Steak Tacos

when you're talking about steak tacos the first question that everybody wants to have answered is what's the perfect cut to use for your steak tacos well of course skirt steak comes to mind but it's certainly not the only cut that you can use in fact I've got six different cuts in front of me all of which would make really good steak tacos well let's start with the skirt steak since that's so popular what a lot of people don't know is that there are two skirt steaks on each side of the carcass one that they call the inner skirt steak which is thicker and a little tougher and then one that they call the outer skirt steak that's thinner and tenderer flank steak another very popular choice for making steak tacos we've got two over here tri-tip and sirloin tip both that come from the sirloin section of the animal and then we've got two lesser known cuts we've got the flat iron and the top and blade both of which come from the chuck now when it comes to marinades in Mexico they tend to stay fairly simple and fairly light and not longtime marinade so I'm gonna make one that's going to combine some limes with a little bit of werster sure and Mexican oregano a little salt and pepper very simple to make the marinade start by juicing two lines then peel and chop four roasted garlic cloves add black pepper salt and Mexican oregano the last ingredient that's going to go in here is Wurster sauce Baja California where carne asada tacos reign supreme a lot of the cooks use soy sauce so you could feel free to follow their lead I think it has such a distinctive flavor that I like to replace it with worst asure sauce or what almost every Mexican kitchen has which is kugel Monte I'm gonna choose the skirt steaks to marinate the flank steak and then I think I'll use the top blade and the flat iron as well okay light marinade drizzle that over the top make sure that they're coated nicely both sides and let them sit for about 20 or 30 minutes that's all this is going to need this isn't a marinade for tenderizing this is a marinade for flavoring my guess is that a lot of you cook on gas grills but you're a little frustrated because you'd like to get some of that flavor of wood grilling into your food so what do you do well my recommendation is well you could buy these wood chunks like that or maybe even collect falling branches in the yard and then break them into smaller pieces that you could lay directly over your gas flame this particular grill has a drawer that's right above those gas burners and I could just throw these little branch pieces and some of the large chunks in there right away those will ignite and they'll start to smell like a wood fire now another alternative which might appeal to some of you is to buy the little wood chips and put them into a little smoker box these things are very inexpensive and then just lay that directly over the gas flames it'll ignite just right away and I think that'll give you what you're looking for I can smell the fire starting to catch right now so I think I'm just about ready to grow you know what makes these so good is that charred grilled flavor that you get in the exterior of the jalapeno so you cut the stem of each one off and then just scrape out the seed pod and the seeds you don't have to be too meticulous this is a pretty rustic dish and then cut the jalapeno into about quarter inch pieces there and they're ready to dress with lime and salt welcome everybody this one goes to you we have all different kinds of condiments to go on but you know really the coolest thing about going to a tuckity is that everybody you can kind of customize and no matter how simple the food is you can always put on salsas and well of course you can always squeeze on limes and the onions in cilantro or an ever-present part of building good tacos I think in Mexico yeah what's fun about sharing it with a lot of people everybody gets their own special bite

Channel: Rick Bayless

Views: 27,320

Rating: 4.9662919 out of 5

Keywords: Rick Bayless (Chef), Rick Bayless tacos, steak tacos, tacos, taco dinner, carne asada, Taco (Dish), Steak (Food), Food (TV Genre), Mexico One Plate at a Time, jalapenos with lime and salt

Id: 05ksZCq6P3I

Length: 6min 34sec (394 seconds)

Published: Tue Jul 28 2015