Fajitas - Cut up before or after cooking? / slice or cube?

[coonazz]

Breaking in the disc cooker on the burner Brett made me.

What's the consensus - Cook the skirt then cut it up or cut it up first?

If I grill it, I normally grill first then slice, but on the disc cooker, it's probably better to cut it up first - right?

Also - Slices or Cubes?

[Smart]

Grill the skirt whole then cut...

Cutting before hand is stir fry..

Always slices....Cubes are for carne guisada..

[dc1211]

Grill the skirt whole then cut...

Cutting before hand is stir fry..

Always slices....Cubes are for carne guisada..

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Make sure when you are cutting the meat that you always slice against the grain

[NBK75]

Grill whole cut in slices

[ItsLeo]

Grill the skirt whole then cut...

Cutting before hand is stir fry..

Always slices....Cubes are for carne guisada..

Yep!

[louieagarcia]

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Make sure when you are cutting the meat that you always slice against the grain

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[coonazz]

So - never cook fajitas in a disc cooker? Always grill 'em whole?

[Palmetto]

On the discada.......slice, season, cook, enjoy.
On the Grill.......season, cook, slice, enjoy.

[Rack Ranch]

I'm Hungry...

[Smart]

So - never cook fajitas in a disc cooker? Always grill 'em whole?

Sure you can....you can do them either way. One is grilled fajitas and one is stir fried beef strips. It's all good..

really though call them what you want...I just prefer the skirt whole on the grill but I'm not turning away the other..

[Cajun Blake]

T

fix you some chimichurri sauce to spoon onto the fajitas


I posted this last month but it's always worth repeating, pictured with flat iron steak , skirt steak also works well and priced around $4.99 / lb.



flat iron steak

1 tbs good balsamic vinegar
olive oil, to coat
salt and pepper, to season


Chimichurri:

1 cup fresh parsley, packed
1/2 cup fresh cilantro, packed
1 shallot, chopped
1 jalapeño, chopped
6 roasted garlic cloves
1/2 cup olive oil
1/3 cup red wine vinegar
3/4 tsp crushed red pepper
1 tsp kosher salt
1/2 tsp freshly-ground black pepper


Instructions
1.In advance, make the chimichurri: Add the parsley, cilantro, shallot, jalapeño, garlic, crushed red pepper, salt and pepper to a food processor. Pulse for 5-10 seconds to combine. With the food processor running, slowly add the vinegar and then the olive oil until blended. Set aside.

2.Prior to cooking, let the steaks sit out for about 30 minutes to bring them to room temperature. Season with salt and pepper. Drizzle with the balsamic vinegar and just enough olive oil to coat.

3.Heat a grill-pan over medium-high heat. Add the steaks to the pan. Cook 2-3 minutes per side, then flip the steaks and cook other side 2-3 minutes. Remove from the pan, and let rest about 5 minutes. Slice the meat in thin strips and drizzle with the chimichurri sauce. Serve immediately, with more chimichurri sauce on the side.

[pigstika1978]

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fix you some chimichurri sauce to spoon onto the fajitas





I posted this last month but it's always worth repeating, pictured with flat iron steak , skirt steak also works well and priced around $4.99 / lb.







flat iron steak



1 tbs good balsamic vinegar

olive oil, to coat

salt and pepper, to season





Chimichurri:



1 cup fresh parsley, packed

1/2 cup fresh cilantro, packed

1 shallot, chopped

1 jalapeño, chopped

6 roasted garlic cloves

1/2 cup olive oil

1/3 cup red wine vinegar

3/4 tsp crushed red pepper

1 tsp kosher salt

1/2 tsp freshly-ground black pepper





Instructions

1.In advance, make the chimichurri: Add the parsley, cilantro, shallot, jalapeño, garlic, crushed red pepper, salt and pepper to a food processor. Pulse for 5-10 seconds to combine. With the food processor running, slowly add the vinegar and then the olive oil until blended. Set aside.



2.Prior to cooking, let the steaks sit out for about 30 minutes to bring them to room temperature. Season with salt and pepper. Drizzle with the balsamic vinegar and just enough olive oil to coat.



3.Heat a grill-pan over medium-high heat. Add the steaks to the pan. Cook 2-3 minutes per side, then flip the steaks and cook other side 2-3 minutes. Remove from the pan, and let rest about 5 minutes. Slice the meat in thin strips and drizzle with the chimichurri sauce. Serve immediately, with more chimichurri sauce on the side.

Man Blake hope to share a campfire with ya some day try out your cookin the pics always make me hungry

[super_dave]

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Make sure when you are cutting the meat that you always slice against the grain

There are not enough words to emphasize the importance of this

[coonazz]

Thanks Blake.

Just did a Google search on "Shrimp Fajita seasoning" and saw that your Ragin Blaze was the 4th response. Not sure if this newfangled search stuff uses my previous searches/preferences or even geographical location when providing results, but I thought this was pretty cool nonetheless.

[Tommy_V]

I cook the meat whole on the grill and cook my veggies in a foil wrap with fajita seasoning and butter on the grill as well. After that I cut the meat up with an electric fillet knife and dump in the veggies with the meat on the disk. It always turns out exceptional.