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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This was great normally I don’t like my cooking. My husband enjoy it.
Thanks
I would LOVE to know how the tortillas are warmed. It looks like they are pan heated/ seared?
Excellent! We had thinly sliced New York steak from Costco so we used that. Served on warm corn tortillas with onion and cilantro. As a side dish I made a zucchini/onion/red bell pepper sauté and I discovered that it went really well inside the taco. Thanks for the recipe!
Made many times I make a x4 batch of the marinade and use 2.5 lbs of carne asada steak cut into stripes. Only other variation is I use garlic powder instead of fresh garlic. These are great tacos and a staple at my home thanks for an amazing recipe
These were excellent. I made them with some leftover rare steak that I marinated and then sauted.
THIS!!! Omgosh delicious!! I want to make these for everyone I know! Thank you for this recipe!! It’s now mine forever!!
Way to turn your pain into purpose! ( current Bible study topic…) I have been searching for a delicious taco recipe like this! Thank you so very much!
The best street taco recipe ever! My boys BEG for this! It’s the 1st thing my college kiddo asks for when he comes home!
This recipe was so good and was super easy to make. I had all the spices I needed in my cabinet and only needed to make a trip to the store for the steak, tortillas, onion, cilantro and lime. I used Flat iron steak instead of skirt steak because my grocery store didn’t have it, but it still turned out amazing and my family loved it.
Awesome. Best tacos I’ve ever made. Simple and tasty. Thx for the recipe.
really good!
Yummm! So our store didn’t have skirt steak so used flank, easy to put together for a tired mama with a toddler! and I’m team Deborah who told off that one commenter off with their 5 hour smoking and homemade tortillas, comments were so entertaining lol thank you
These were delicious! I screwed up and didn’t read to cook them in a cast iron and I grilled them. It wasn’t until after I lifted the charcoal, I realized I’m stupid lol. Anyway, these were fantastic. I ALSO made your cilantro jalapeño sauce to go with the tacos and it was NEXT LEVEL! Thank you!
Awesome recipe, I make a salsa using tomato, white onion, yellow pepper, cojita cheese, cumin, chili powder and cilantro. I add this and it’s amazing, thank you
Can I substitute other meats like chicken or shrimp?
Good recipe but way too much chili powder, it overpowered everything else. Next time I’ll halve it. Otherwise very good!
Would I use 1 1/2lb of shrimp instead of steak to keep the measurements of the marinade the same?
These are delicious! And fairly easy. They’ve become a stable dinner in our house. Kids love them, parents love them.
Quick question? This makes 6 tacos is that correct? Thank you.
Hi Karrissa! This recipe yields 6 servings, making about 12 tacos. I hope that answers your question!
We made these tonight. They are FANTASTIC AND DELICIOUS!! My family said, this is the only tacos they ever want from now on!!