El Gaucho Diablo Sauce Recipes

LUCKY DEVILS DIABLO SAUCE

Steps:

• Roast the habanero and jalapeno peppers over an open flame until they are charred on the outside. Remove from the heat and cool slightly. Remove the stems and the seeds. Remove the stems and seeds from the pasilla pepper as well. Set aside.
• Place the tomatoes with their sauce into a large pot. Crush the tomatoes up more with your hands to break them up. Add the roasted habanero and jalapeno peppers, the pasilla chili paste, soy sauce, brown sugar, cayenne, ancho and California chili powders and paprika into the pot and bring to a low boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Remove from the heat and cool it down. You can place it into the refrigerator. Once the sauce it cooled completely, add the cilantro and lime juice.
• Puree in a food processor or blender until it is smooth. You can adjust the levels of peppers and chili powders to make the sauce hotter or milder to your liking. We love it hot!

STEAK GAUCHO-STYLE WITH ARGENTINIAN CHIMICHURRI SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat a grill.
• Place all chimichurri sauce ingredients in a blender or food processor and pulse until well chopped, but not pureed. Reserve.
• Dissolve cayenne pepper and salt in 1 cup hot water. Transfer to a squeeze container.
• Place the steak directly over a hot grill, baste with the chimichurri grilling sauce, and grill until the outer portion of the meat reaches the desired degree of doneness. Remove the steak from the grill and slice long strips from the outer edges of the steak. Instruct guests to pick up a steak slice from the cutting board with their fingers, place it on a slice of baguette, and enjoy. Return the remaining steak to the grill, baste, and grill until more of the steak is cooked. Remove and repeat the slicing and serving procedure until steak is consumed. For extra spicy steak, baste 2 or 3 additional times with the cayenne pepper mixture during grilling process. Spoon chimichurri sauce over steak. (Also brilliant on any grilled fish or chicken)
• Recommended beverage: Argentinian Malbec (red)

EL GAUCHO'S WICKED SHRIMP

Steps:

• Coat prawns in flour.
• Heat clarified butter or vegetable oil on high heat.
• Add prawns to saute pan.
• Coat with steak seasoning (your favorite store brand like Lawry's or Johnny's will work fine).
• Add garlic to pan.
• To make the spice mixture, mix cayenne pepper, black pepper, salt, red pepper flakes, thyme, rosemary and oregano.
• Grind them together in a spice grinder or food processor.
• Top prawns with 1 1/2 tablespoons of the spice mixture.
• Add white wine, beer and Worcestershire sauce to pan.
• Simmer 2-3 minutes until prawns are cooked.
• Swirl in butter to finish the sauce.
• Serve with a thick rustic bread.

GAUCHO CAYENNE STEAK DIABLO

Steps:

• Place the parsley, garlic, salt, pepper, pepper flakes, oregano, shallots, olive oil, sherry, and lemon juice, in a blender or food processor and pulse until well chopped well, but not pureed. Reserve.
• Dissolve cayenne pepper and salt in 1 cup hot water. Transfer to a squeeze bottle container.
• Place the steak directly over a hot grill, baste with the cayenne grilling sauce, and grill until the outer portion of the meat reaches the desired degree of doneness.
• Remove the steak from the grill and slice long strips from the outer edges of the steak. Instruct guests to pick up a steak slice from the cutting board with their fingers, place it on a slice of baguette, and enjoy. Return the remaining steak to the grill, baste, and grill until more of the steak is cooked.
• Remove and repeat the slicing and serving procedure until steak is consumed.
• For extra spicy steak, baste 2 or 3 additional times during grilling process.
• Serve the chimichurri sauce alongside the steak.