It's a Fiesta!

So the other day Trevor and I went out to a Mexican restaurant. We had an awesome appetizer. Carne Asada with ranchero sauce, a deep fried beef . We decided to try to re-create it at home. We did some hunting around the internet. We found a few good recipes. We kinda made up our own.

I decided to try this recipe on Trevor's Brother Andrew and his wife Stephanie. So we(Steph and I) were marinading the beef when we saw the recipe on the blog Mennonite Girls Can Cook, it was a maple glazed salmon, we thought we would marinate beef in that sauce add that to the menu for the meal. Long story short...it was yummy! So here is the recipes we used for that meal.

Ranchero Sauce:

2 tbsp cooking oil

1/4c chopped onion

2 cloves garlic, chopped

1 jalepeno pepper seeded and diced

3c diced tomatoes(use the ripest and reddest you can find)

1 tbsp oregano

1/2 tsp chile powder

1 tsp lime juice

pinch brown sugar

salt and pepper to taste

-saute oil, garlic, pepper, onion for 2-3 minutes

-reduce heat and add tomatoes cook for 6 minutes

-add seasonings and simmer 5 minutes

- cool then put through blender

Carne Asada(beef strips)

2 lbs flank or round steak sliced in narrow strips

1/2 c lime juice

6 garlic cloves

1 tsp black pepper

1 tbsp olive oil

-marinate together in fridge for 2 hours( I did for 4 hours)

-sprinkle with salt

-coat in flour

-deep fry

Now I said something about a maple glaze. Here is the recipe I used to marinate beef :

1 cup maple syrup

3/4 cup soy sauce

Combine and marinate in ziplock bag for 2 hours in fridge( again I did 4 hours)

-coat in flour

-deep fry

We put the meat on flour tortillas and put the ranchero sauce on top before rolling them up.

Next time I am going to add some cumin to the ranchero sauce. This could also make a great app just on it's own.