Carne Asada Sandwiches With Chipotle Mayonnaise

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 red onion, thinly sliced
• 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
• 3 cloves garlic
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 tablespoons lime juice
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 lbs round steaks (1/4 - 1/3 inch thick, can use flank or skirt steak as well)
• 1/2 cup regular mayonnaise or 1/2 cup light mayonnaise (i use hellman's light mayo)
• 1 tablespoon pureed canned chipotle chile in adobo (you can usually find this in the ethnic aisle of a larger grocery store)
• 6 hard rolls or 6 focaccia bread or 6 other buns
• 2 avocados, halved,pitted,peeled,thinly sliced

Recipe

• 1 rinse the onion slices in a strainer under cold running water.
• 2 pat dry; place in a bowl.
• 3 cover with the red wine vinegar.
• 4 set aside for 30 minutes or up to 2 hours.
• 5 pound the garlic with salt, using a mortar and pestle, to make a paste.
• 6 add 1 tablespoon of the lime juice and incorporate it into the garlic.
• 7 slowly add the olive oil, stirring with the pestle to incorporate it.
• 8 (if you don't have a mortar and pestle, this can be done in a food processor.) spoon the garlic mixture over the steak, spreading it with the back of a spoon.
• 9 season with salt.
• 10 turn the meat over and do the same with the other side.
• 11 combine the mayonnaise, pureed chipotle and sauce and remaining 1 tablespoon of the lime juice in another small bowl.
• 12 grill or fry the beef over high heat, 3 minutes.
• 13 turn; cook to medium rare, 1-2 minutes.
• 14 set aside.
• 15 cut the rolls in half; spread each half with 1 tablespoon of the chipotle mayonnaise.
• 16 arrange the avocado slices on the top half of the roll; top with a few onion rings.
• 17 cut the meat into pieces roughly the size of the bread; arrange on the onion rings.
• 18 add the bottom half of the roll; press gently to compact everything together.