stems too much.
Love the shrimp idea...gonna steal that one. -
We had Fajitas last night but they didn't look anyway near as appetizing as yours. That meal looks great.
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i have got to try that...it looks amazing...
Rockwall Texas, just east of Dallas where the humidity and heat meet! Life is too short to get caught in the fast lane behind somebody slow!
XL, LG, Sm, Mini and Weber for drink holder
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Everyting looks outstanding. Really impressed by the home made tortillas. Way to knock it out of the park.
Rowlett, Texas
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