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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I’ll start by saying I don’t like that you didn’t include a preparation for the tortillas, because as simple and easy as a tortilla is, it is still an important part of the taqueria/taco truck experience. But the rest of the recipe drove the flavor profile from my favorite taco places out of the park! I now am comfortable and confident in my abilities to create at least one memorable and common place (fast food recognized) dish on my table once a week. I love the emphasis on the marinade here, because I honestly don’t believe any place near me DOES marinade its steak, and it makes all the difference.
I use rump steak for trial but it was a hit. My kids loved it so much, they ask me to make it again.
Love you guys! Thanks for all the recipes
I didn’t have chili pepper but did have blacken seasoning. Sooo I substituted almost a teaspoon of it. I sliced my garlic really thin instead of chopped. Kind of a ‘vampire’ taco version. Yellow corn tortillas seared in a pan with a little oil. So good!
I love this recipe! I alternate between steak and pork. Either way, delicious.
Did tonight,amazing recipe! My partner and I are happy like kids,it was a bomb
Amazing! I made this a few weeks ago for Taco Tuesday even posted it on my TikTok!! I followed the recipe and my family loved it! The meat was so tender and cooked perfectly, we are ate the left over meat by itself!! “little steak bites” I’m making it again tonight, I will tweak the seasonings a little bit but only to enhance the flavor even more
Absolutely amazing
I seriously love this recipe. I personally use 10-11 ounces of beef with the above spice recipe; but I just LOVE the flavor of the spices.
This is a great recipe! Longest part is chopping ingredients and meat for marinade. Rest is breeze. My teen boys have eagerly requested for the same meal to be made again after they tried it first time. I am going to also add refried beans and sprinkle some chopped jalapeños and serve with verde souce tonight. One our fav recipes for sure.
These were so good. I love, love, LOVE street tacos. These were like heaven. Definitely a new addition to my taco nights. Thanks for the quick and easy recipe.
Me and my mother loved this!!!!
My mom is a very picky eater, and she enjoyed this immensely.
I will be making this again. Thanks for the post.
I added a medely of different colored Peppers and cheese. Delish! Thanks!
Awesome, I’ve let it marinade a lot longer in and a plastic container, but may try the shorter recommended time. My coworker said it was the best thing I’ve ever made. Flavors pop out all over a smorgasbord of flavor! I’m going to try this with chicken and see how it goes. Flour tortillas also are tasty with this recipe.
Can I substitute the lime for anything (other than lemon juice) or can I leave it out?
I’ve made these tacos many times and love them!! I have all the ingredients tonight apart from the lime so any help would be great!
I use orange juice and orange zest sometimes.
So easy and so good!! We moved away from LA and have missed this style of taco so much. Will definitely be in our regular rotation!
My first time having Mexican Street Tacos. This recipe was AWESOME!!!!!! Taco night in my house will always be great!!!! No more ground beef tacos!!!
This is one of my favorite taco recipes to make. Quick, easy, and delicious!
I’ve never been to NYC…in fact, I live on a small island just North of Brisbane, Australia…but I tried this recipe and we LOVE it. Well done, I can only imagine how popular those street vendors are….well done!
Too much chili powder. The chili powder ruined it.
I only had pork chops in the house so I cut them into small pieces and the recipe still worked out well. Can’t wait to try with steak!!
This is a great authentic recipe! I’ve made it with both steak and chicken and my picky family ate every last bite! No more ordering from our local taqueria!
Absolutely perfect street taco flavor.