Valenzuela's Restaurant

• Cuisine(s): Mexican
  Hours: Daily 9am-11pm
  Price: $ $
• Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Discover, cash
  Features: Takeout
  Serving: Dinner, Lunch
• Alcohol: Beer/Wine
  Reservations: Accepted, Not Necessary
  Parking: Lot Available

Description

We've been craving the carne asada en su jugo at Valenzuela's in El Monte, a big pile of browned beef flavored with bacon, plumped out with beans, seasoned with finely chopped onion and cilantro, and moistened with a spicy puddle of juice - maybe as much for the charred chiles served alongside as for the meat itself. Carne asada en su jugo is an unusually compelling dish, smoky and spicy and tart with lime, and almost nothing goes quite so well with an icy bottle of beer.