This skirt steak taco uses thin sliced skirt steak marinated in fresh lime juice, chipotle, and cumin. Skirt steak is pan fried quickly for a couple minutes on the stovetop.
Tacos also make a great casual dinner party because you can prep nearly everything ahead of time and just warm up the tortillas and cook the protein when people get to your home.
Skirt steak taco's - I'm in love with any sort of taco or burrito. Having said that, right now I'm in to small soft corn tortillas.
Skirt Steak Taco Recipe Filling Ideas:
A lot of sides are listed here for steak tacos but do whatever is easiest for how your day is going. I generally just slice or dice the ingredients and don't flavor them as they are all full of their natural and beautiful flavors.
- warm tortillas
- thin sliced radishes
- roasted red peppers or blistered vegetables,
- avocados or guacamole
- fresh lime wedges
- tomatoes or salsa
- Mexican inspired cole slaw
- corn and tomato salad
- green onions
- cilantro or cilantro sour cream sauce
What kind of Steak For Tacos?
Skirt steak is the best in my opinion. It's uber flavorful and affordable, but any kind of steak will work, especially if sliced thin. Having said that, any steak cut works.
Mexican restaurants will generally use flank, skirt, or flap. I think skirt is the best cut - it's so tender and marinates fast.
Cut skirt steak across the grain in thin slices.
For tacos, any steak will need to be cut thin. Nobody wants a huge hunk of meat in a taco.
Serving Suggestion
Serve this Skirt Steak taco recipe with some of these side dishes:
You May Also Like
If you like Taco's try some of my other favorite taco (or taco-like) recipes:
Things In My Kitchen:
- Benriner Mandolin - This is my "go to" Mandolin for slicing red onions and radishes super thin.
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Easy Skirt Steak Tacos
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Skirt Steak Taco's - I'm in love with any sort of taco or burrito, but the smaller soft corn tortillas are perfect for having multiple tacos.
- Prep Time: 45 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
- Yield: 12 Tacos
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Stovetop / Oven
- Cuisine: Spanish
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ lb skirt steak, sliced thinly against the grain
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 lime, juiced
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 2 teaspoon chipotle powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 red peppers, seeded & sliced
- ~ 1 ½ tablespoon olive oil
- ~¼ teaspoon salt
- pinch black pepper
- 12 corn tortillas
- 1 bunch radishes, sliced thin
- 1 bunch cilantro, leaves individually torn from stalk
- 1 avocado, diced
- 1 bunch green onions, sliced
- 1 large tomato, diced
- 2 cups red cabbage, sliced thinly
- 1 lime, wedged for garnish
Instructions
- For Steak: In a large bowl, mix the sliced steak with all other ingredients. Bring a large pan to medium high heat and enough vegetable oil to lightly cover the bottom of the pan. Add steak to pan in batches, as you want to sear the meat and not steam it. Make sure it has room in the pan. It only needs to cook for a minute or two if you sliced it thin enough. Add salt to taste.
- For Roasted Red Peppers: Preheat oven to 425F. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil. In a bowl, toss sliced peppers with a touch (~ 1 ½ Tbsp) olive oil and salt and pepper. Lay peppers out on baking sheet (try not to crowd them on the pan) and roast ~ 10 - 12 minutes or until tips are starting to brown and peppers are soft.
- Make the Tacos: Warm up the tortillas in a dry pan on the stovetop over medium high heat until soft and pliable. Move to a plate and cover with a towel to keep warm. Add the steak and fillings you want! Serve with fresh lime wedges.
This recipe is amazing. The use of radishes was surprising and a terrific accent to the flavors (don't skip!) Thank you for sharing your talents with others. Clean eating has changed our lives and the lives of others around us who can taste and see the (positive) difference in cooking clean.
Hi Charity! Thank you for the comment. My heart melts when I hear of people who have changed their lives by eating clean food! Look for a new launch of my website in the next 2 months that will make it much easier to navigate and print recipes 🙂 - cheers to good food!