Churrasco

[Albert Rivera]

I have been going out of my way to eat at a very special little out of the way restaurant (joint) while on business trips in Puerto Rico that serves the world's best Churrasco (beef skirt steak).

After begging for the recipe for several years the cook finally gave me his secret; I will post it but keep it a secret.

1) Extremely thinly sliced beef skirt strip steaks (or any cheap cut of beef).
2) Freshly crushed garlic cloves.
3) Some soy sauce
4) Some vegetable oil
5) Some vinegar
6) Some salt

Allow the steak to marinate in mixture and then pan fry lightly in cast iron skillet
Thicken left over sauce and pour over steaks and serve.

It is a "WOW" dish.

[RickB]

Sounds great but I want to see the post. What do you serve with this?

[Albert Rivera]

What else, white rice and beans, and hominy!

No pics, it isn't pretty it is just good!

Oh, by the way... just slightly sear the meat both sides and serve.

[Pappymn]

Skirt steak is not easy to come by here. In fact.....never see it. Butchers keep it for themselves.

[ACW3]

Sounds worth trying.

Art

[drholly]

It DOES sound worth trying... need to find some skirt steak!

[Dakota Don]

Question 1. Since skirt steaks are now impossible to find, what are your thoughts on flank steak??
Question 2. When you say 'thicken the leftover sauce' do you mean the marinade mixture? i.e. take the steak out of the mixture and then thicken that SAME mixture?  I'm just confused because all of the articles on not using the marinade for anything. 

[mikecorn.1]

Sounds good. I have never had this before and I'm from Puerto Rico. We left when I was 9 years old to Texas. I am going to ask my mom about this as I've never even heard of it.


Mike
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[Albert Rivera]

Question 1. Since skirt steaks are now impossible to find, what are your thoughts on flank steak??
Question 2. When you say 'thicken the leftover sauce' do you mean the marinade mixture? i.e. take the steak out of the mixture and then thicken that SAME mixture?  I'm just confused because all of the articles on not using the marinade for anything. 

I only allowed the steak to marinade in the "sauce" while I crushed the garlic and prepared the fixin's.

Yes, I used the word marinade and sauce interchangably for the same mixture used to cook with and marinate.

[mikecorn.1]

I asked my mom about this. She said that CHURRASCO in Puerto Rico is beef skirt steak which here in Texas is what they call beef fajita meat.
It's available at all grocery stores and at all Mexican carnicerias ( meat markets) here in South Texas



Mike
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[Dakota Don]

I onlyy allowed the steak to marinade in the "sauce" while I crushed the garlic and prepared the fixin's.

Yes, I used the word marinade and sauce interchangably for the same mixture used to cook with and marinate.

 
Thanks for clearing that up for me Albert, I have saved this post (and copied the recipe to Word) and definitely want to try this soon.