I experimented with a new recipe last night. If you enjoy Cuban or Latin/Carribean Cusine, you will love this. Vaca Frita is Flank steak that is traditionally boiled and then fried - served with rice and beans.
I'm trying to stick to a paleo diet, so this excludes rice & beans...
Ingredients:
1 - 2 lbs Flank Steak
Goya Mojo Criollo and Adobo (green top)
Sliced Vidallia Onions
Garlic
Green Peppers
Cilantro
1/2 to 1/4 cup White wine or chicken/beef stock
Xtra Virgin Olive oil
Process:
This will take some planning...
1) take your flank steak and marinate with about a cup of Mojo in a ziplock bag for 2 days.
2) In a slow cooker, set to low, cook your flank steak with a few tablespoons of the marinade from the bag for about 6 hours. You dont wan't it too tender.
3) Take your flank steak out and let cool.
4) Slice against the grain into 1/2 inch slices, turn on its side and pound it flat.
5) Take your pounded slices season with adobo, add a few cloves of crushed garlic, and fry in a frying pan with olive oil. make sure your frying pan and oil are up to temp, nice and hot.
6)Once your meat is nice and toasty remove it and plate it
7) now in the same plan fry up your onions and green peppers wiwth a little EVOO.
8) as your onions cramelize and green peppers are close to done, take some, not too much, white wine or chicken stock and deglaze the pan.
9) plate the veggies with the meat
10) I garnish with some chopped cilantro
Enjoy...
You can also make a quick salsa/sauce that is good for dipping (not quite a chimichurri) but close:
- 1/4 cup finely chopped Cilantro
- 3 cloves Crushed Garlic
- Salt & Pepper to taste
- Juice of 1 Lime
- Juice of 1 Lemon
- Olive oil
- finely chopped green onion
