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Cooking for my girlfriend

Rasheed (63.176.159.153) -

Hello,

My girlfriend is originally from Nicaragua and I wanted to cook her a dish from her native country as a surprise. I have no idea what kind of food they eat in Nicaragua, can anyone tell me? Do they need very special ingredients and spices?

Reply #1 Homer (63.176.159.62) -

Carne Asada (Mexican grilled steak)

Ingredients:

* Flank or skirt steak -- 2-3 pounds

* Onions, thinly sliced -- 1-2

* Oranges, juice only -- 2-3

* Salt and pepper -- to season

* Oil -- 1/4 cup

Method

1. In a large stainless steel or glass bowl, mix the meat with the onions, orange juice, salt, pepper and oil. Cover and marinate at least 1 hour, or better yet overnight.

2. Start a good fire in your grill, preferably with mesquite charcoal. Remove the meat from its marinade, pat dry and grill over hot flame until the first side is well browned, from 5-7 minutes.

3. Turn the meat over and grill on the other side until cooked to desired doneness. Remove to a clean platter.

4. Slice meat into thin strips across the grain and serve as a topping for tostadas or as a filling for tacos or burritos.

Reply #2 Aurora (63.176.159.79) -

Nacatamales

Similar to dumplings, nacatamales consist of dough stuffed with rice and meats. The dough is then wrapped in banana leaves and steamed.

For the dough:

* 1 lb of maize flour

* 1 cup of butter

* 1 medium onion

* 1 green pepper or chilly if you can bear the heat

* 1 garlic clove

* ½ cup of orange juice

* 10 mint leaves

Fry the finely cut onion, garlic and chilly in a little butter and add them to the maize flour. Mix in orange juice and chopped mint leaves. Make a soft paste of the flour with milk and water. Heat the butter in a pot and add the flour mixture to it. Cook with stirring till a soft ball of dough, which leaves the side of the pot clean, is produced

For the Stuffing:

* 15 strips of bacon (chicken breast strips for the health conscious)

* ¾ cup raw rice

* 2 T of vinegar

* 15 slices of tomatoes

* 15 slices of green pepper

* 15 slices of onion

* 15 mint leaves

* 1 garlic clove, cumin onion ground to a paste to taste.

* Banana leaves

Marinate the chicken strips or bacon in a paste of garlic, onion, cumin and vinegar for two hours. Soak the raw rice for two hours.

Arrange two halves of a banana leaf in a 'T' and place over it a strip of meat, a teaspoon of rice, a slice each of tomato, onion and pepper. Fold the banana leaves over the parcel carefully and tie with a string. Make similar parcels and cook in a pot of water for half an hour. Unwrap the leaves and enjoy!

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