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(mellow Latin music) (steaks sizzle)
- All right, let's make our marinade for our carne asada.
Got half a cup of beer, juice from one lime,
one and a 1/2 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce,
two cloves of garlic that I've sliced up,
and some freshly ground black pepper,
about a 1/4 teaspoon.
All right, got my skirt steak here.
This is about a pound and a 1/4, and all I'm gonna do
is I'm gonna cut it up into some manageable pieces
'cause I'm cookin' this on my hibachi grill,
so I don't have a lot of room to work with,
so I'm just gonna cut this in four pieces.
All right, so after we get our skirt steak cut up,
we're gonna put it in this bag.
Wanna make sure you get plenty of room here
for addin' your marinade.
Anyway, we're just gonna throw our marinade in there,
and we're gonna massage this.
We're gonna put it in the refrigerator for two, three hours.
And about every half hour, we'll go by, turn it over,
and then we'll put it back in the fridge.
And I'm just gonna push out most of the air
before I completely seal this up.
And about one hour before we throw the meat
on the grill, we're gonna take it out of the refrigerator,
let this start to warm up.
Now don't forget, we need to take the salsa out too
and let it warm up.
All right, our hibachi grill's ready, and we're gonna put
this meat on here fat side down, so that we can cook
most of that off.
All right, now that we've got a good sear on this fat layer,
we're gonna move these things off to one side.
Now in case you guys are curious,
this is a custom yakitori grill.
It's made by Manuel of El Rabbits BBQ.
I will put a link to his Facebook page
in the Show More Information, and you guys can follow
the link and get in touch with him
if you're interested in having one.
He can make it any length that you want.
This grill cooks nice.
It gets hot, but it's not super hot.
It's got a nice steady temperature,
just perfect for doin' stuff like this.
Anyway, I'm puttin' on here what they call Mexican onions.
They're actually immature onions, and I'm gonna put a couple
serrano peppers on here as well.
We're just gonna kind of blister this up.
And after our onions and peppers get all blistered up,
we're just gonna take 'em off the grill.
That's pretty self-explanatory.
Look it there.
All right, to make some room for cookin' our tortillas,
we're gonna move this meat to one end of the grill.
(steaks sizzles)
All right and on this end,
we're gonna put a couple tortillas,
and we're gonna just put some spots on both sides of 'em.
And then whenever they get some spots on both sides,
we're gonna take 'em off, and we're gonna tent 'em
in some aluminum foil.
That'll help 'em steam, keep 'em nice and flexible,
and we're just gonna keep cookin' these
until we have all we need.
And when our meat's cooked to the desired doneness,
we're gonna take it off the grill and let it rest
for a few minutes.
All right, it's time to cut up our meat.
Now notice the grain's runnin' this direction.
We're gonna do our first cut that same direction.
All right, now final cut is gonna be against the grain,
and that'll help keep the meat nice and tender
for our tacos.
All right, so first thing I'm gonna do is
I'm gonna put some guacamole on our tacos.
And then, we're gonna put
some our grilled skirt steak on here.
All right, now we're gonna add
some of our taquerÃa-style salsa.
Little bit spicy, but it's not too bad.
All right, we're gonna put a little diced onion
on these things.
All right, I'm puttin' some cilantro on here.
I know some people hate it, but I happen to love it.
I guess it's one of those love/hate things.
And to really make these things pop, I'm gonna squeeze
a little fresh lime juice on here.
And to our plate, we're gonna put one of our onions
and one of our serrano chilis just for a little fire.
All right and to taste these tacos, I have my beautiful
daughter Annabelle here. - [Annabelle] Thank you.
- [James] And I had to say that because Daddy Cooks
did a really nice job of introducin'
his daughter in a video,
(Annabelle laughs) and somebody saw it
and reminded me I've never said anything nice about her
on camera. - [Annabelle] Exactly.
- [James] Well, okay. - [Annabelle] Yeah.
- [James] See what I gotta put up with.
- Dad! (laughs)
- Anyway, she's gonna taste our tacos for us
and let us know what she thinks.
- This beautiful daughter
(James laughs)
will accept this taco.
(James laughs)
(Annabelle laughs) - That's all I'm gonna get.