Churrasco (Argentine Grilled Meat Marinade )
"This is a marinade for the churrasco dish. In Argentina, where this style of cooking developed, "churrasco" actually refers to many types of meats prepared on the grill. It's also popular with Nicaraguans. The churrasco cut steak is a long flat cut of skirt steak, cut from the "plate" of the cow. You might find it sold at some butcher shops as a "plate" steak. Don't confuse it with the flank steak, a similar cut, but NOT the same! The churrasco steak is typically marinated to make it tender and full of flavour. Serve topped with Recipe #456210. I did not include marinating time. Enjoy!"
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- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
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3 cups
ingredients
- 3 heads garlic (about 30 to 40 cloves)
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
- 1 cup orange juice
- 1⁄4 cup fresh lime juice
- 1⁄4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1 cup onion, minced
- 2 teaspoons oregano
- 1 cup Spanish olive oil
- meat, of choice pounded or cut thin (beef, chicken, pork)
directions
- Mash garlic, salt, and peppercorns into a paste, using a mortar and pestle. Stir in orange juice, lime juice, lemon juice, onion, and oregano. Let sit at room temperature for 30 minutes or longer. Whisk the garlic-orange juice mixture with the olive oil until well blended.
- Preparing the Meat: Preparing the meat is very easy. Place the meat in a large bowl or pan. Add enough marinade to cover the meat. Place a cover over the bowl or pan and place in the refrigerator a minimum of five hours, but preferably overnight.
- Grill the marinated meat outdoors on the barbecue. (Make sure your coals are hot and white!). For the steak - you can cook them however you like your it -- from rare to well done. However, the rarer the meat, the more tender and flavorful!
- Serve the meat with the Recipe #456210.
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Reviews
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What a wonderful marinade!!! I made this, using skirt steak, and marinating it all day. Loved the citrus flavors that came through the marinade and into the steak. I did cut back on the amount of garlic, seemed to be a bit too much for my tastes, although I did love the garlic flavor with the citrus. Definitely something I will make again, especially for a company cookout. Thanks for sharing the recipe Nif!! -
Yum! This was so awesome! n Loved the flavors! Will make this many times!! -
Original recipe here: https://icuban.com/food/churrasco_cubano.html -
This is by far one of the BEST marinades that I have come across. Reading the recipe for the first time, I knew that the amount of garlic for my taste was too much. So I tried it with 8 cloves. Perfect for me ! I marinated skirt steak for 24 hours which allowed it to develop a very lively flavor. Even with the tweak, I will give this recipe 5 stars. -
This was the WORST marinade and waste of skirt steak EVER. Way too much garlic so overpowering and I followed recipe to a T. DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY AND STEAK. 3 cloves of garlic perhaps NOT 3 HEADS!
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Tweaks
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Use less garlic than the recipe states. 30 - 40 cloves is a lot of garlic. I used 8 and was very pleased.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Nif_H
Canada
I love great food and I particularly like trying cuisines new to me! Although I don't prepare as much food as I used to, creating in my kitchen is still one of my favourite things to do. Enjoy!
