Finally I'm posting an article about Mexican dinner! Honestly speaking I don't cook much Mexican food since all the essential ingredients like corn tortillas, Maseca, achiote, chipotle chilies are pretty pricey and many other key ingredients are just unavailable in Germany. Taking Meseca for example, a bag of 2kg is sold at 9 euros at a special imported food store, while in Mexico it's only about 14 pesos (0,7 euros)! Mexican can be luxury food here in Germany.
Granting all this, I try to make a comfort food for my husband sometimes because I believe it's important to eat food our souls crave for once in a while, so we can go on with our life in a foreign country. Last night's menu was my husband's very favorite; Tacos de Bistec (Tacos with beef steak) , Arroz a la Mexicana (Mexican rice) and Green Salad. I can't recreate the exact taste of street tacos in Mexico but it gets pretty similar to authentic flavor by marinating beef over night. Here is the recipe.
-Feb. 19 grocery shopping €15.04 / € 70.52 left
Ingredients (serves 2-3)
10 corn tortillas
450g/16oz Entrecote beef (can be mix with Sirloin)
2 tbsp. olive oil
1/2 tbsp. maggi sauce (if not available, soy sauce)
2 cloves of garlic
1 lime (juice)
2/3 tbs. salt
1/2 tbs. pepper
1 tbsp. canola oil
1 large onion
...<to garnish>
1 onion
1 bunch of cilantro leaves
Directions
1. Mince garlic. Slice beef thinly (2mm or 1/12") and in bite size.
2. In a large Ziploc zipper bag, place meat, garlic, olive oil, maggi sauce, lime juice and salt&pepper and matinate in fridge over night.
3. Chop onion and cilantro, combine and set aside.
4. Heat canola oil In a skillet, fry onion over medium heat for 2-3 min.
5. Add beef together with marinade and cook until marinade is dried up.
6. Warm tortillas in a skillet/pan, 1-2min. each side.
7. Serve steak on tortillas and top with onion&cilantro. Enjoy with accompaniments such as guacamole, frijol or avocado as you like.
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