Jerk Steak and Mango Salsa

Jerk Steak on a bed of Mango Salsa -
served with roasted potatoes in a curry-cheese sauce

Dating back a number of years I have a dish I call Caribbean Chicken.  Well, in our meat farm share, Urvi and I got a nice 3/4 lb cut of a marbled chuck steak.  Chuck is one of my favorites to marinade and I figured Caribbean Steak would be in order.  Unfortunately, I couldn't find guava juice - the main ingredient of the Caribbean marinade.  So I went with a New Englander's winter version of a jerk marinade.

Jerk Rub
- Jamaican Yellow Curry Powder
- Garlic Powder
- Allspice
- Ground Cloves
- Black pepper
- Celery Salt

Marinade
-  1/2 red onion -chopped
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 cup of apple cider
- habenero sauce

Slice the steak in half
dredge in mixed rub
drop into marinade
marinade for 24 hours

Mango Tomato Salsa

1/2 red onion - chopped
1/2 mango - chopped
3 tomatoes - chopped
1 pkg of orange Badia sazon
1 Tbsp red wine vinegar
sauce

mix together
let sit for 1 to 24 hours

Jamaican Tofu & Plum Curry

This dish is an old standby of mine. And, in my new apartment with its very own Deconstructionalist Kitchen, it was the first dish I made.

The tofu can easily be substituted for by chicken or seafood.

I switch between red plums and red pears, depending on the season.

Jamaican Tofu and Plum Curry

Rice-
1 cup of rice
2 cups of water
1 tbsp of turmeric
1 tbsp margarine

Curry
12 oz pkg of tofu, cubed (I always buy the pre-cubed kind, its so much less of a hassle).
1 lb broccoli, chopped
8 oz mushrooms, sliced
2 red plums, chopped
2 tbsp of flour
4 tbsp of Jamaican yellow curry (I use Reggae Country Style or Goya)
1 can of coconut milk
2 tbsp margarine

1. Make rice
2. Stirfry tofu and broccoli
3. Add mushrooms
4. Add plums - briefly stirfry (just enough to get hot and see a little juice)
5. Add flour and curry, stir
6. Add Coconut milk, stir and cover.
7. Put rice in with curry or serve curry over the rice. (I prefer the former just because I can get a good mix in without later having rice and no curry or vice-versa).