Mexicana

We enjoy a nice basic Mexican night when we all go to the beach. This is filled with something wrapped in a corn fajita, margaritas, and tequila. Usually the food is very basic but tasty.

First, the meat and veggies. We go simple here... both the chicken and sirloin are marinated in some light oil, salt, pepper, diced jalapenos, lime juice, and tequila. Let it sit at room temp for 2 hours before grilling the meat to medium rare and the chicken all the way through. Slice very thin right before serving. Next the veggies were sauteed in some oil, salt, pepper, and quartered fresh jalapenos.

Onto the sides... nothing crazy, fresh grated cheddar and monterey jack cheese, some salsa, sour cream, freshly made guaq, tomatoes, jalapenos, lettuce, and an array of hot sauces.

Finally for the best part... homemade margaritas. Take 36 limes, 1 orange, 2 lemons... peel the zest off of all citrus. Let that sit in 18 cups of water for 1 hour. While it sits juice the citrus and strain out as much pulp as possible. Drain the citrus zest water into a huge pot with 9 cups of sugar and mix. Add the freshly squeezed citrus juice (about 5 cups), add 9 cups of tequila, and 2 1/2 cups of triple sec (we prefer Patron orange liquor). Stir everything up nicely and you'll have 4 pitchers of fantastic freshly made margaritas, not too sweet, not too sour, just refreshing. Rim glass with salt, and pour over ice.