# Carne Asada Tacos

These Carne Asada Tacos are prepared with marinated skirt steak grilled to perfection, served on warm tortillas with a fresh tomatillo salsa.

- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- skirt steak
- 1 unit white onion
- 1 unit jalapeño
- garlic
- 1 bunch cilantro
- olive oil
- 1 unit lime
- cumin
- chili powder
- 1 unit orange
- salt
- corn masa harina
- water
- tomatillos
- avocado

## Instructions

1. Slice the skirt steak into manageable pieces.
2. Thinly slice half of a white onion.
3. Slice the jalapeño.
4. Mince the garlic.
5. Chop the cilantro.
6. In a large bowl, add sliced onion, jalapeño, minced garlic, and chopped cilantro.
7. Pour olive oil into the bowl.
8. Squeeze the juice of one lime into the bowl.
9. Add cumin and chili powder.
10. Squeeze the juice of one orange into the bowl.
11. Add salt to taste.
12. Whisk all ingredients together to create the marinade.
13. Add the sliced skirt steak to the marinade and mix well to coat all pieces.
14. Transfer the marinated steak to a glass container and refrigerate to marinate.
15. Pour masa harina into a green bowl.
16. Add water to the masa harina and mix until a dough forms.
17. Use a tortilla press to flatten small balls of dough into tortillas.
18. Cook the tortillas on a hot frying pan until lightly browned.
19. Place cooked tortillas in a basket lined with a cloth to keep warm.
20. Place a grill grate on the grill.
21. Add tomatillos and onion wedges to the grill grate.
22. Add jalapeños to the grill grate and grill until charred.
23. In a molcajete, add salt and garlic and grind until a paste forms.
24. Add the grilled onions and jalapeños to the molcajete and grind into a coarse salsa.
25. Add the grilled tomatillos to the molcajete and grind, mixing with the other ingredients.
26. Add diced avocado to the molcajete and mix into the salsa.
27. Place the marinated skirt steak on the hot grill.
28. Flip the steak as it cooks to ensure even charring.
29. Once cooked, remove the steak from the grill and wrap it in aluminum foil to rest.
30. Transfer the rested steak to a cutting board.
31. Slice the steak against the grain into small pieces.
32. Transfer the chopped steak into a bowl and season with salt.
33. Mix the steak pieces to distribute the salt.
34. Assemble the tacos by placing grilled steak on warm tortillas.
35. Top with charred onions, tomatillo-avocado salsa, and a sprinkle of fresh diced onion and cilantro.
36. Finish with a squeeze of fresh lime juice.

## Equipment

- cutting board
- knife
- large mixing bowl
- lime squeezer
- whisk
- glass container
- refrigerator
- grill
- tongs
- tortilla press
- frying pan
- molcajete
- aluminum foil

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT62an1YU/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/180fa2cc-595f-423a-ac46-7b547c1df21e
- Extracted: 2025-07-18

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