Easy Skirt Steak Street Tacos

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5 from 1 vote

Prep Time10

Cook Time16

Total Time26

Course: Dinner, lunch

Cuisine: Mexican

Keyword: skirt steak, tacos

Servings: Street Tacos

Calories: 149kcal

Equipment

Large Skillet

Ingredients

2 Pounds Skirt Steak Diced
12 Tortillas Street Tacos- Corn or flour (About 3 tacos per person)
2 Limes Juice of the lime
¼ Cup Garlic Minced- Fresh or jarred
1 Cup White Onion Diced
1.41 Ounce Sazon Goya Seasoning 1 small packet-Con culantro y achiote flavor
1 Tablespoon Salted Butter
⅛ Teaspoon Salt
⅛ Teaspoon Pepper

Optional Toppings

1 Bunch Cilantro Fresh
¼ Cup Jalapeno Fresh- About 1 medium jalapeno
1 Cup Diced Plum Tomatoes About 2 small tomatoes
1 Avocado Sliced or Diced
1 Cup Mexican Cheese Queso Fresco
1 Cup Shredded Lettuce
1 Cup Sour Cream
½ Cup Salsa
Your favorite beans and rice

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Cooking the Skirt Steak

Melt ½ tablespoon butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
Add onions and sauté until translucent.
Add garlic and stir frequently.
Add the juice of 2 limes, diced skirt steak, salt, pepper, goya seasoning, and reduce heat to medium-low. Stir frequently for 15 minutes.
Reduce heat to medium-low and stir frequently for 15 minutes.
Once the liquid has reduced, remove skirt steak from heat.

Warming the Tortillas

Melt ¼ tablespoon butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
Add tortillas to the pan in a single layer.
Warm for 30 seconds then flip.
Warm for 30 seconds then remove from heat.
Repeat for all tortillas- Add additional butter to pan if needed.
And now for the best part! It’s time to eat! My favorite toppings include cilantro, jalapeno, avocado, lime juice (yes, I add more J) and cheese. The kids usually just stick to lettuce and cheese. Tacos are just not the same without beans and rice. My go-to is Goya yellow rice & corn and La Preferida pinto beans. What’s your family favorite?

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Notes

***As the toppings are customizable, the toppings ingredients are not included in the nutritional calculations.

How do you cut steak for tacos?

When cutting skirt steak for tacos, it's best to cut against the grain. If you cut the skirt steak with the grain of the meat, it will end up being very chewy.

What's the easiest way to cut skirt steak?

Put the skirt steak in the freezer for about an hour before cutting. Raw skirt steak can be a pain in the butt to cut, but when you freeze it just enough it cuts like butter! The quickest way to cut the skirt steak into small cubes is to cut it into ½ inch wide strips and then cut the strips into ½ pieces. Save time by cutting 4 or 5 strips at a time.

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