Carne Asada Street Tacos
Aug 5, 2024
- Servings
- 4-6
- Total time
- 60 minutes
- Course
- Entree
Ingredients
- 4 teaspoon avocado oil, divided
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 2 pounds skirt steak, diced into ½-inch cubes
- 12 white corn street taco size tortillas
For the Dry Rub
- 2 teaspoon chipotle powder
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1½ teaspoon kosher salt
For Marinade
- 4 tbsp soy sauce
- 4 tbsp fresh squeeze lime juice
- 4 tbsp orange juice
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tsp liquid smoke mesquite
Garnish
- 1 red onion, diced
- 2 small bunches cilantro, finely minced
- 3 ears of corn on the cob, cut off the cob
- 6 avocados, diced
- 1 cup cotija cheese, crumbled
- 8 tbsp sour cream
- 3 limes, sliced into wedges
Instructions
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Combine all ingredients of dry rub well. Dice your meat into small ½-inch pieces and coat with 1 tbsp olive oil. Toss meat with dry ingredients making sure spices are evenly distributed. Then add all ingredients of marinade. Let sit for 20 minutes.
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Cut corn off the cob and heat in a cast iron skillet in 2 tsp of avocado oil. Add the corn to the hot skillet, stirring constantly for 10 minutes. Add salt to taste. Set aside.
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Heat corn tortillas in the oven for 7 minutes. Set aside.
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Heat cast iron skillet to high with remaining avocado oil. Add in the skirt steak in batches till pink in middle, or medium rare. Set aside till all is cooked.
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Put skirt steak in tortillas and top off with red onion, corn, cilantro, and cotija cheese. Serve with lime wedges.