Chipotle Marinaded Steaks

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  Chipotle Marinade
  1 small can of chipotle chiles in adobo
  2 tablespoons of adobo sauce
  5 garlic cloves, minced
  1 small orange zested
  3/4 cup orange juice
  1/4 cup lime juice
  2 tablespoons of red wine vinegar
  1 tablespoon of tomato puree
  1 teaspoon dried oregano
  1 teaspoon ground cumin
  1 teaspoon ground pepper
  
  
  Put all ingredients into a blender or food processor until smooth
  Pour over steak and marinade for 1 to 2 hours.
  
  We served this with pico de gallo on top,pinto beans and hot tortillas on the side.
  You can use more or less peppers to adjust the heat. A full can of chiles is really spicy.
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Simple Tangy Steak Marinade

Let me show you one of my favorite marinades for steak

Lets start with two juicy steaks

Add the juice of 1 lemon



Lots of crushed peppercorns



and lots of garlic put through a garlic press.. lots of garlic



It doesn't need long to marinade because of the lemon juice maybe 30 - 45 minutes

Grill and serve

Yummy!

Trader Joe's Product Rave: Trader Ming's Soyaki Marinade

I've been eyeing this for weeks at the store. It looks so good with the sesame seeds floating in it. You can see the ginger too. It has to be good...

and it is. Its not that sweet. For sweetness, I guess you would have to go for Island Soyaki which has the additional of Pineapple Juice. I almost got that one instead but I thought it might be too sweet. I think the soy sauce cuts the sweetness that traditional teriyaki sauces have. The addition of the ginger was really good.

I marinaded chicken in it for about an hour, grilled it up and served it with white rice and voila a quick and easy meal.

Buttermilk Brine for Chicken

I love fried chicken, but sometimes it dries out from cooking. I'd like to be able to just fry boneless skinless chicken breasts - since thats what we normally buy. It would be nice to be able to just use what we have.

I've heard that buttermilk brines make really the chicken moist and juicy. What better to try it out with than a piece of meat that gets dry when fried?

Ingredients
1/2 qt buttermilk
2 tablespoons chopped garlic
2 teaspoons black pepper
1 tablespoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon cumin

1. Mix all together and stir until sugar and salt are dissolved
2. Place chicken in buttermilk mixture, cover and refridgerate 8-24 hours. (we marinated ours for a little less than 24 hours)
3. Remove and cook

Crispy Herb Grilled Chicken

This is a super easy dinner. I made this last night. The chicken has a crispy flavorful outside and a juicy inside. Yum!

Ingredients
1 teaspoon paprika

1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon italian seasoning
1 teaspoon seasoned salt
1 teaspoon fresh cracked black pepper
2 tablespoons olive oil

• Mix all spices together in a bowl
• Add olive oil to cover spices, Mix to make a paste
• Spread over chicken breasts in a covered dish, cover and let marinate for an hour (or grill right away)
• Place on a grill over medium heat (we used a cuisinart griddler so that both sides would be crispy - you can use a regular grill pan or a foreman grill)
• Cook about 10-15 minutes. Rotate 90 degrees, about halfway through so that the crispy outside is all over and not just lines down the one way.
  


• Remove and serve.
• We served this with some pesto spaghetti and some homemade cheesy garlic bread.
• The next day we used the two left over breasts, cut them up and put them over a green salad for lunch.