Carne Asada tacos

[1WVU]

Love some carne asada tacos and looking to make my own. @backcountry mounty or Anyone else have a good recipe or marinade for the steak?

 

[backcountry mounty]

I use a basic marinade of lime juice and zest, orange juice and zest, cilantro, fresh jalapeño, olive oil and a bunch of garlic (salt and pepper of course) for several hours. A bit of Mexican beer can also be used for the marinade.

A trick I like to use for this or stir fry is to dry the meat after marination and dust it in just a very small amount of corn starch so it really gets a nice sear when browning.

A friend of mine will also reserve the marinade, reduce it by a fourth and then spoon a small amount of it on the meat before adding the pico and other stuff.

 

[1WVU]

Do you typically use flank steak? I found a recipe from Aaron Sanchez before seeing your post. Basically laid the steak in a bed of pickled, sliced jalepenos for an hour or so before grilling. It was OK but I'm looking for more flavor. I'll try your marinade next time. Thanks!

 

[backcountry mounty]

was the flank tough? just me but that isn't enough marination for flank.

I should have included the cut in the reply but I usually buy a couple of strips, cut them down and then marinate and sear in a cast iron or fajita pan.

A well marinated flank or similar cut at mid rare would work well too. Do that camping all the time.

 

[1WVU]

The flank was a bit tough. My girls (younger) had a tough time with it. I'll try the strips next time.