Mexican Street Tacos
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Easy, quick, authentic carne asada street tacos you can now make right at home! Top with onion, cilantro + fresh lime juice! SO GOOD!
You truly begin to miss things once they are gone. That’s not just a saying. It’s real life.
See, I lived a block away from a famous taco truck back in LA. And as much as I love street tacos, I only went there maybe four times a year.
And now that I’ve moved to Chicago, all I think about is the proximity of that taco truck back home in Los Angeles. If that taco truck were here in Chiberia, I would go four times a day!
But until I get back to LA, here is my rendition of my favorite street tacos that I miss so dearly.
It’s a quick recipe using a simple marinade for your skirt steak. It just needs 1 hour of marinating before you throw it onto a skillet. From there, you can top off your tacos with diced onion, cilantro and fresh lime juice.
It’s simple, it’s easy and it’s just perfect. That is, until you can get back to Los Angeles!
Mexican Street Tacos
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
- 2 tablespoons canola oil, divided
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 ½ pounds skirt steak, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 12 mini flour tortillas, warmed
- ¾ cup diced red onion
- ½ cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves
- 1 lime, cut into wedges
Equipment
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, combine soy sauce, lime juice, 1 tablespoon canola oil, garlic, chili powder, cumin and oregano.
- In a gallon size Ziploc bag or large bowl, combine soy sauce mixture and steak; marinate for at least 1 hour up to 4 hours, turning the bag occasionally.
- Heat remaining 1 tablespoon canola oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add steak and marinade, and cook, stirring often, until steak has browned and marinade has reduced, about 5-6 minutes, or until desired doneness.
- Serve steak in tortillas, topped with onion, cilantro and lime.
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Great recipe
These are awesome Im Mexican and never made with soy sauce before it really is authentic and I never realized that was the missing ingredient ALL my kids ate this which is rare.
Excellent – easy and delicious. And in addition, you need very little meat to serve a lot of people who feel more than satisfied.
The tacos can be dressed up with more veg if you feel like it.
Loved this recipe! So delicious…one change I made that I got from another Street Taco recipe a while back was to add the Cotija Cheese on these. It added a nice little touch.
My entire family loved these. Easy to make. The marinate was perfect!
I grew up on tacos, in California and Arizona. I can’t wait to make your tacos but I will be using crispy shells. I have tried the soft floppy shells, just don’t like the mess.
Made tonite and it came out great. Added a few extra ingredients especially cumin and garlic . cant wait to try more recipes
So delicious so easy it was a huge hit with everyone in our house
Your recipe looks delicious, I look forward to making it.
I wish I had all the ingredients to make the this evening.
However on a side note I’d like to say after twenty years in Chicago if you aren’t finding great Mexican food including street it’s because you aren’t looking. Chicago has a huge and thriving hispanic community and some of the most AMAZING Mexican food you could ever hope to find.
Go to Pilsen, the west side, Logan Square, Lincoln Square, Humboldt Park, East Ukrainian Village, South and west Loop. I mean I dig that you had a taco truck you liked in LA but if you’re now in the gorgeous city of Chicago and you can’t find something similar to or better than the fare you’re used to then it’s because you aren’t trying my friend. Best of luck and I look forward to making your tacos.
I completely agree! Chicago has some of the best Mexican food out there! Patron in Humboldt Park has GREAT tacos!
Incredibly easy and SO FREAKING GOOD! And even with just one hour marinating (I’ll do better next time), amazing flavor.
These are the best tacos in the entire freaking world. I’ve made them for several guests and they’ve all LOVED them. Even my mother in law, who never asks anyone for recipes because she has an armory of good recipes, asked for this one after I made it for her. They’re even great for leftovers. I make my own sauce with sour cream, cilantro, lime juice, and a little milk and it just knocks it out of the park. I also use sirloin tip thin instead of flank and it’s so tender and amazing. I’m going to make this for the rest of my life!
Delicious! It is my go to recipe for street tacos.
I made this with ground bison. It’s so good! Thank you 🙂
Appa does not approve *crying face*
Born and raised in northern California. Now living in Germany, and really miss the food. These were EPIC!
Very good tacos !
Love, love, love this recipe. First, we had the tacos exactly as your recipe directed. Next night, back by popular demand, but to change it up we just used the steak portion and topped it onto homemade Poutine. Yum. Three days in a row seemed crazy, so we skipped a day and then we had the steak portion topped off on a crisp green salad with a simple balsamic dressing for lunch. Again, yum – or should I say “Damn Delicious”!
so delicious, so flavorful, so easy. only problem is i think instead of 3 cloves of garlic it should be like 1, there was way too much garlicy flavor for my personal liking. but of course different people like different flavors! thank you for this delicious recipe
I will DEFINITELY use this recipe again. The meat was so tender and a really good flavor. I used both steak and chicken and both were perfect!
very yummy. Made it for my class fiesta and they loved it. Easy and rewarding to make.
This was amazing! Followed the recipe as written, except I substituted vegetable oil for the canola oil. Perfect seasoning and a hit with the family. Will definitely make again!
This recipe is pure gold! Also, just as great leftover as it is fresh.
My family loves this recipe, I have made it a few times, and each time they eat it all, there are no leftovers. Very good and simple.