April's Monthly challenge was sandwiches. I love bread (my thighs will prove it to you!) so I was very excited about this challenge. I love mixing up stuff for sandwiches to make a quick meal. I had some round steak that had been in my freezer for a bit too long and I knew it would be tough. One way to rescue tough meats is to put them in a marinade to help break up some of those connective tissues. I Had some chicken breasts as well so added them into the mixture as well. Hubby is a veggie-phobe (I'm working on him but he is still very picky) so I cooked up the peppers and onions on the side with just a bit of the marinade I had made. Was a very yummy meal! I served it up with some Spanish quinea (using the recipe from a previous challenge but kicking it up a notch).
For the Marinade I used:
Juice of two limes
2 tablespoons olive oil
4 crushed garlic cloves
1/2 teaspoon cayenne
1 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon coriander
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon salt
about 2 teaspoons soy sauce
I have a jar of sliced jalapeño peppers in my fridge so I added a tablespoon of those into the marinade and about 1/4 cup of the liquid as well.
Two tablespoons water
4 green onions
I sliced up the meat (thin), put it into a ziplock bag and added the marinade ingredients into it. I gave the bag a good squishing then placed the bag into a bowl (in case it leaked) and let it set for about three hours. When it came time to cook it I just heated up my cast iron skillet and got it really hot. I took the meat out of the marinade (other wise the meat would have steam cooked with all the marinade liquid) and cooked the meat through. Really quite yummy!
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