How To Make Carne Asada
You don’t have to line up at a restaurant to get this classic Mexican dish! Try recreating your own tasty carne asada at home.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1lbflank steak
For Marinade:
- ¼cupfresh lime juice
- ⅓cuporange juice
- 1tbspsoy sauce
- 2tbspvegetable oil
- 1jalapeno,halved and seeded
- 3garlic cloves
- 1tspcumin
For Serving:
- 8corn tortillas
- pico de gallo
- guacamole
Instructions
Marinade:
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Combine the lime juice, orange juice, soy sauce, oil, jalapeno, garlic, and cumin in a blender and pulse until blended.
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Coat the flank steak with the marinade, and marinate for at least 4 hours or overnight.
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Preheat grill to medium-high heat.
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Grill the steak 7 to 9 minutes.
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Flip over and cook an additional 5 to 7 minutes or to reach desired doneness.
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Allow steak to rest for 10 minutes.
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Grill corn tortillas just until softened and lightly browned on the edges. Wrap in foil to keep warm.
To Assemble:
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Slice steak across the grain and then cut into small pieces.
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Fill the warmed tortillas with steak, pico de gallo, onion and guacamole.
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Serve, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 375.16kcal
- Fat: 17.98g
- Saturated Fat: 4.60g
- Trans Fat: 0.05g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 9.29g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.31g
- Carbohydrates: 26.25g
- Fiber: 3.36g
- Sugar: 2.61g
- Protein: 27.60g
- Cholesterol: 77.11mg
- Sodium: 304.43mg
- Calcium: 84.59mg
- Potassium: 567.01mg
- Iron: 2.86mg
- Vitamin A: 4.60µg
- Vitamin C: 19.76mg
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