It’s late January and my kids decided today that they wanted to watch a Christmas movie?! So what better recipe to post than what we had for dinner over the holidays, to be honest I don’t remember which one it was, Christmas or New Years? They were kind of a blur. Anyway, the meat in this recipe turned out amazing!! We had them with tortillas, but they could easily be a Paleo friendly meal; just use romaine lettuce for a wrap, or blanch a cabbage leaf, or you can add lettuce or cabbage and make a Carne Asada salad. I will be making this recipe again!
Carne Asada
Ingredients:
2 pounds flank or skirt steak
Green Cabbage, shredded
Bell peppers or choice, chopped
Avocado, cilantro, and anything else you want to put in your burrito!
Marinade:
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 jalapeño chile pepper, seeded and minced
1 teaspoon freshly ground cumin seed (best to lightly toast the seeds first, then grind them)
1 large handful fresh cilantro, leaves and stems, finely chopped (great flavor in the stems)
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 limes, juiced
2 tablespoons white vinegar
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/2 cup olive oil
Preparation:
1. Lay the flank steak in a large non-reactive bowl or baking dish. Combine marinade ingredients and pour the marinade over the steak. Make sure each piece is well coated. Cover in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1-4 hours.
2. Preheat your grill over medium-high flame (you can also use a cast iron grill pan on high heat for stove-top cooking). Brush the grates with a little oil to prevent the meat from sticking. Remove the steak from the marinade. If you are cooking indoors, you may want to brush off excess marinade as the bits may burn and smoke on the hot pan. Season both sides of the steak pieces with salt and pepper. Grill the pieces for a few minutes only, on each side, depending on how thin they are, until medium rare to well done, to your preference. You may need to work in batches (We kept the ones that were finished in a heated ceramic bowl).
(Make sure you are having a lot of fun while making the steaks, this part is crucial)
3. Remove the steak pieces to a cutting board and let rest for 5 minutes. Thinly slice the steak across the grain on a diagonal.
***Serve wrapped in your favorite warm tortilla, lettuce, cabbage, or make a salad. There are so many options in making this a delicious healthy meal. I’d love to hear how you made them!
