Carne Asada Tacos with Green Salsa

Name: Carne Asada Tacos with Green Salsa
Prep time: 3 h 20 min
Cook time: 3 h 20 min
Total time: 3 h 20 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: South American, Latin American
Ingredients: 2 avocados, halved, pitted and flesh diced; 2 kilograms beef round roast; 794 grams diced tomatoes; 710 milliliters canola oil; 2 Tbsps chili powder; 2 chipotle peppers; 0 bunches cilantro, leaves chopped; 24 corn tortillas; 24 smalls flour tortillas; 2 cloves garlic, chopped; 4 cloves garlic, chopped; 1 small head green cabbage, shredded; 2 Tbsps ground cumin; 1 lime, juiced; 2 teaspoons freshly cracked black pepper; 2 poblano peppers; 473 milliliters crumbled queso fresco; 2 teaspoons salt; 1 pinch Pinch salt and freshly cracked black pepper, plus more for seasoning; 4 tomatillos, chopped; 473 milliliters vegetable stock or broth; 1 Tbsp white vinegar; 1 yellow onion, chopped

Carne Asada Tacos with Green Salsa requires approximately 3 hours and 20 minutes from start to finish. This recipe makes 6 servings with 1605 calories, 112g of protein, and 66g of fat each. This recipe covers 72% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It works well as a pricey main course. If you have vinegar, corn tortillas, garlic, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the ground cumin you could follow this main course with the Moroccan Chocolate Mousse as a dessert. This recipe is typical of South American cuisine.

Instructions

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Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.

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Oven

Add the vegetable stock, tomatoes, chipotle peppers, onions and garlic to a Dutch oven and stir to combine.

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Chipotle Chiles

Vegetable Stock

Tomato

Garlic

Onion

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Dutch Oven

In small bowl, combine the cumin, chili powder, salt and black pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Chili Powder

Cumin

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Bowl

Sprinkle the spice mixture over the beef so that it is evenly coated.

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Beef

Put the seasoned beef into the Dutch oven and cover. Braise in the oven until the meat is fork tender, about 3 hours.

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Beef

Meat

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Dutch Oven

Oven

Remove the beef from the pot and put it into a baking dish. Shred with 2 forks and drizzle with some of the braising liquid to keep the meat moist. Cover with some aluminum foil until ready to serve.

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Beef

Meat

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Aluminum Foil

Baking Pan

Pot

Preheat a broiler.

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Broiler

Put the poblano peppers on a sheet pan under the broiler for 8 minutes, turning every 2 minutes until the skins are charred.

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Poblano Pepper

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Broiler

Frying Pan

Remove the pan from the broiler, put the peppers into a bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let them sit to allow the skin to separate from the flesh, about 10 minutes. Core, seed and peel the charred skin from the peppers.

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Peppers

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Broiler

Bowl

Frying Pan

Add the peppers along with the remaining salsa ingredients, except 3/4 of the diced avocado, to a blender. Puree the mixture until smooth.

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Avocado

Peppers

Salsa

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Blender

Pour the mixture into a medium bowl, and add the remaining diced avocado. Gently toss the salsa with a rubber spatula to coat the avocado. Taste and adjust the seasonings with more salt and pepper, if needed. Set aside

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Salt And Pepper

Seasoning

Avocado

Salsa

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Spatula

Bowl

Bring the canola oil to 350 degrees F in a large skillet over medium heat. Fry the corn tortillas in batches until crispy but still slightly pliable, about 2 to 3 minutes.

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Corn Tortilla

Canola Oil

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Frying Pan

Transfer them to a sheet tray lined with paper towels to drain any excess oil.

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Cooking Oil

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Paper Towels

Put the flour tortillas in a damp towel and microwave for 45 seconds on high to soften them. Arrange a fried corn tortilla onto each flour tortilla. Spoon some of the beef onto the fried tortilla, top each taco with some shredded cabbage, 2 tablespoons green salsa and 1 tablespoon queso fresco. Repeat with the remaining ingredients. Arrange on a serving platter and serve.

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Tortilla

Corn Tortilla

Queso Fresco