Grilled Steak Soft Tacos

Submitted by PalatablePastime

"This can be broiled or cooked on the grill. Forget about Taco Bell's grilled steak carne asada soft tacos when you can make much better at home!"

 

• Ready In: 28mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Yields: 10 soft tacos

ingredients

• 20 ounces top sirloin steaks

• For the Marinade

• 1⁄4 cup orange juice
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
• 2 teaspoons cider vinegar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper

• For the Tacos

• 10 8-inch flour tortillas
• 2 1⁄2 cups shredded lettuce
• 1 1⁄4 cups finely shredded cheddar cheese
• 3⁄4 cup sour cream
• 2 small tomatoes, finely chopped
• 1 (8 ounce) bottle taco sauce

directions

1. Mix together ingredients for marinade in a small bowl.
2. Place steak in a dish or plastic bag and pour marinade over it and refrigerate for several hours, or overnight.
3. Bring steak out of refrigerator 1 hour before cooking.
4. Prepare grill or broiler.
5. Drain the meat, saving the marinade.
6. Grill meat 3-4 minutes per side (for med-rare), basting occasionally with marinade, or cook longer if desired.
7. Slice meat thinly and set aside.
8. Wrap tortillas in a towel and warm in a microwave; or if desired, warm briefly in a skillet and then wrap in a towel to keep warm.
9. To assemble taco, place approximately 2 ounces of meat, 1/4 cup lettuce, 2 tbsp cheese, 1 tbsp sour cream, a small amount of tomatoes and some taco sauce on each tortilla.
10. Serve immediately.

Reviews

[Laylagirl]

These were FABULOUS!! Wowie!! The marinade was slightly different from what we are used to but we liked it so much. The citrus flavor was mild but I could taste it--delicious. We assembled them like you mapped out except I had some chopped avocado to add in. Everyone got quiet because we were munching down on these tacos. Thanks for sharing your recipe.

 

[HEP MEP]

I could not decide what to buy and cook when I got up this morning, then I saw this on the home page. I had to use top round because the grocery store didn't have the sirloin, but it still was pretty tender after 7 hours marinating, and my husband grilled it. Oh so very tasty - and was told by my others that it's a keeper. Thanks for bailing me out today!

 

[Brandi Ranta]

We made this the other night...VERY GOOD! Everyone really enjoyed this. This is a definate keeper for us...we followed the recipe to a "T" Thank You =)

 

[Jason Hearle]

I wanted to love this recipe, but it I felt it lacked flavor. Maybe if I doubled the marinade and left it in for 24 hours or so. All the flavor I got on this was from the bottled sauce I used.

 

[BerrySweet]

(This review is for the marinade & cooking only). Left to marinade for 24 hours, and that gave it lots of flavor. Grilled to medium-rare and served on warm sprouted corn tortillas with grilled onion, guacamole & salsa. Perfect summer lunch! Will make this again!