Carne Apache Recipes

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the tomatoes, serranos, onion and cilantro. Add meat and mix well. Season with salt and pepper, and add lime juice and vinegar. You don't want too much lime juice/vinegar, just enough to thoroughly distribute through the meat to 'cook' it. I usually start with about 4 or 5 limes, and go from there. Sometimes I don't use the vinegar.
• Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate about 1 to 2 hours, stirring well every 30 minutes or so, and adding more lime juice if necessary. It may not take 2 hours, you just want the beef to be mostly brown.
• I serve with tortilla chips and Salsa Valentina (found in Mexican food aisle).

Steps:

• Mix together the ginger, half the spring onions, the wine, 3 tablespoons water, soy sauce. Add the beef slices, mix well together and leave to marinate for 15-20 minutes.
• Heat the oil in a wok to 350 degree.
• Mix together the plain flour and half the cornstarch.
• Remove the beef from the marinade, dust with the flour and deep-fry for about 30 seconds. Remove from the oil and drain on paper towels.
• Pour off most of the oil from the wok, leaving about 1 tablespoon. Reheat the wok, and add salt. Stir-fry for about 1 1/2 minutes then remove and arrange in a ring on a serving dish.
• Heat another tablespoon of oil in the wok and add the remaining soy sauce, the tomato ketchup, Worcestershire sauce and sugar. Blend the remaining cornstarch with the remaining water and add to the wok to thicken the sauce. Bring to the boil then add the beef slices. Sprinkle with the remaining spring onions and serve.

Steps:

• In a shallow dish (i use a shallow baking dish) spread out the ground beef evenly. Pour the lemon juice on it and mix it in well with a fork.
• Leave in refrigerator overnight, mixing with a fork every few hours so as to "cook" the beef.
• When ready to serve, add the tomatoes, onion, cilantro, chipotle peppers, salt, and pepper.
• I usually serve this on tostadas with a little hot sauce (valentina brand preferred, found in mexican section in grocery stores.).