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Cinco de Mayo carne asada cook


 
Did this a few days ago for Cinco de Mayo. I was actually born in Puebla, Mexico, which is pretty much the only place in Mexico that celebrates the holiday. It commemorates the Mexican victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla in 1862.

Enough with the history lesson!

I rubbed a skirt steak in chipotle powder, cumin, salt (lots), pepper and a touch of brown sugar.

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While that was resting I put some red and yellow onion, jalapeno, red peppers and a poblano in the grill pan to char.

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Once those got almost to where I wanted them, I moved the veggies over to the indirect side. I dropped some apple wood chunks on the fire and got them burning hot, and put the skirt steak over them to take a quick sear. Only took about a 90 seconds per side.

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Once I pulled the steak it was tortilla time.

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Here's what it looked like on the plate. I made the salsa a day before by charring roma tomatoes, red onion, jalapenos and serranos on the grill and then blending with some cilantro, lime juice and plenty of salt.

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Finally, the wife made some homemade sopapillas. Becuase who doesn't like dough deep fried with sugar and honey.

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Thanks for looking, and hope you all had plenty of margaritas on the 5th and Tylenol on the 6th!
 
Tasty and such a fun cook. I love doing anything where the hotter you can get your grill the better. And there is no better smell on earth than peppers and onions in a little olive oil grilling over a charcoal fire.
 
Excellent cook Joe....I've been to Cheyenne before, is the wind still blowing?

Thanks.

The answer to that question is almost always YES. It's May 7th and we're currently under a Winter Storm Warning. Was 72 degrees yesterday. Springtime on the high mountain plains...
 
Fantastic looking tacos and dessert!!! As far as I can gather, I think Americans celebrate Cinco de Mayo more than Mexicans do!!!
 
I want the other plate :)
We drove through Cheyenne once, about 15 years ago. It was a cross country trip for us. Very warm, (hot), found a park where we could swim - chased outta the water by the wasps seeking relief from the heat. Who knew?
 

 

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