Carne Asada - Mexico

Submitted by Sam 3

"This recipe was taken from E-Cookbooks International Recipe Sampler"

 

• Ready In: 4hrs 50mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 2 lbs flank steaks
• 12 flour tortillas
• 1⁄2 cup tequila
• 1⁄4 cup lime juice
• 1⁄4 cup lemon juice
• 1⁄4 cup orange juice
• 4 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1 cup salsa
• 1 cup guacamole
• 1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce

directions

1. Mix juices, garlic, onion, tequila, Tabasco and pepper in a bowl.
2. Add meat and marinate both sides.
3. Cover and refrigerate, turning meat over occasionallt.
4. Let sit 4 hours or more.
5. Preheat grill.
6. Place few drops of water on each tortilla, stack and wrap in foil.
7. Place on grill.
8. Remove meat from marinade, reserve marinade.
9. Place meat on grill.
10. Turn steak and tortillas once during cooking.
11. Brush steak with remaining marinade.
12. Cook steak to your liking.
13. Cut into think slices.
14. Place a few slices of steak on each tortilla with salsa and guacamole and serve.

Reviews

[Sharbear23]

Made without alcohol. Marinated for two hours. This was pretty good, thanks!

 

[mizjmassie]

I got an authenic recipe in Mexico and misplaced it and decided to use this one. It was pretty much the same except I remember mine had onions in the marinade with no tequila. So I used this recipe and left off the tequila and added the onion slices or rings and the meat tasted like I remember in Mexico. So I will be using this again with my changes.

 

[teresas]

What a very delicious dish. I made as posted but cut it in half. We just loved it. It had a burst of heat with the first bite and after that your taste buds get used to the heat. DH added a touch of shredded romaine lettuce and sliced cherry tomatoes to his. I broke my grill out for the year with this recipe. Thanks for getting me back in the mood. And thanks for posting this. :)

 

[Chef Tweaker]

This is pretty close to what we make. Hubby got an authentic recipe from a Mexican. He fillets the meat really thin first and uses more orange juice than your recipe (omits the tequila but sometimes adds rum). He slices onions in rings and layers the meat with onions and marinade.

 

[Marlitt]

This was great. Really easy to put together a lot of flavour. Loved it thanks for posting.