# Carne Asada Tacos

Making delicious and authentic carne asada tacos has never been easier.

- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 lbs flank, flap, diced chuck or skirt steak
- 3 cloves garlic, smashed
- 0.25 medium onion, rough chopped
- 3 tbsp lime juice
- 0.25 cup orange juice
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 0.5 tsp chili powder
- 0.25 cup chopped cilantro
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 0.5 tsp black pepper
- 1.5 lbs tomatillos, rinsed and halved
- 1 jalape
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- 0.5 medium white onion, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 lime juice
- 1 tsp salt
- 0.5 tsp black pepper
- 0.33 cup cilantro

## Instructions

1. Add some fresh onion and garlic into the food processor.
2. Grate some lime zest into the food processor.
3. Squeeze the juice of a few limes into the food processor.
4. Grate some orange zest into the food processor.
5. Squeeze the juice of an orange into the food processor.
6. Season this with soy sauce for a deep savory umami flavor and to help caramelize.
7. Add a few key spices like Mexican oregano, cumin.
8. Add smoked paprika for added flavor.
9. Finish it off with a bunch of cilantro.
10. Blend all the ingredients for the marinade.
11. Place your steak of choice into a plastic bag.
12. Pour the marinade over the meat.
13. Seal the bag and massage the marinade into the steak.
14. Add tomatillos to a hot pan with olive oil.
15. Add onion, garlic, and jalape
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16. Toast up the tomatillos, onion, garlic, and jalape
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17. Transfer the toasted ingredients to a blender.
18. Add cilantro to the blender.
19. Add salt to the blender.
20. Add lime juice to the blender.
21. Blend the salsa verde until desired consistency.
22. Place the marinated skirt steak on a hot grill.
23. Grill the skirt steak until charred on both sides and cooked to a perfect medium temperature.
24. Remove the steak from the grill.
25. Slice the steak against the grain and dice it up as small as you can.
26. Place the diced carne asada onto warm corn tortillas.
27. Top with salsa verde.
28. Add fresh diced onion and cilantro on top.
29. Squeeze a lime over the tacos.

## Equipment

- food processor
- plastic bag
- pan
- tongs
- blender
- grill
- knife
- plate

## Tips

- The marinade is the most important thing here, but good thing it's easy.
- If you're going to have one topping on this taco, it's got to be salsa verde.
- You can definitely make this inside on a plancha or cast iron pan, but it's only right to grill this up if you got the chance.
- These tacos are one of the best for a reason: simple and filled with flavor.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMK88sDH/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/c22c9036-0e72-4b0a-8235-d69d711aa88f
- Extracted: 2025-11-16

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