Monday, June 10, 2013

Guest Blogger on Eric Williams's Steak

Guest blogger, Charlene Lyon, continues her series of adventures cooking through my book. Here is her latest installment, folks. Enjoy!

By Charlene Lyon

I used to love going to Eric Williams's restaurant, Momocho, every chance I got when I lived in the Ohio City area. He makes some of the best guacamole I've ever had in this city! Plus the rest of his menu is deliciously divine to those who love Modern Mexican.

That's why Eric's meal in Maria's book really appealed to me. I had already made his Sofrito Green Beans (read my two-part posts here and here). Now I had to finally try the rest of his meal: Guacamole Tradicional and his main entree: Grilled Steak with Honey-Chipotle Mojo. (It doesn't take much to twist my arm to make a steak dinner.)


The guacamole was so tasty and simple to prepare (see below)!


And I never knew how easy it was to make compound butter! I was almost going to skip it, but I'm glad I didn't because it did really did add that extra "touch" and flavor that made it almost as good as professional.


But it's the Honey-Chipolte Mojo Sauce that's the signature item in this meal. It is incredibly tasty...and it's super easy to make in a mini food processor or a stick blender attachment like I used.

 
The beauty of this recipe is that you can alter the heat and spice to suit your taste by adding a pepper one at a time. I savored each taste and was bold enough to add the maximum Eric suggested. We weren't disappointed.

If the sofrito sauce is like summer vacation, the mojo sauce is like summer at sunset. You feel the crisp tang of the day married with a sweet smoothness as the sun spends its final minutes warming your face.

My husband and I loved the mojo sauce so much that I made more the next night with chicken. If anyone's looking for a simple way to jazz up poultry, this is it!

What other ways do you like to use mojo sauce?

8 comments:

umashankar said...

If the recipe sounds exotic to me, you narration made me jump and rearrange my perceptions, "If the sofrito sauce is like summer vacation, the mojo sauce is like summer at sunset. You feel the crisp tang of the day married with a sweet smoothness as the sun spends its final minutes warming your face."

You have ensured I will never forget either sofrito or mojo sauce!

Unknown said...

It all looks, and sounds, completely beautiful.

Helena Fortissima said...

Anything that's got "mojo" in its description is worth looking into. There's nothing like having a versatile sauce in your repertoire! I love good guac, too, especially when it's got lots of lime and cilantro. Mmmm. Now, I'm hungry!

Maria Isabella said...

Charlene has a real poetic way of writing, don't you think? Stay tuned for her next guest post!

Maria Isabella said...

I completely agree, Dale!

Maria Isabella said...

Have you tried Eric's mojo recipe yet? It's on page 162 of my book...and I agree with Charlene: It's to-die-for!

JerseyLil said...

Charlene, this looks so delicious! Mouth-watering photos too! :)

Maria Isabella said...

I agree! Charlene really does a phenomenal job with her photojournalistic approach!

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