Pique a lo Macho
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1:20 mins
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients:
• 2 lbs. beef
• 8 sausages (beef franks)
• 4 eggs
• ½ red onion
• 1 jalapeño traditionally you'd use locoto
• ½ red bell pepper
• ½ green bell pepper
• ½ yellow bell pepper
• 2 tomatoes
• 2-3 chilis
• 1 tbsp. mustard
• 2 tbsps. soy sauce
• 1 cup beer
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 1 cup water
• 3 tbsps. olive oil
• 4 Russet potatoes
• 1½ cups vegetable oil for frying potatoes
Directions :
1. Start by marinating beef chunks with mustard, salt, pepper, cumin and soy sauce. Mix very well, cover the bowl and refrigerate while you prep and cook everything else.
2. Cut sausages in a slanted angle. Set aside. Peel potatoes and place in a bowl of water. Slice peppers, jalapeño, tomatoes and onions. Place onions in another bowl of water. Cut the potatoes in desired shape (not too thin since they'll be in the bottom of the platter) and let them dry on a colander.
3. Boil eggs for about 10 minutes, remove from heat. Peel once cool to touch, slice eggs in half. Set aside as well.
4. Get a large skillet, add vegetable oil. Wait until oil is hot then add potatoes, fry on both sides and remove with a slotted ladle. Alternatively, if you don't want to fry potatoes you can use frozen French fries and bake them.
5. Once you've removed fries from skillet, add beef franks to same skillet. Cook for few minutes and remove with slotted ladle as well, set aside.
6. Get another skillet, add 3 tbsps. of olive oil. Add marinated meat once oil is hot. Cook until brown on all sides, use a wooden spoon and mix so meat doesn't stick to skillet. Then add beer and let cook until alcohol evaporates. This process helps tenderize the meat. Finally a minute or so later add 1 cup of water, let meat cook another 10 or so minutes. Add the sausage back in and mix everything together so flavors can mix. Set aside and turn heat off.
7. Once everything is ready, it's time to mount the dish. This is my favorite part. You can customize this step as desired!! Start by putting the potatoes first. Then add the meat and sausages with some of the broth they cooked in. Layer peppers, tomatoes, jalapeños, onions and eggs as desired. Add chili peppers too for more heat.
8. Finally squeeze some mayo and ketchup on top of the platter, add a side of llajua.