Carne Asada tacos on the electric grill w/ homemade guacamole - Grill view

big twig · Jun 25, 2011

My wife wanted carne asada tacos and ceviche so I said sure I haven't had that in a while but I got a recipe from JustPassingThru for Poisson Cru

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/forum/thread/107552/poisson-cru-tahitian-raw-fish-in-coconut-milk

and decided to make that instead of ceviche.

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/fo...ustpassingthru-w-poisson-cru-view#post_651889

Along with the carne asada I had to make some homemade guacamole (I hated guacamole until I made it myself and now I love it, I guess I always just had bad pre-made stuff)

Marinated a flank steak I cut in half (I like it better with skirt steak but I couldn't find any) in lime juice, olive oil, cilantro, garlic, jalapenos (couldn't find serranos and mine are not ready to pick yet), oregano, and cumin. I flipped the meat several times while it was in the fridge.

Made some guacamole with avocado, s & p, jalapenos (again no serranos), cayenne, red onion, tomato, cumin, cilantro, and lime juice.

Grilled the steak on my electric grill (that I won in a raffle) along with a bell pepper

On a grilled flour tortilla with sliced steak and guacamole (I normally do more but felt like keeping it simple, plus I was more excited to try the poisson cru)

Everything was great and I get to eat it all again for dinner tonight.

Thanks for looking!

beer-b-q · Jun 25, 2011

Those look great, where is mine?

scarbelly · Jun 25, 2011

Guacamole in the DC area. How much were the avos? I bet they were expensive for sure. Looking good

big twig · Jun 25, 2011

Beer-B-Q said:
Those look great, where is mine?

Thanks, that's a long drive from KC but if you drive fast you can have some leftovers with us tonight.

big twig · Jun 25, 2011

Scarbelly said:
Guacamole in the DC area. How much were the avos? I bet they were expensive for sure. Looking good

Thanks! They were top dollar ($4.50 for 2) from the store I went to (Balduccis) but next door to me I have a much better store that has mostly local produce and USA products. There I get them much cheaper and they are from Cali. I am sure you get them super cheap. I am more then willing to pay for good products and I can't have good guacamole without avocados so I splurge sometimes.

Bearcarver · Jun 25, 2011

EEEeeewwwww---it's GREEN !!!

Just kidding---Looks real pretty!

Never had it, but I'm betting it's Great !!!!

Bear

SmokinAl · Jun 26, 2011

Looks delicious!

meateater · Jun 26, 2011

Now I want me some tacos.

africanmeat · Jun 27, 2011

It looks yummy

big twig · Jun 27, 2011

Bearcarver said:
EEEeeewwwww---it's GREEN !!!

Just kidding---Looks real pretty!

Never had it, but I'm betting it's Great !!!!

Bear

HAHAHA, Thanks, what haven't you had, guacamole or carne asada? It's good stuff!

big twig · Jun 27, 2011

SmokinAl said:
Looks delicious!

Thanks AL!

meateater said:
Now I want me some tacos.

Yeah it actually lasted 3 days and I still more.

africanmeat said:
It looks yummy

Thanks, it was very good!

Bearcarver · Jun 27, 2011

BIG TWIG said:
HAHAHA, Thanks, what haven't you had, guacamole or carne asada? It's good stuff!

LOL---Neither---Meat & Potatoes PA Dutch here!

Lots of great stuff I never ate.

Bear

z71likearockman · Oct 26, 2011

cant beat authenic mexican tacos........just needed to trade the flour tortillas for CORN!!!!!! yay

justpassingthru · Oct 26, 2011

I missed this one too Twig, sorry 'bout that, looks good, I wish I was having that tonight!

Your right on with the limes, I prefer them over lemons for marinading, and the Guac looks killer!

So now I understand Bear's thread about the avocado muffins, ...I'm slow folks.

Gene

hooligan8403 · Oct 27, 2011

I like to make this every cinco de mayo. Toss it on the grill with some roma tomatoes, serranos, and Jalapenos. I turn the veggies into a salsa with garlic, onion, cilantro and lime juice. Add some fresh guac and diced cilantro and onions to top the tacos. Pop open some tecate and it dinner time.

jc1947 · Oct 27, 2011

Now this brings back memories of time spent south of the border!

Looks great!

JC1947

big twig · Nov 8, 2011

Z71likearockman said:
cant beat authenic mexican tacos........just needed to trade the flour tortillas for CORN!!!!!! yay

Thanks! Sometimes I use corn but I prefer flour.

JustPassingThru said:
I missed this one too Twig, sorry 'bout that, looks good, I wish I was having that tonight!

Your right on with the limes, I prefer them over lemons for marinading, and the Guac looks killer!

So now I understand Bear's thread about the avocado muffins, ...I'm slow folks.

Gene

Thanks Gene!

Hooligan8403 said:
I like to make this every cinco de mayo. Toss it on the grill with some roma tomatoes, serranos, and Jalapenos. I turn the veggies into a salsa with garlic, onion, cilantro and lime juice. Add some fresh guac and diced cilantro and onions to top the tacos. Pop open some tecate and it dinner time.

Thanks Hooligan, Looking back at this thread makes me want tacos real bad. Gonna have to do this again real soon.

JC1947 said:
Now this brings back memories of time spent south of the border!

Looks great!

JC1947

Thanks JC1947!

michael ark · Nov 8, 2011

Sorry i missed it.

shooterrick · Nov 8, 2011

I could eat a couple of those for sure!

big twig · Nov 9, 2011

michael ark said:
Sorry i missed it.

Thanks! These old threads popping up just make me want to make it again.

ShooterRick said:
I could eat a couple of those for sure!

Thanks Shooter

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