Anticuchos Picantes

Description

Spicier grilled beef heart

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Anticuchos Picantes

Ingredients

• 1 beef heart

Marinade

• 8 garlic cloves, pressed
• 2 chiles, rocoto, stemmed, seeded, minced
• 2 tbsp cumin, ground
• ½ tbsp oregano, dried
• salt, to taste
• pepper, black, to taste
• 2 cups red wine vinegar

Sauce

• ⅓ cup chiles, dried, aji, crushed
• 1 tbsp oil, vegetable
• salt, to taste

Procedures

1. Clean the beef heart thoroughly, removing all nerves and fat.
2. Cut into 1" cubes, place in non-reactive bowl, refrigerate and set aside.
3. Combine garlic, chiles, cumin, oregano, salt and pepper and 1½ cups vinegar.
4. Pour over meat.
5. Add more vinegar, if necessary, to cover meat completely.
6. Marinate, refrigerated, 12-24 hours.
7. About 1 hour before grilling, remove meat from marinade and thread on skewers.
8. Soak the crushed chile in ⅓ cup warm water for 30 minutes.
9. In processor, combine chiles and water with oil and salt.
10. Add enough reserved marinade (¾ cup) to make thick sauce, puree.
11. Brush skewered meat with sauce and grill over hot coals or under a broiler, turning and basting to cook quickly on all sides.
12. Best cooked medium well, 4 – 6 minutes on the grill.