Roasted Garlic Salsa & Tacos

I’m whipping up some beef tacos with a roasted garlic salsa on the Napoleon P500RSIB Phantom for my best friend, Bert (who made a cameo at the end – he said it was amazing – no lie!). 

Here’s the recipe –
Ingredients for beef taco filling:
500g ground beef
30g taco seasoning (I am using a homemade seasoning but you can also use storebought)
¾ cup water

Tools needed:
Cast Iron Skillet
Spatula

Steps:
1. Pre-heat skillet on side burner of grill.
2. Add ground beef and allow it to brown.
3. Add water and taco seasoning, and allow to boil for about 5 minutes before taking it off the heat.

Ingredients for Roasted Garlic Salsa
Oil for coating the veggies
4-5 large Tomatoes or 8-10 small ones (Use roma tomatoes if you have them, I’m using Heirloom because I wasn’t able to get Roma)
2 small bulbs of garlic
1 onion
1 green chili (take out the seeds if you don’t want it to be too spicy – I’m using a local green chili, but you can use jalapenos if you like)
A bunch of cilantro leaves
1 lime
1.5 teaspoon of Salt
Pepper (3 pinches)

Tools needed:
Smoker box
Wood chips (we’re using cherry wood chips, but you can use any fruity wood chips to go with the veggies)
Grilling basket
Tongs

Steps:
1. Put a smoker box with wood chips over the burner.
2. Fire up the grill till it gets hot.
3. In the meantime, coat veggies (except coriander and lime) with olive oil and place them in the grilling basket.
4. Once the grill is hot, turn the heat down to medium and place the grilling basket on the cooking grids.
5. Cook for about 6-8 minutes before flipping over with your tongs to cook for another 6-8 minutes on the other side.
6. Once veggies have been cooked, take them off and place them in the blender. Make sure to peel the garlic before placing them in the blender. You may also peel the tomatoes if you prefer them this way.
7. Add juice of 1 lime, coriander, salt and pepper to blender.
8. Blend until well mixed.
9. Add more salt if preferred.
10. Serve sauce with tacos (taco shells, taco meat, and assortment of preferred ingredients such as shredded cabbage, sour cream, and cheese)