Mexican
Carne Asada Tacos
Carne Asada Tacos is Mexican home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 1.5 lb flank steak
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- 4 garlic cloves
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tbsp chili powder
- 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
- 12 corn tortillas
- 1 white onion
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp salt
How to cook it
- Whisk the orange juice, lime juice, minced garlic, cumin, chili powder, olive oil, and salt into a marinade.
- Add the flank steak, turn to coat, and let it marinate at room temperature for 30 minutes.
- Heat a grill or grill pan over high heat and cook the steak until well charred and medium, about 5 minutes per side.
- Rest the steak for 5 minutes, then slice thinly against the grain and chop into bite-size pieces.
- Warm the corn tortillas on the grill until soft and pliable, about 30 seconds per side.
- Fill the tortillas with steak and top with finely diced onion and plenty of cilantro, serving lime wedges alongside.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Carne Asada Tacos carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- High
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Grains and Meat or fish
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Carne Asada Tacos takes about 55 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. It is at its best in summer, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on beef, tortilla, and cilantro.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
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