Carne Asada Tacos
These delicious carne asada tacos are mouthwatering good! These tacos are a family favorite (and a lot of our friends’ and family too!). I found a base recipe years ago on the Internet for these tacos, it was good but still needed some work. After many attempts, I finally have the best carne asada recipe. These tacos are great to serve for company, Taco Tuesday, or Cinco de Mayo, and the leftovers (if there are any) make really tasty burritos.
How to Make Carne Asada Tacos
In a gallon size zip lock bag, combine all ingredients with flank steak and mix really well. Let marinate for at least 6-24 hours.
Grill steak on a hot grill or in a grill pan over medium-high heat, for 4-5 minutes on each side, or until desired degree of doneness.
Other Ingredients:
- Corn tortillas, warmed
- 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 over an open flame or in a (dry)hot pan for 45-60 seconds on each side. You want them soft & pliable.
Top the warm tortilla with some meat, onion relish, salsa, guacamole, and cheese. Enjoy.
Equipment
- Grill or Grill Pan
Ingredients
Carne Asada Marinade:
- 2 lbs flank steak
- ½ cup soy sauce
- ½ cup vegetable or olive oil
- ⅓ cup vinegar
- 1-2 tsp white pepper, to taste
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp coriander
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp oregano
- 5 large cloves of garlic, minced
- Handful of cilantro, chopped
- Juice from 1 lime
Other Ingredients:
- Corn tortillas, warmed
- Onion, Lime & Cilantro relish (see recipe here) **Click recipe link up above for the recipe
- Roasted Tomato Salsa **Click recipe link up above for the recipe
- Guacamole **Click recipe link up above for the recipe
- Cotija cheese, crumbled
Instructions
Marinade:
- Combine all of ingredients in a large zip lock bag; seal & shake well. Add the flank steak and seal.
- Marinate in the refrigerator 6-24 hours.
Tacos:
- Grill steak on a hot grill or in a grill pan over medium-high heat, for 4-5 minutes on each side, or until desired degree of doneness.
- LET THE MEAT REST FOR AT LEAST 10 MINUTES before slicing! Once the meat has cooled, slice ACROSS grain into small chunks.
- Cook tortillas over an open flame or in a (dry)hot pan for 45-60 seconds on each side. You want them warm, soft, & pliable.
- Top the warm tortilla with some meat, onion relish, salsa, guacamole, and cheese. Enjoy.
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
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!!!
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 [email protected] if you’re interested :). Have a great day!
Just wanted to say thanks for posting this recipe, I know it’s been up for a few years, but I just discovered it last year. I have made this many times for me & my husband, as well as friends and family, and it’s always a huge hit!! Thanks again for posting so many tasty recipes!
I can’t believe I haven’t commented on this until now! This is the 1st recipe I made from you and this dish WON me over. I make it often. I check out your blog weekly and saved you as my fave 10 best sites
Awesome recipe! Full of flavor! Thank you so much for posting!