Carne Asada With Salsa Mexicana

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 12 tortillas
• 8 poblano chiles
• 2 bunches green onions, dark green tops trimmed off
• 2 lbs skirt steaks, cut crosswise into 6-inch wide pieces
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• coarse kosher salt
• 2 avocados, peeled, pitted and sliced
• lime wedge
• 12 ounces tomatoes, cut into 1/4-inch cubes
• 1 medium onion, cut into 1/4-inch cubes
• 2 -8 jalapeno chiles, chopped
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
• 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• coarse kosher salt

Recipe

• 1 to make the salsa: can be made 2 hours ahead. let stand at room temperature. combine tomatoes through lime juice in a medium bowl. season to taste with coarse kosher salt.
• 2 to make the carne asada: prepare barbeque (high heat). grill chiles and onions until charred all over, about 3 minutes for onions and 5 minutes for chiles. transfer onions to a plate; tent with foil. transfer chiles to a bowl; cover with plastic wrap and let stand for 15 minutes. after 15 miutes peel and seed the chiles; cut into1 inch wide strips. transfer to a plate and tent with foil.
• 3 rub steak with garlic; sprinkle with coarse salt and pepper. grill until cooked to desired doneness, about 3 minutes per side for medium. transfer to work surface; cool 5 minutes. grill tortillas until slightly charred, about 10 seconds per side. cut steaks crosswise into strips; transfer to a plate.
• 4 serve steak with tortillas, chiles, onions, avocado slices, lime wedges adn salsa mexicana.