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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These were really good. I actually used ground chicken because that’s what I had but they were excellent. Seasoning was just right.
Love this recipe!!!!
These street tacos were absolutely the BEST! Thank you for sharing this recipe! Absolutely love your blog!
These were phenomenal! I’ve struggled with making pastor and steak tacos… they always come out way too dry. The key here is the canola oil – not only does it keep everything marinated well, it helps the steak from drying out as you grill it. It was concerned there wasn’t enough marinade when I began to grill, but once everything heated up the marinade became more liquid. I grilled the steak for probably 10-12 minutes, until there was only a couple tbsps left of the marinade and the steak was done perfectly. Delicious and still juicy. Everyone loved them!
Logs good
My husband is a very picky eater, it is hard to find new things for him to try and when he does give in and try something, he never likes or complains about it. So, I knew this was a risk to even try but I was pleasantly surprised, he loved it, even went back for seconds (rare occurrence ) Anyone thinking about it should give it a try. It’s easy, quick and so delicious. Thank you for sharing your recipe.
OMG! This is how I envision taco Tuesday (and Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, etc) for the rest of time!! The meat was perfect; the marinade is making my mouth water just thinking about it. This was perfection
Wow. Love the marinade.
I always struggle with steak tacos but not anymore! This was so easy and tasty. Marinated for about 5 hours and the meat cooked up perfectly tender. Thank you!
As always the food is Damn Delicious! One of my Favorite recipes!
I’m also from Cali born and raised and miss the Garbage wagons but I ate at them all the time been in NC from 26 years now and still miss them found a few over the years but they are only there maybe a year. There have been a few restaurants but there not the same as a Garbage wagon. I Googled for a recipe and came across this and WOW it took me back to great . Made with steak the first time this time I’m gonna try pork
Ah the garbage wagons…now you got me missing them too
I made these street tacos tonight for my family of 6. All of my kids LOVED these. Sooo good!!!
Chiberia…lol. More like Chiraq.
After reading through all the reviews, I’m still uncertain if you are suppose to cut up the meat prior to marinating it. (It sounds like it should be cut up first in the ingredients). I’m going to leave it whole and grill it I think, rather than use a skillet to cook it. I hope it still will get tenderized.
I’m confused on this too?
Yes cut it up.
Recipe says to cut it up first and it seems like that’s what most reviewers are doing, but I’ve tried both and prefer to leave the steak whole or cut it into 2 or 3 large pieces. Cutting into smaller pieces does allow the marinade to penetrate the meat better, but it also makes the meat tougher because you really can’t cook it to medium rare or even medium if it’s cut into tiny pieces. If you like your steak medium rare, keep it whole and you’ll end up with much more tender, juicy steak.
This looks really good! This would be perfect on our taco bar! Can this be cooked in a slow cooker? This would free up my last minute cooking time.
Mexican Street Tacos
These were amazing! Just the right amount of spice. Served with Mexican rice and coke slaw. Yum!
These have become a family favorite! I make them at least once a week (if my kiddos had it their we would eat them everyday). The only difference I make is heavily season the meat with the dry ingredients in the recipe while grilling/frying. I use chicken breast as well (great grilled), prior to marinating I evenly flatten the breast with a rolling pin to create an even breast. Excellent recipe! Thank you
I made this and it was so dang delish!!! I usually do not like cumin but I followed the recipe exactly as written and there wasn’t one chunk of meat left!!! 4 pounds so I doubled the marinade recipe. I used corn tortillas and warmed them to be a bit crispy…… soooooo good! My family raved about this. I made refried beans and fideo and bought this frozen Mexican corn from sams club which was another hit and so easy! Sabroso!!!!
My picky kids love this and ask me to make it for dinner at least once a week! I’m going to need to double the recipe! Thanks so much!
My guests couldn’t stop raving about these Tacos!! They are delicious! Thank you for sharing this recipe!
Absolutely delicious dish and you can’t go wrong! It was quick & easy to make and I received thumbs up from everyone in my family. The Flavor was so yummy that everything disappeared with no left overs, which never happens in our home.
Very easy to follow and it was not what I expected. I was delicious!!!!! Tasted almost like some of the street tacos here in ny town. Just too lazy to go venturing into the world for it. Thank you for sharing your recipe. Going to put make it as burrito this time. Just thinking about is making me salivate.