Carne Asada Street Tacos

These carne asada street tacos were way better than run of the mill ground beef tacos and not that much harder to make! It takes more prep but it turns out way more flavorful. I found that you should marinate the meat for about 6 hours to make sure all the flavors sink into the meat.

Things you'll need:

- 2 lbs Flank steak

- 1 Orange

- 2 Limes

- 3 or 4 Cloves of garlic

- Cilantro

- 1 Jalapeño 

- 1/2 cup Olive oil

- 2 tbsp White vinegar

- Sea salt & course ground black pepper 

- 1 White onion

- Shredded jack cheese

- Avocado (if wanted, I love avocado)

- 7" Corn tortillas 

For the marinade:

Get a tupperware container large enough to fit the meat well. 

Finely chop the garlic & dice the jalapeño. If you have a mortar you can actually crush the garlic, jalapeño, and cilantro into a paste but I just chopped mine. Put the paste or chopped mixture into the tupperware container.

Squeeze in the orange and 2 limes. Make sure you get as much juice as possible out of them. I cut mine into quarters and was able to squeeze them easier that way. 

Next add in the 2 tbsp of white vinegar and about a 1/2 a cup of olive oil. Sprinkle in some salt and  pepper as well. 

Mix all the ingredients together well and then lay the steak into the mixture. Toss the steaks around with your hands until each piece is nicely coated in the marinade. 

Let steaks marinade in the fridge for anywhere from 1-7 hours. I let mine sit for between 5-6 hours and it was perfect. 

Time to grill! 

Heat up the grill till it's nice & hot, medium high to high heat. Make sure you brush the grill with olive oil so you steaks don't stick to it. 

Before you place the steaks on the grill sprinkle each one with sea salt and course ground black pepper.

Grill each steak for about 7 minutes on each side, you want them to get nice grill marks on them. 

Once you take them off the grill let them rest for a few minutes while you prepare the condiments.

Chop one white onion and put in a bowl. Slice the avocados if you want those and arrange on a plate. Put jack cheese into a bowl as well. Some people like to add cilantro on top so you can chop some of that up as well. 

Chop up the meat into either thin short strips or dice into cubes. 

Warm the tortillas on each side. 

Serve in a taco line/ buffet style so everyone can pick their toppings and enjoy :)