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Beef Short Rib Fried Flour Tacos
Beef Short Rib Fried Flour Tacos
The purpose of this recipe is to show how to give a leftover a second life. The previous night I made the Argentinian beef short ribs. I had a pound leftover. So my high ass thought, let’s turn these into tacos and eat them with the potato tacos and have a meat and potato taco night. Oh yesss…it happened. So I deboned the leftover short ribs, fried it up, and made fried flour tacos. You can really do this with any leftover beef, pork, or chicken; as long as it is somewhat neutral in flavor. The ribs were just seasoned with sea salt and lime juice.Warning! Especially if you are a high ass and impatient: make sure to take the toothpicks out of the tacos. Say I “sleepwalk” to the refrigerator at 3 in the morning and go “Ooooo, tacos!” and don’t want to heat them up and assemble. I’m just going to eat them as is. Take out the toothpicks. Do it before yo go to bed, for your safety. Now I’m going to do that this moment before I pass out and have a 3AM sleepy time snack.
Equipment
- toothpicks
Ingredients
- 1 lb leftover beef short ribs deboned and diced
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 6 flour tortillas
- vegetable oil for frying
Toppings
- queso fresco crumbled
- cabbage shredded
- Mexican sour cream
- your favorite hot sauce
Instructions
- Heat up cooking oil in a sauté pan over medium heat. Fry the beef for 10 minutes. Drain any excess grease. Let cool.
- Place 2 heaping tbsp of the beef on the top half of the flour tortilla.
- Fold up and hold close with 3 toothpicks.
- You should yield 6 tacos.
- Heat up cooking oil in a sauté pan over medium high heat. Place 3-4 tacos in the pan, making sure to not overcrowd.
- Fry for 2 minutes a side until crispy.
- Drain on paper towel.
Alambres
Alambres
Alambres are Mexican style beef kabobs. What sets these aside from a regular beef kabob is that there is a piece of bacon or pork belly touching each piece of beef. They can be either broiled or grilled; about 5-6 minutes a side depending on how well done you like your beef. Alambres are always served with tortillas, limes, a hot sauce, and guacamole.
Servings: 4
Equipment
- metal skewers
Ingredients
- 2 lbs top sirloin Cut into 1.5” cubes
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 3 tsp salt
- 3 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 lb pork belly or bacon Cut into 1.5” pieces
- 1 large red bell pepper Cut into 1.5” pieces
- 1 large green or orange bell pepper Cut into 1.5” pieces
- 1/2 large white onion Cut into 1.5” pieces
Instructions
- Rub the beef with vegetable oil. Season with 2 tsp of salt and 2 tsp of black pepper.
- Season the pork belly with 1 tsp of salt and 1 tsp of black pepper. If using bacon, skip this step.
- Skewer up the beef, pork, peppers, and onions on metal skewers. Make sure that every piece of beef has an onion on one side and a piece of pork belly or bacon on the other. 4 pieces of beef on a skewer is plenty.
- Preheat your broiler or grill. The alambres will take 5 minutes a side.
Loco Moco
Loco Moco
Loco Moco is a popular Hawaiian comfort food. First you smoke a fatty of Maui Wowie. Then hamburgers are pan fried and topped on steamed rice. A beef gravy is made from the pan drippings, then ladled over the burger and rice. Finally, it is topped with a fried egg. One of the greatest creations ever made, probably by a stoner.
Ingredients
- 1 lb 85% lean ground beef
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 2 tbsp butter
- 3 green onions chopped
- fried eggs
- steamed rice
Loco Moco Gravy
- 1 1/2 cups beef stock
- 4 tsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 tsp sesame oil
- 2 tsp ketchup
- 2 tsp sugar
- 4 tsp cornstarch
Instructions
- Mix together all of the gravy ingredients. Set aside.
- Season the ground beef with salt and pepper. Form into 1/4lb, 1/3lb, or 1/2lb patties, depending on how big you want them.
- Melt butter in a large sauté pan over medium heat. Toss in the patties.
- Cook for 5-6 minutes a side. Remove from the pan.
- Add the green onions to the same pan. Cook for a minute.
- Pour in the gravy ingredients. Scrape up the brown bits on the bottom of the pan. Simmer for 3 minutes.
- Add the patties back in.
- Simmer another 3 minutes, flipping the burgers half way through.
