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 love this recipe and so does my family. Very tasty
Made this recipe for the family. Followed the recipe instructions and it was a big hit for everyone. I will make this again for our coming group study .
use chili powder (in Texas chili beans) or Mexican chili powder ( contain only ground red chili pepper?? Thank you in advance for your help.
Easy and tasty. Took these tasty morsels to small group and they disappeared very quickly. Will make again and definitely add to the meal rotation.
This is the best recipe ever!
These are amazing! Cook the meat on my flat top. I top them with shredded cabbage, onions, and crumbled Cotija cheese. I also make a sour cream, cilantro lime sauce to drizzle on top. Family can’t get enough of them.
Yes this was DAMN DELICIOUS!
We did follow the recipe perfectly and I wouldn’t change a thing. Super delicious. Can hardly wait to make it for my friends!
Yum! These came out perfect. I used some “stir fry” cut steak from the supermarket and marinaded it for a while, sautéd, then took the meat out and diced it up, threw it back into the pan and fried just a little longer til everything was cooked through and with a little smokiness. Served on small corn tortillas with onion and cilantro. The tacos were delicious and my Mexican husband and mother in law complimented my cooking. I will say they were surprisingly not spicy at all so if you want some extra heat you can be more generous with the chili powder (or add hot sauce to the tacos lol).
In going to try and make these they sound so good and I don’t go out to eat I enjoy cooking at home
Amazing! My 13 year old front this recipe and we now use it on our taco truck! Everyone loves them!!!
I have made these a couple times now and they are fantastic. I did not have any skits on hand so I sliced some “petit filets” – you know the ones that weigh about 3 ozs each that are cheap at the store – while they were still half frozen. Cut them real thin. Marinated for 2 hours. Awesome.
This is a really good recipe ! I’ve made it for my family several times now. Everyone likes it – and that makes it special!!
OMG, this was AMAZING!!!! It was so easy and full of flavor. The shirt steak was tender too. The only thing I omitted was the cilantro…I’m one of those who finds it tastes like soap. I just topped with the red onion and shredded lettuce. This is a keeper!
Despite following directions, this was just a little too bland for me. I added some spice (cayenne pepper) and it definitely made it better. If you like really mild tacos, you might like this.
Excellent recipe! I like how fast the marinade works. I didn’t have low sodium Soy Saue so I used 1 1/2 tbsp Kikoman and 1/2 tbsp water. Great authentic Mexican style Carne Asada tacos! And they do have these in SE Wisconsin on taco trucks and even in The Chi! I just needed a great recipe to make them at home!
Sooooo good! Keep coming back. I pop the meat into an unwrap or for 6 mins then set to sauté mode so the sauce is absorbed into the meat. Thank you!!!!! The more meat the better
Awesome tacos! I used corn tortillas and had some avocado slices to top it. I had everything to make these without going to the store except canola oil so I substituted with vegetable oil. We will definitely make this again!
Delicious but 1lb steak definitely yields more than 6 servings! Had plenty leftovers for another day.
This is a definite keeper!! My family LOVED this-no leftovers in sight.
I did add 1 tsp smoked paprika
Awesome, delicious flavors! Exchanged flour tortillas to corn tortillas. We will continue to make this recipe. Thanks for sharing .
These were amazing! The only change I made was to grill the steak. I marinated it for a couple of hours, threw it on the grill and then chopped it into bite size pieces. I also warned up the tortillas on the grill after I took the meat off (while the meat rested). Everyone said these were the best street tacos they had ever tasted.