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TACOS AL CARBON



Tacos Al Carbon image

Tacos Al Carbon are an easy and delicious grilled steak taco that will be your new favorite dinner. With delicious red chile tortillas, and fresh toppings, you will want seconds and thirds.

Provided by Lisa

Categories     Main Course

Time 15m

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 1/2 lbs Thin steak (like skirt steak)
Salt
Pepper
12 Fresh Red Corn Tortillas from the Fresh Chile Co.
¼ cup Cilantro (chopped)
½ White Onion chopped
3 Jalapenos (diced)
Limes
1-2 tbs Oil for frying tortillas
Salsa of choice*

Steps:

  • Preheat grill.*
  • Sprinkle both sides of steak with salt and pepper. Place on grill and cook for 2 minutes, then flip and cook for 2-4 more minutes, until done.
  • While meat is cooking, chop onion and cilantro, and cut limes into wedges.
  • Remove cooked streak from grill and slice into small pieces.
  • Heat 2 tsps oil in a small fry pan, once hot add a Fresh Red Tortilla. Fry* for 20-30 seconds, flip and repeat, then remove from fry pan. Repeat with remaining tortillas, adding 1-2 more teaspoons of oil when needed.
  • Assemble tacos with meat, cilantro, onion, jalapenos and your favorite salsa.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 157 kcal, Carbohydrate 12 g, Protein 14 g, Fat 6 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, TransFat 1 g, Cholesterol 36 mg, Sodium 50 mg, Fiber 2 g, Sugar 1 g, UnsaturatedFat 4 g, ServingSize 1 serving

TACO AL CARBON



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Provided by Food Network

Categories     main-dish

Time 1h45m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 17

1/2 pound corn masa
7 1/2 ounces water
1 1/4 pounds chicken breast
1 1/2 ounces lime juice
3/4 ounces garlic
1/4 tablespoon salt
1/4 tablespoon pepper
1 1/2 ounces vegetable oil
3/8 ounces chopped jalapeno pepper
1/4-ounce cilantro
1/2 teaspoon red crushed chilies
3/4-ounce and 1 teaspoon liquid smoke (optional)
4 ounces green tomatillos
1/2-ounce chopped onions
1/2-ounce cilantro
1 serrano pepper
Salt, to taste

Steps:

  • To make the corn tortillas: Mix corn masa with water to make tortilla dough. Form a ball using 1 ounce of the dough. Place it into the tortilla press to form 1 tortilla and transfer onto a hot grill until it is well cooked on both sides. The tortilla will be soft and puffed when done.
  • For Chicken Fajita Filling: First, marinate the chicken breast in lime juice, garlic, salt, pepper, oil, jalapeno pepper, cilantro, red chilies and liquid smoke. After marinated and cooked on both sides on the grill, cut into thin strips.
  • For tomatillo Sauce: Roast the tomatillos and serrano peppers on the grill. Use Mexican stone bowl mortar to mash up the ingredients. Mash all the ingredients, keeping it chunky. Add salt to taste. To assemble Tacos Al Carbon: Fill 1 tortilla with the chicken and tomatillo sauce and roll.

TACOS AL CARBON WITH AVOCADO SALSA



Tacos Al Carbon with Avocado Salsa image

In the southwest and Mexico, there are little stands serving tasty meat, wrapped in a corn tortilla and topped with salsa. The Taquerias serve the best Tacos Al Carbon. This is a pretty authentic recipe for these tasty little tacos. It is flank steak marinated with all the flavours of Mexico. The avocado salsa is a great side dish by itself, but is excellant as a filling for the tacos. It does need to marinate for 4-6 hours. Don't forget the cerveza with lime!

Provided by Dawn399

Categories     Onions

Time 50m

Yield 4-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 14

1 1/2 lbs flank steaks
3 -4 cloves garlic, minced
3 limes, juice of
1 lemon, juice of (juice of both lemon and lime should equal 1/2 cup)
2 tablespoons cilantro, finely chopped
seasoning salt
1/2 cup olive oil
10 corn tortillas
3 small avocados, chopped
1 large tomatoes, chopped
1/2 onion, chopped
2 tablespoons cilantro, finely chopped
3/4 lime, juice of
seasoning salt

Steps:

  • Lightly sprinkle meat with seasoning salt.
  • Cut into 3-4 large pieces.
  • Mix lime and lemon juices, garlic, cilantro, and olive oil.
  • Place meat and marinade in plastic bag or plastic bowl.
  • Marinate 4-6 hours, turning occasionally.
  • Discard marinade.
  • Grill meat over medium heat@ 15 minutes, turning occasionally.
  • Cook steak until desired doneness, the 15 minutes over medium heat creates medium done steak.
  • Cut into strips and serve in corn tortillas.
  • Top with 1-2 Tbl.
  • of Avocado salsa.
  • While meat is cooking chop up ingredients for Avocado salsa, sprinkle with lime juice and seasoning salt.
  • I leave avocado pits in mixture to prevent discoloration.
  • To warm tortillas you may wrap them in foil and place on grill or wrap in paper towels and microwave for 30-45 seconds.
  • Sprinkle with a small amount of water if tortillas are very dry before warming them.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 896.6, Fat 62.8, SaturatedFat 12.8, Cholesterol 69.7, Sodium 133.2, Carbohydrate 46.3, Fiber 13.9, Sugar 4.1, Protein 43.1

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