CHIPOTLE TEQUILA STEAK
Food Service Restaurant Recipe
2 large skirt steaks
Chipotle Tequila Marinade:
8 fresh mint leaves
4 garlic cloves
zest of and juice of 1 lime
1/2 cup tequila
3 tablespoons Tabasco Chipotle Pepper Sauce
1 teaspoon kosher salt
Chiffonade the mint leaves. Small dice the garlic and add zest from the lime. Squeeze the lime juice into a bowl, discarding seeds. Combine all the marinade ingredients.
Trim fat from steak. Filet steak, so that there are two pieces the same length. Cut each piece into sixths, making strips. Put strips in casserole dish and add marinade. Cover with plastic wrap and shake a few times to mix. Marinate for 3 hours in refrigerator.
In a hot saute pan or on a grill, add 2 to 3 pieces of steak at a time. Turn after 1 minute. Remove from heat when steak has a nice marking. Repeat with all steak strips. Do not overcook.