Carne Asada Tacos
Thursday, September 25, 2008 by Pam
Mouth watering good! This has to be my husbands all time favorite dish. I found a recipe years ago on the Internet for these tacos, it was good but still needed some work. It took a while and many attempts, but I think I finally have the perfect carne asada recipe. My children and I love this as much as my husband does. It's great to serve for company and the leftovers (if there are any) make really tasty burritos.Carne Asada Marinade:
- 1 1/2 - 2 lbs of flank steak
- 1/3 cup vinegar
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1-2 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 1/2 tsp oregano
- 2 limes, juiced
- 4-5 cloves garlic minced
In a gallon size Ziploc bag, combine all ingredients with flank steak and mix really well. Let marinate for at least 6 hours - overnight if you can.
Grill steak until desired degree of doneness. LET SIT FOR AT LEAST 5-10 MINUTES! Once the meat has cooled, slice ACROSS grain into small chunks.
Other Ingredients:
- Corn tortillas
- Cotija cheese (Mexican cheese that is worth getting because it's really great on all Mexican dishes & salads)
- Guacamole (see recipe here)
- Roasted Tomato Salsa (see recipe here)
- Onion, Lime & Cilantro relish (see recipe here)
Cook tortillas (dry) in a hot pan for 45-60 seconds on each side. You want them soft & pliable. Add meat, cheese, salsa, onion & top with guacamole. You will LOVE these tacos.
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Looks delicious indeed. I think my boyfriend is going to love this recipe.
hey, this is so perfect with your corn salad... another winner... :)
man, if I was eating at your house I would think I had died and gone to heaven. this looks fabulous!
im actually drooling in from of my laptop now!! yum
I think this is going to be one of my all time favorites too!
My friend just made a similar dish the other night, but didn't make guacamole, bummer. This recipe looks really good!
Tea with cream? How forward thinking ;) we only have semi-skimmed milk, but I'm sending you one over :) These tacos look amazing, once I finish revising and I get back to cooking anything remotely fun i'll give it a try :)
Oh my goodness... this is my steak happy face :) Awesome job, your husband is a lucky dude
Your Guac looks so inviting!! What a great meal!
We love tacos, and may have to try this recipe so we can have more variety to choose from!
Congrats on being featured on FFF!
Hi Pam! Congrats on being featured on Leftover Queen's Finest Foodies!
Your carne asada looks so delicious and your pictures are awesome as usual! Have a great weekend!
I never heard of tacos with steak before! This sounds good!
WOW that looks amazingly good! can you possibly mail me one??? :)
I would love those tacos!!
As you can see from my blog - I/we (the husband too) love tacos!!!
I will HAVE to give those a go. Thanks for sharing. Jan x
Ohhh yum! They look so good.
You're getting all my favorite dishes this week!
Oh Pam, your stuff just keeps getting better and better! Love this recipe and your photos are great. I've not cooked flank steak before, and I'm thinking I need to give it a try!
oh these look lovely. i never cook tacos, but always mean to add them to my repertior. i love, love, love guac. yum.
I think I have to move in with you and watch your munchkins while you cook :)
These look absolutely incredible. It's bittersweet I found you because I am gaining weight just looking. How did I anyway, find you that is!? I have already forgotten with this amazing food in front of my eyes!!
This looks wonderful Pam...I am all over this, when is dinner? Excellent pic too.
Ed the other half of MaryBeth...
You're right-- I do love them! Now, the next step is to convince my family to eat some beef with me... :) (PS That roasted tomato salsa is calling my name!)
OMG I absolutely LOVE you! I have been searching for a good carne asada recipe FOREVER. When my first two kids were really little we lived in an apartment and there was a Mexican woman who would grill carne asada, oh it was Heaven! She bought it from a Mexican deli but we moved before finding out which one. We've since moved from that state completely. I can't wait to try this, in fact I may just add it to my menu plan for next week!
holy guacamole. whenever i see it, i'm immediately interested. this entire meal is phenomenal--nicely done. :)
Everything here looks fabulous, Pam. Great job!
