Thursday, April 8, 2010

Poor Man Fajitas...

Alright, so i completely understand that fajitas are relatively inexpensive to make in the first place but this was a last second innovation. I was at work with my guys (I work with the developmentally disable) and steak was on the menu. There were no side dishes planned, no starches, no veggies, nada... just steak on the menu. We had 30 minutes to eat and get out the door and needed to think quick. Luckily the guys had left the steak on the counter to thaw from being to far back in the fridge, so it was at room temperature, which is always key when planning a good steak!

We salted and peppered the steak liberally. Turn the frying pan on high and got ready to sear the hell out of that nice 16 oz strip steak.

While we waited for the pan to heat up before throwing the steak on I started to look through the cabinets, the fridge, the freezer just to see what we had. There was instant rice, BLAH. There were potato gems, yuck! There was week old salad... stinky! and then there was frozen organic corn, my eyebrows perked up, pleasantly surprised. Then I went back to the cupboards. There was a can of diced tomatoes, and a can of black beans. Instantly I knew... Dinner was going to be amazing!

The pan was hot, we threw on the steak. That initial sizzle always excites me!

We popped open the can of tomatoes, the can of black beans and then measure out a cup and a half of frozen corn.

The steak had seared on both sides for about 5 minutes each. I poured on the tomatoes, poured on the drained can of black beans and dropped in the corn and one diced onion, ALL IN THE SAME PAN!

I sprinkled it all with about 2 tablespoons of garlic powder and about the same amount of seasoned pepper. I dripped a couple teaspoons of green Tabasco mixed it all together and let it marry over the steak. The aroma was toxic... I was salivating. I turned the heat down to medium.

After the salsa was pretty well married I took out the steak to rest for a couple minutes while the other ingredients reduced some. I sliced the steak up in thin easily served 1/4 inch thick strips and served the whole goodness with lightly toasted 6" corn tortillas

AMAZING! and it all only took about 15 minutes to make and served 6 easily!

Hope you enjoy it.

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

My sweet & spicy thai style salsa

three peeled and diced english cucumbers,
1 half diced red onion,
1/2 cup of celantro,
2 diced red peppers,
2 jalepenos,
1 drained can of mandarin oranges sliced in half,
1 tablespoon of diced ginger,
3 tablespoons of sweet chilli sauce,
a splash or three of pure OJ,
soy sauce to taste,
dry red pepper flakes (the kind... you put on pizza)

and enjoy!!

This is a fairly chunky recipe but if like it smoother throw it in the blender for a couple spins.