Last night it was just the wife and I. I had bought a chuck steak and some tortillas from the store for dinner. Not being too enthralled with the normal beans and rice burritos, I decided to hang a right and head East. Far style...
I made a dry rub of mostly paprika, a good amount if pepper and some salt. Threw in some cayenne pepper for heat. I then added pinches of the following; turmeric, mace, allspice, cinnamon, thyme. And a big pinch of cumin and coriander. Mixed it all up and rubbed it well into the chuck steak.
I then threw the steak on the lowest rack of my GrilDome over some hardwood lump charcoal and a nice stick of orange wood. As I was searing it, I of course am doing the finger test for doneness. The taste of the rub on my finger was divine. Too good! I took it off the grill after I thought was enough time to get me to medium rare. I wrapped it in foil to rest for ten minutes while we conteplated finishing this dish...
I needed a nice sauce to tie the meat and the rice together. So I searched for Asian style vinaigrette recipes that used ingredients I had on hand. This is what I found. Here it is;
Keep in mind I added some sesame seed oil and spicy brown mustard as well.
from allrecipes.com website;
Ingredients
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger root
3/4 cup olive oil
1/3 cup rice vinegar
1/2 cup soy sauce
3 tablespoons honey
1/4 cup water
Directions
In a 1 pint glass jar or larger, combine the garlic, ginger, olive oil, rice vinegar, soy sauce, honey, and water. Cover the jar with a tight fitting lid, and shake well. Remove lid, and heat jar in the microwave for 1 minute just to dissolve the honey. Let cool, and shake well before serving. Store covered in the refrigerator."
The sauce was delicious. I sliced up the meat nice and thin and transferred it to the bowl of vinaigrette. My wife chose to serve her meat and sauce over the rice. I chose to make burritos with rice, meat ,sauce & saracha sauce. Damn was it good. Both ways! My burrito could have used a slaw of some sort... Cabbage, apples, or jicama? Something like that... ;-)
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