Mexican Street Taco
Flank steak or other cuts of beef of your choosing, a homemade marinade, sliced avocado, chopped onion, diced garlic, fresh sliced chili’s if desired, with your favorite spices are basic ingredients for street tacos. Your choice of flour or corn tortillas, layered on top of each other to cradle your favorite fixins’ topped with sliced avocado and lime juice.
Equipment
- 1 cutting board
- 1 bowl
- 1 skillet cast iron recommended
Ingredients
- 1 ½ - 2 pounds flank steak sliced in thin strips
- 1 - 2 packages small corn or flour tortillas
- 4 cloves garlic,minced
- 1 jalapeño or other pepper, seeded and diced
- ½ medium onion, chopped
- ¼ cup avocado oil may substitute with corn oil
- ½ of the minced garlic
- ½ fresh orange, squeezed
- ½ fresh lime, squeezed
- ½ tsp red or green chili powder if desired
- 1 - 2 sliced avocado
- lime slices for topping off
- 2 - 3 green onion, chopped
Instructions
- Prepare meat by slicing into thin slices for marinading.
- Mix together one-half of the minced garlic, avocado oil, orange juice, lime juice, and desired spices.
- Place in a shallow dish, add meat, and allow to marinate 1 to 2 hours (longer if using tougher cuts of meat).
- While meat marinates prepare toppings of your choice including lime slices for topping off.
- Remove meat from marinade and sear in a hot heavy pan for 5 to 7 minutes with peppers, half of the minced garlic, and chopped onion, turning once.
- Serve with warm corn or flour tortillas and your favorite toppings. A squeeze of lime on top and enjoy!