A Mexican Fiesta

 



The Allstar Program for Allrecipes had 2 sponsors this month: Herdez Cooking Sauces and Sauza® Blue Agave Tequila. Since the weather was perfect I thought about having a Fiesta using both sponsors to celebrate the warmer weather. So I invited a few friends over and I made a few pitchers of margaritas and fed them good. The party was perfect and we enjoyed ourselves.


Sauza® Mint Margito

I made a few pitchers of different Margaritas. the first one was the Mint Margito which was the favorite of the night.

You'll Need:

Serves 4

• 1 cup Sauza® Blue Silver 100% Agave Tequila*
• 2 cups club soda
• ¼ cup fresh lime juice
• 1 bunch of fresh mint
• 3 tbsp. sugar
• ice

*If Sauza® Blue Silver isn’t available, try Sauza® Silver

To Make:

In a small pitcher, muddle together the mint leaves, sugar and lime juice until they start to melt together. Add your Sauza® Blue Silver. Fill 4 glasses with ice and pour cocktail mixture ¾ of the way to the top of each glass. Fill each glass with club soda and garnish with a lime and an extra sprig of mint.

 

 

Sauza® Raspberry Margarita

Next we made the Raspberry Margarita and that was real good.

 

You'll Need:

9 ounces Sauza ® Silver Tequila

3 ounces Dekuyper® Razzmatazz                 

24 ounces Margarita Mix

GARNISH:                                                                  

Lime Wedge

 

To Make:

 

Combine the ingredients without ice and shake vigorously. Then just pour the mixture over ice in a 14 oz glass, garnish and enjoy the raspberry sensation.

 



 

 I also served a Chipotle Grilled Flank steak and a Slow Cooker Roasted Pasilla Chile Pork Tacos. Served it with Charro beans, tortillas, rice, salsa and guacamole. 

 



Chipotle Flank Steak

Chipotle Grilled Flank steak

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups Herdez Traditional Chipotle Cooking sauce 
• 4 large garlic cloves
• 1 Jalapeno
• 1/2 yellow onion
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil or olive oil
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin 
• 1 lime, juiced 
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 bunch fresh cilantro
• 1 teaspoon Mexican Oregano
• 1 (2 pound) skirt steak or flank steak

Directions

1. In a blender container, combine cooking sauce and remaining ingredients except meat. Cover and run on high until smooth. Reserve 1/2 cup of the mixture for basting the steak on the grill.
2. Trim steak of any visible fat. Place steak in a non-metallic baking dish or seal able plastic bag. Add marinade; turn meat to coat. Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight, turning meat one or more times while marinating.
3. Preheat grill to medium-high heat. Drain meat and discard marinade. Grill skirt steak about 7 minutes over direct heat with cover closed. Turn meat then baste meat with reserved sauce; grill with cover closed 3 minutes more or until cooked as desired.
4. Brush any remaining sauce on steak and serve with warm corn tortillas and salsa.                







Slow cooker Roasted Pasilla Chile Pork Tacos

Ingredients

• 1 Jar Herdez Roasted Pasilla Chile Cooking sauce
• 1 beer
• 4 large
•  garlic cloves
• 1 cup Chicken Broth
• 2 Jalapenos 
• 1 yellow onion
• 1 tablespoon Vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin 
• 1 lime, juiced 
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (for the sauce)
• 1 bunch fresh cilantro 
• 2 teaspoons dried Mexican Oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt
• 1/4 teaspoon Pepper
• 1 (3 pound) Pork Butt

Garnish:

Salsa

Cotija Cheese

Warmed Tortillas

Radishes

Lime wedges

Chopped Cilantro

Sour Cream

 

Directions

1. Heat oil in a skillet then season pork butt with salt and pepper and place in hot skillet to sear, till browned turning until all sides are browned.
2. Place remaining ingredients into the crock pot and stir. Then Remove pork butt from the skillet and add to the crock pot and cover.
3. Cook for 7 hours on low. Then remove roast to a cutting board and chop it up or shred it with 2 forks.
4. Return the pork back to the crock pot for another hour or two.
5. Remove the pork from the crock pot into a serving bowl
6. Take a hand blender and blend it until smooth. Pour a little bit of the sauce onto the pork chunks.
7. Serve with the garnish items             

 

I hope you enjoy these recipes, I know we did.  I want to thank Herdez and Sauza for being our brand sponsor this month for the Allrecipes Allstars Ambassador Program.

 

 Disclaimer

I am an Allrecipes Allstar Brand Ambassador (a voluntary position) and I’m not compensated for my work with Allrecipes.com.

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