Authentic Carne Asada Tacos on the Summit Charcoal Grilling Center.....

[GoAnywhereJeep]

Happy Taco Tuesday folks.  Here is how I do Carne Asada on a kettle. It's  fast cook, direct grill. Grab the tequila!


https://youtu.be/mx0BjNfJCsI

[mhiszem]

Love carne asada. Great video


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[GoAnywhereJeep]

Thanks. We really like it too. It has been a while since did a good carne asada. Might be the first time this year. This was the more traditional style marinade with the beer/lime juice/olive oil + garlic. I do like to make some of the other "gourmet" style recipes that i have found and followed over the years. Some of those tend to be dry rubs versus a marinade.

The mesquite lump charcoal helps put it over the top.

[HoosierKettle]

Did I see that correctly?  55 minutes?

I'm out on this one.


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[Bigmac]

Did I see that correctly?  55 minutes?

I'm out on this one.


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That's what I thought too!

[Bodhi]

Did I somehow miss the finished taco presentation? 

[GoAnywhereJeep]

Thanks for the feedback folks. Yup, it's a bit long but i do cover some details that you may not see in other videos. I'll try to chop it down a bunch using YouTube or perhaps repost another one later.

I actually started on Thursday and finished on Tuesday and that was like 3 separate salsa cooks and 5 meet cooks. It was a busy weekend and i was busy serving and attending to the family as well. I had to wrap it up without good video of the finished tacos. We do tend to eat them fairly plain with just the meat and salsa - not all gussied up with chopped cilantro and onion for the video camera.

Then again, i did post it here to entertain text discussion on the recipe.

The salsa is
10-12 tomamatillos - blackened
1-6 serrano chili peppers - blackened (0-2 chilis for mild, 2-4 for medium and 4-6 for hot)
6-8 large cloves of garlic - roasted
salt to taste

Marinade
1 part beer
1 part fresh "limon" juice
1 part olive oil
about 1 tbsp mexican oregano per cup of liquid marinade
about 1 tbsp kosher salt per cup of liquid marinade
6-8 cloves of crushed garlic per cup of marinade


feel free to skip to the Summit cook porn part of the video once you know the recipe.

For anyone that made it through the video, what would you cut? I'm just trying to share an authentic recipe here with as much detail as possible. Thanks!

[GoAnywhereJeep]

Hey folks....  I was able to slice out a whopping 10 minutes from the video. Sorry if anyone burned their eyes out with the longer video.

For your 45 minute investment, you get:

Carne Asada marinade recipe
Green sauce recipe
Pro tips
Weber Summit Charcoal porn
Footage of my ugly arse wearing a WKC Mexico shirt.

[Jon]

Maybe I'll try that. I just get carne asada from one of the carnicerias on the way home from work and cook it up on the 8412 wok.

[GoAnywhereJeep]

Maybe I'll try that. I just get carne asada from one of the carnicerias on the way home from work and cook it up on the 8412 wok.

Definitely a good approach and i have just picked up the pre-marinaded meet at a local Mexican grocery store too. If you want to try your hand at doing it yourself, what I presented is probably close to what they are selling.

Cooking in the wok is cool and a lot closer to what you will find at the taco cart on a  street corner. Is yours the stainless one? Mine is the cast wok from teh GBS system and while i have mused on using that for carne asada, I think it is different from a taco cart, though. The taco carts actually use an upside-down-looking wok with a high capacity grease reservoir around the circumference. Pork in one area, beef in another and then the tortillas are also heated on the dome. Chopping block is usually a well worn slice of tree stump. Not sure which wood.