Carne Asada Tacos

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 lbs flank steaks or 2 lbs round steaks
• 1/3 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
• 2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 2 tablespoons crushed red pepper flakes
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste
• 2 tablespoons finely ground mexican oregano (optional)
• 4 plum tomatoes, chopped (roma)
• 1 jalapeno pepper, chopped fine
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 2 green onions, and green parts,chopped
• 6 -8 sprigs cilantro, chopped
• 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• salt
• 1/3 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
• 1 cup lettuce, shredded
• 1 onion, sliced and grilled (optional)
• 4 -6 green onions, chopped
• fresh lime wedge
• 12 corn tortillas or 12 flour tortillas, warmed

Recipe

• 1 marinate meat, then prepare garnish ingredients and salsa before grilling meat.
• 2 plan to have tortillas warmed as you are ready to serve meat.
• 3 for carne asada: marinate the thin steaks in lime juice in a shallow glass dish.
• 4 let set for 1 minutes, then add garlic, crushed red chile, black pepper, and mexican oregano (if desired).
• 5 marinate in refrigerator for at least 20 minutes, but longer is better.
• 6 when grill is red hot, grill steaks on each side for 1-2 minutes.
• 7 meat is thin and cooks quickly.
• 8 sprinkle meat with coarse salt as it cooks.
• 9 let meat cool a couple of minutes, then cut into thin strips against the grain.
• 10 serve immediately with warmed tortillas, salsa and garnishes.
• 11 salsa: combine all ingredients and season to taste.
• 12 you should have about 1 1/4 cups.