What a gorgeous presentation! This could easily be a favorite dish at my house too.
Tacos are a staple around this house. I love the seasonings and spices that you used on the flank steak - I usually use carne asada but will have to try with flank!!
YUM
How tasty! I love Mexican food.
Yum! Came across your blog searching for lemon bars and started reading other recipes. My wife and I made the corn salad with some BBS chicken - it turned out awesome. We made the carne asada marindate tonight and will be trying our hand at the salsa, guacamole, and relish for dinner tomorrow. Keep up the great work!!!
I'm going to go ahead and leave this on here instead of your new DB post...
I LOVE.your.blog.
I feel like I had seen you "around" someplace or another, but where exactly is escaping me. In any case, I linked to you tonight through the Finest Foodies Friday post on Leftover Queen and read through 4 pages before I just went ahead and added you to my "must read" list.
Everything you make I would eat and, more surprisingly, so would my husband. Gotta love that.
Can't wait to keep reading more of you!
Yum! I just looks delicious. I want to marry any food South of the Border!
my boyfriend Hurley(who happen to write the restaurant reviews on the blog)is a huge fan of mexican food. I can't wait until he comes home and so I can show him this because he will be floored by this recipe!
we made this tonight and it was fabulous! thank you.
My husband and I tried this tonight and we LOVED it. We were selfish and ate it all after the kids went to bed! Thanks so much for such a great recipe.
oh my god, that beef just looks so perfect! i wudda finish the beef before i could even get my hands on anything else hehe
Oh this looks fabulous! Makes me hungry for it at 7:30 in the morning.
Wonderfully vibrant photography, too. Beautiful blog. Very nice!
Delicious recipe! The marinade is so original and sounds quite tasty. I love all the yummy ingredients on the taco! We would love to feature this recipe on our blog and digital recipe reader. Please email me at sophiekiblogger@gmail.com if you're interested :). Have a great day!
Just wanted to let you know that we had this for dinner last night and it was very good! I think I should have let the tomatoes roast a little longer for the salsa, but it was still good. The marinade was very good, and I also make the onion cilantro mixture. I bought the cheese, but as soon as I opened it I knew there was no way I could get away with serving it. Way too pungent for my family, LOL! So I went with good old cheddar instead. Very good meal, thank you for sharing it! I will be posting this either tonight or tomorrow and will link over to your post!
Hey Pam! I FINALLY posted my Carne Asada pics, but I didn't post the recipes. Instead I linked back to you. Thanks!
The tacos were excellent! I moved to the East Coast from Southern California a year ago and have yet to find a restaurant that serves good tacos like I had back in LA. Search no more...I can make the tacos myself. These tacos are even better than those I used to have in LA! Thanks for sharing your recipe and for saving me the airfare to fly back to LA to have good tacos. Your taco recipe rocks!
I made this for dinner last night and it was great! Thanks for sharing your recipe. I love tacos, but hardly ever make them at home for lack of a good recipe. Now I have one. :)
Aloha,
I just made dinner using your carne asada recipe and it turned out wonderful!
I even made your pic de gallo recipe, another winner.
Your directions and pictures really help, and we are more than pleased with the results!!
Thank you for sharing your recipes and talents!
Mahalo!!
Wow this looks too good. now i gotta go make me some tacos with guacamole. although i just ate 7 carne asada tacos haha
Coleen was just raving about your site today at the park and this evening I was looking for a carne asada recipe and found yours! Pam, its awesome. I can tell your love for your family oozes out of your great meals. Thanks for keepin it simple enough for even the likes of me to follow along!!!
This looks and sounds fabulous! I'll be trying it this week!
Hi Pam! I just made these for the second time this weekend and they were so delicious! I posted about them today on my blog and linked the recipe back to you! Hope you don't mind....Thanks!! Aggie