jalapeno marinade

[mdwest]

soooooo..... what do you get when you combine a kick a$$ jalapeno/garlic marinade... with a couple of thick NY strips... and top them with saute'd jalapeno stips and sweet onions... and then finish the evening off with a well rested T52?

rainbows and unicorns... thats what! (or at least thats how the wife described it lol...)....

I was just tinkering around in the kitchen and threw together one of the best marinades I think I have ever concocted... super simple too... just jalapenos, garlic, black pepper, salt, oregano, and lime juice...

then let the steaks soak in it for about 24 hours before throwing on the grill last night...

Ended up with what was quite possibly the best steaks Ive ever pulled off the grill.. REALLY tasty...

Was so good that I whipped up another batch of marinade this afternoon.. and just soaked a 6lb brisket with it that Im going to throw on the smoker tomorrow morning (going to see how it works with that cut of beef next!)...

 

[Robertsndr68]

Part of me loves you, and another part of me absolutely hates you.... Lol

 

[aherzing]

This simple Simon needs more detailed directions please

 

[HarleyMark13]

Part of me loves you, and another part of me absolutely hates you.... Lol

Amen brother +1

 

[zama80]

Part of me loves you, and another part of me absolutely hates you.... Lol

Amen brother +1

This ^ +2

 

[SDShark]

What an awesome day!

 

[Zen Smoker222]

Nice I love it when experimentation pays off good call bro

 

[James]

Sounds delicious! I make something similar with roasted jalapenos, garlic and salt and pepper that I use on hamburgers. Never tried it on steak though. Now I will!

 

[jimmypa]

Nicely done bro all around!! Those steaks look like some nice cuts!

 

[AlohaStyle]

Sounds great, think I will try it. However I love me some olive oil with steak so will probably add that to my marinade...

 

[mdwest]

This simple Simon needs more detailed directions please

Its actually very easy...

for about 1 1/2 lbs of meat... you need

4x jalapenos (stemmed)
1x tablespoon black peppercorns
1x tablespoon sea salt
1x tablespoon dry oregano
4x garlic cloves
3x large limes

juice the limes.. then throw everything into a blender until you get a thin puree..

pour it all into a 1 gallon zip lock bag... drop the steaks in.. and let em sit for 24 hours in the fridge...

then toss the steaks on the grill and cook to your liking..


for the onions and jalapenos.. I just cut up half of a large sweet onion.. and about 4 large jalapenos.. then cook them in a couple of tablespoons of olive oil until the onions begin to slightly carmelize..

then throw the onions and peppers on top of the steak... and Im done..

 

[mdwest]

Sounds great, think I will try it. However I love me some olive oil with steak so will probably add that to my marinade...

I think olive oil would be a great add... I might try that on the next run...

 

[Alwayslit]

Nice!!

 

[ironchefscott]

I want to try this marinade idea on some hanger steak...then make tacos

 

[mdwest]

the tacos are an excellent idea.. I might try that myself!

did the brisket yesterday... it only turned out OK in my opinion (my wife liked it a whole lot better than I did)..

I think the issue was that I put the marinade on super thick.. and then continued to mopp with it through the smoking process..

The meat came out super tender (as it should).. and had a very good smoke/jalapeno flavor to it...

but after 9 hours in the smoker.. it never really developed a good bark (it had one.. but it was very thin by comparrison to what I normally get).. and the smoke ring was thin as well (maybe 2mm as opposed to the 1/4" or more I typically get)..

Im assuming the surface of the brisket was just too insulated by the marinade/mopp.. and the smoke couldnt do its job as well as it normally does..

Still rocked on the NY Strips though.. and the tacos are probably next on my list!

 

[ironchefscott]

I wish I could have a taco party with ya...... and I am assuming the marinade prevented the bark... there is a new "gay cowboy food" ....chefs quote not mine, restaurant in town.....
They make some pretty fun food, as in brisket, or fried chicken tacos,........good but not as good as tex/mex in texas

 

[Evan]

Were the steaks spicy with all the jalapeños?

 

[mdwest]

they were.. but not at all unbearably hot.. just tons of flavor...

scott can probably explain things better than I can... I just tinker in the kitchen and on the grill... but I think the acid in the lime juice helps break down the oils in the pepper which make it "hot"... and also helps break down the proteins in the steak, which help the marinade to better penetrate the meat..

I also stemmed and seeded these peppers.. had I just thrown them in the blender, seeds and all, Im sure it would have come out a whole lot hotter as opposed to the slightly above warm sensation I got..

The peppers that I topped the steaks with were actually very mild (for jalapenos).. like the marinade peppers, I seeded them.. cooking them in the oive oil and with the sweet onions helped tone them down quite a bit I think..

 

[ironchefscott]

I don't think the acids will make it more hot....... But on another note...while the seeds are a hot part...the membraines that hold the seed inside....as in the white stuff...holds the hottest part of the pepper.

 

[Hot_Sauce]

Sounds good

I'll be giving it a try for sure

Thanks for sharing this with us:thumbsup: