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Need good fajita recipe
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I did these at the Florida Eggfest:
For the Marinade:
5-6 cloves Garlic, minced
1/2 cup chopped fresh Cilantro
1 Jalapeno, seeded and diced
3 juiced Limes
1/2 cup Canola or Vegetable Oil
1 Tbls. Onion Powder
1 Tbls. crushed Red Pepper
1 Tbls. ground Cumin
1 Tbls. Black Pepper
1 Tbls. Ancho Chili Powder
1 Tbls. Salt
1 tsp. Kitchen Bouquet (optional)
Combine all ingredients to make the marinade.
Additional Ingredients :
1.25 to 1.5 pound Flat Iron Steak
One large Yellow sweet Onion
One Bell Pepper
2 Tbls. Butter
1 Tbls. Canola or Vegetable Oil
Kosher Salt
Cumin
Ancho Chili Powder
Clean the steak of any external fat and silver skin. Soak in the marinade overnight.
Get the egg to searing temps for the steak. Sear for 90 seconds per side and remove, wrap tightly in foil to rest.
Heat a cast iron skillet direct over the lump for at least 10-15 minutes. As it preheats cut the bell pepper and onion into 1/4” thick slices.
Add the butter and oil to the skillet. Once the butter melts and begins to smoke add the sliced onions and peppers. Season to taste with cumin, ancho chili powder, and kosher salt. Stir occasionally, allowing the vegetable to slightly char on the edges if desired. As the vegetables cook to near completion, slice the flat iron steak into 1/4” - 1/2” thick slices on a diagonal, trying to cut against the grain as much as possible. Add the slices of steak and all the rendered juices to the vegetables. The meat will go from very rare to medium rare in just a minute or two. Keep the skillet
uncovered at all times to allow the juices and liquids from the vegetables to reduce as everything cooks.
Once the steak is cooked to your liking remove from the heat, squeeze 1/2 of a fresh lime over the fajitas, and allow to rest and cool for a few minutes.
Serve with warmed flour tortillas and pico de gallo. -
Here is another one, BTW Fidels were great at the Florida Fest.
Mexican, Fajitas, Cinco De Mayo, RhumAndJerk
This recipe turned out better than expected. It is a nice way to feed quite a few people while keeping the cost down. Less than one pond of beef feed four hungry adults with leftovers. I did offer chicken and rice as well, that helped stretch the beef. The texture of the beef was chewy but not tuff. I used Mesquite Lump to cook the meat. I used Jose Cuervo Gold Tequila in this recipe. I also used fresh ground Tellichary Pepper and only a pinch of Kosher Salt.
INGREDIENTS:
1 Skirt Steak, about 2/3 of a pound
1 Fresh Lime, juiced
3 Clove Garlic, crushed
1 Fresh Jalapeno, chopped with seeds
6 sprigs Fresh Cilantro, chopped
1/4 cup Tequila
Kosher Salt
Fresh Ground Pepper
Procedure:
1 With a meat-tenderizing hammer, pound the steak some.
2 Combine all ingredients in a zip-loc bag.
3 Marinade overnight.
Cooking Directions
1 Heat the BGE to about 700.
2 Grill the steak for about 2 minutes per side and let them dwell for two minutes more.
3 When the steak is done, cut across the grain with an angled diagonal cut. This will help decrease the chewyness of the meat.
Special Instructions
1 Serve with you favorite tortillas and toppings.
TOPPING CHOICES
1 Rice
2 Fresh Tomatoes
3 Fresh chopped Onions (Both Green and Yellow or Red)
4 Fresh Chopped Chiles
5 Fresh Lime Slices
6 Cheese
7 Sour Cream
8 Fresh Chopped Cilantro
9 Your favorite Salsa
10 Notice the emphasis is on Fresh.
Recipe Type
Main Dish, Meat
Recipe Source
Source: BGE Forum, RhumAndJerk, 2005/09/14 -
I too, love using a round cast iron platter on the BGE. I use it for steaks sometimes. It sears the whole surface of the meat. The only drawback I can find is that there are no grill marks (no biggie for me).
I like to use Skirt Steak with Italian dressing , a lime or 2 squeezed in, maybe some Fiesta "fajita seasoning". Let sit in a covered container for a few hrs, maybe overnight.
The thing I am trying now is cutting the meat [ul]before[/ul] and grilling the [ul]slices[/ul] on the cast iron with a few onions. I notice most restaurants slice the meat first and grill the pieces not the whole chunk.
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