Carne Asada Street Tacos
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Almost "authentic" street tacos that you can make at home!
Recipe type: Entree
Cuisine: Mexican
Serves: 10
Ingredients
- 3 pounds flank steak or flap meat
- 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1 tablespoon cumin
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 3-4 cups orange juice
- 5 avocados
- 30 white corn tortillas
Instructions
- In a large bowl, add the beef, cilantro, lime juice, cumin, minced garlic, salt, pepper and two cups of orange juice and mix to combine. Add more orange juice until the beef is completely covered. Marinate the beef overnight in the refrigerator.
- Grill the beef, until it is cooked to about medium doneness. Let the meat rest for 10 minutes.
- Cut the beef, against the grain, into little pieces, about ¼ x ½ inch, or as close to this size as possible. The tacos will be much easier to eat if the beef is cut into small pieces. If the meat is cold because it takes so long to cut the beef, heat it in a frying pan over medium heat, for about 5 minutes or until it has been heated to desired temperature.
- Place 2-3 tortillas on a plate (depending on the size of your plates) wet a paper towel such that it is damp, but not dripping wet. Place the paper towel over the tortillas. Place 2-3 more tortillas over the paper towel. Wet another paper towel over the tortillas, add another layer of tortillas and another layer of paper towels. Warm the tortillas in the microwave for 1 minute. If the tortillas are still not at the desired temperature, microwave them for another 30 seconds. Repeat until the desired number of tortillas are warm.
- Mash the avocados with ¼ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon pepper or make guacamole and top tacos with the avocados.
- Place about 2 tablespoons of meat on a tortilla and top with about a tablespoon of the avocado mixture.
- Serve immediately.
Recipe by The Little Chef at http://littlechefblog.com/carne-asada-street-tacos/