Saturday, May 15, 2010

Lime Shrimp and Beef on Tortillas.

Apologies that a better name was never found for this. I guess it is similar to fajitas, but really it just is what it is.

First, you need steak and shrimp. Salt and pepper everything, and drench both in lime juice. If you aren't as impatient as I am, please, please let this sit and marinate. I have a feeling the lime flavor would be so much stronger then. However, I am not a patient person, so away I went.

Steaks

Shrimp

Steaks and Shrimp. Is there really anything that could go wrong here? I think not.

Flip the steaks around and cook them until they are done to your liking. I sliced them up, so I uncharacteristically went for 'no pink'. After you remove the steaks from the pan toss in some butter, some garlic cloves, and the shrimp. Now, for the shrimp, pink is obviously the color you're looking for. Meanwhile, make some cilantro rice. Sounds too fancy? It's not. I cook Minute Rice in the microwave, and after it is done cooking I toss in a handful of cilantro and let it sit in the microwave for ten mintues or so. After about five of those minutes I toss it all around a bit; not too much because I do pick the cilantro out before serving the rice. The steam from the microwave does wonderful things...okay, lets call a spade a spade here; it does all the work for me. It finishes cooking the rice and infuses the cilantro flavor throughout.


Once everything is done throw it all onto a warmed up tortilla and serve with sour cream. I also squeezed more lime juice over the top of everything, and honestly, I could have added more. I'm thinking some fresh Parmesan might have fit well in here somewhere too.



Sure, leaving in the cilantro would have brightened up the plate, but I'm not really about appearances as much as I am about taste. As far as taste goes this was pretty good. Give it a try sometime, and if you can come up with an actual name for it, all the better.