Carne Asada Street Tacos
Try Carne Asada Street Tacos for a quick and tasty meal idea. Carne asada tacos are packed with flavor. Everyone will love this easy carne asada recipe.
Servings: 8
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 3 lbs flank steak or you can use skirt steak
- 1 onion chopped
- 2 fresh limes plus extra for toppings (this is what i use to get all the lime juice out)
- 1 bundle of cilantro
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- ½ stick butter
- 16 mini corn tortillas
Instructions
- Thinly slice the steak. Then chop into bite site pieces.
- In a skillet, begin to brown the steak in the oil.
- Add half the onions to the skillet and cook until soft. Save the rest of the onions.
- Meanwhile season with salt and pepper.
- Squeeze the juice of two fresh limes over the meat and onion mixture.
- Continue cooking until the meat is cooked through.
- While the steak is cooking, melt the butter in another skillet or I used an electric skillet.
- Fry the mini corn tortillas in the melted butter for 1 minute until they are soft.
- Allow them to cool slightly.
- You will need 2 mini corn tortillas per taco.
- Spoon the meat mixture on the tortillas.
- Top with cilantro, fresh onions and serve with limes.
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Notes
Expert Tips
Variations Ideas
- Cutting Meat - To make a classic carne asada taco the meat needs to be cut in small pieces. Place the meat on a cutting board, with the sharp knife cut the steak into strips. Then cut those strips in smaller pieces. This allows the meat to cook quickly for these delicious tacos.
- Prepare Skillet - We like using a cast iron skillet to cook this meat, but any skillet would work. We recommend preheating the skillet with the oil to create a delicious texture.
- Tortillas - We like using small tortillas to make these tacos. You can use flour tortillas or corn tortillas.
- Seasoning - Feel free to use other spices to make these tacos. The addition of garlic, cumin, oregano and chili powder add a delicious variation to this recipe.
- Citrus Flavor - You can also substitute the lime juice with lemon juice or orange juice.
Nutrition
Calories: 505kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 41g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 117mg | Sodium: 843mg | Potassium: 708mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 200IU | Vitamin C: 5.9mg | Calcium: 110mg | Iron: 4.8mg
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