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Achiote Marinade and Barbecue Sauce for Beef

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Ingredients:

  • Stephen Ceideburg
MARINADE
  • 1 c Red wine vinegar
  • 1/4 c Water
  • 2 ts Ground cumin
  • 3 Garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 ts Achiote paste
  • 1 ts Crushed red pepper
  • Salt and black pepper, to taste
  • 1/4 c Olive oil
SAUCE
  • 1 Dried pasilla chile
  • 1 c Boiling water
  • 2 tb Achiote paste
  • 1 tb Olive oil
  • 3/4 c Of the marinade

Directions:

Marinade: Combine marinade ingredients.
 
Makes enough for 2 pounds of beef.
 
To use: Toss paper-thin slices (1 inch by 3 to 4 inches) of beef sirloin with the marinade in a nonmetallic bowl. Refrigerate 6 to 8 hours or overnight. Drain meat, reserving 3/4 cup of the marinade. Thread meat on bamboo skewers.
 
Sauce: Remove and discard seeds from pasilla chile. Coarsely chop chile and cover with boiling water. Soak for 20 to 30 minutes. Drain, and put in a food processor with achiote paste and olive oil. Puree. Add the 3/4 cup marinade and blend until smooth.
 
To use: Brush on skewers of meat. Broil or grill until meat is done, about 5 minutes, basting with marinade several times. Brush again before serving.
 
Adapted from Time-Life's "Cooking of Latin America."
 
From an article by Heidi Haughy Cusik, The San Francisco Chronicle, 7/1/92.
 
Posted by Stephen Ceideburg
 
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini