Tag: beef
Menudo
Menudo
Menudo is a Mexican soup made from beef tripe, and sometimes cow feet, in a red chili pepper broth with hominy; topped with cilantro, onions, and oregano. Said to be the ultimate hangover cure, the heat of the soup will wake your drunk ass up. Traditionally, there is no beef shanks in the soup. I added a couple to give the soup additional meat and to enhance the broth’s flavor.
Equipment
- blender
Ingredients
- 2 lbs honeycomb tripe washed; cut into 1 1/2” cubes
- 2 beef shanks
- 1/2 medium white onion
- 5 garlic cloves
- 2 bay leaves
- water
- 3 cup white hominy drained and rinsed
Sauce
- 3 guajillo chilies
- 2 arbol chilies
- 1/2 medium white onion
- 3 garlic cloves
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 3/4 cup water
- salt to taste
For Serving
- white onion finely chopped
- cilantro finely chopped
- Mexican oregano
- lime wedges
Instructions
- Add in tripe, beef shanks, onion, garlic, and bay leaves to a large pot. Add in enough water to cover 6” above the ingredients. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low and simmer for 4 hours.
- While the tripe is simmering, allow the dried chilies to soak in hot water for 5 minutes.
- Add the chilies along with the rest of the sauce ingredients to a blender and purée.
- Add the sauce and the hominy to the pot. Season with salt to taste.
- Simmer for 30 more minutes.
- Ladle the menudo into a bowl. Top with onion and cilantro. Serve with lime wedges.
Beef Brisket Grilled Cheese
Beef Brisket Grilled Cheese
Wanna amp up your grilled cheese?! How about adding brisket to it! And pickled red onions…and horseradish bbq sauce…all on sourdough. The truth is, you can use any type of bread and cheese of your choosing. Sharp cheddar is what I went with, but pepper jack, provolone, muenster, and even a good quality american cheese would all be great on this sandwich.
Ingredients
- 4 slices smoked beef brisket
- 2 slices sour dough
- 3 slices sharp cheddar cheese or cheese of your choice
- pickled red onion
- 2 tbsp bbq sauce
- 2 tsp prepared horseradish
- 1 tbsp butter
Instructions
- Pan fry the brisket in a nonstick skillet over medium heat for 3 minutes a side. Remove from the pan.
Sandwich Assembly
- Place a slice and a half of cheese on both slices of bread. Top one side with pickled red onion; the other with the brisket. Mix together the bbq sauce and horseradish. Spread over the brisket. Combine.
- Melt a half tbsp of butter in the nonstick skillet over medium low heat. Place the sandwich in the center of the pan. Cook for 5 minutes.
- Melt the rest of the butter and flip the sandwich. Cook for 5 more minutes.
Roasted Bone Marrow Canoes
Roasted Bone Marrow Canoes
Roasted bone marrow is something magical. The roasted marrow is that of beefy, fatty, buttery goodness that gets spread on crusty bread, creating a savory bliss that is second to none. This recipe also has a parsley/breadcrumb/garlic/anchovy topping that gets baked on top of the canoes, adding a whole new dimension of flavor. When roasting the bone marrow, make sure to cook it all the way through, but not over cooked. If not cooked enough, the marrow will be pink, fatty, and unspreadable. If overcooked, the marrow will completely cook out of the bones, leaving a greasy mess.
Equipment
- food processor
Ingredients
- 4 bone marrow canoes
- olive oil
- salt and cracked black pepper
- sourdough bread toasted
Bread Crumb Stuffing
- 1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs
- 3 anchovy fillets
- 1/2 bunch flat leaf parsley
- 4 garlic cloves
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Place the bone marrow canoes on; drizzling with olive oil. Season with salt and pepper. Roast in a preheated 350° oven for 15 minutes.
- While the bones are roasting, place the parsley, anchovy fillets, and garlic in a food processor and pulse until everything is evenly chopped.
- Place the parsley mixture into a bowl and mix in the breadcrumbs.
- After the first 15 minutes of roasting, take the bones out of the oven. Spoon over the breadcrumb mixture over the marrow canoes and place back in the oven for 15-20 more minutes until the breadcrumb topping is browned.
