Carne Asada Recipe
Nothing beats a great Carne Asada Recipe for the summertime grill season! This Carne Asada is made with thinly sliced round tip steak marinated in orange, lime, cilantro and garlic. Perfect for wraps, tacos, burrito bowls or any Mexican food dish you can think of!
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Quick and Easy Carne Asada – with or without grill
I can’t go out to eat all the time so I have been perfecting my homemade Mexican dishes. This Carne Asada Recipe has been a regular on my menu.
This carne asada is super easy to make and tastes phenomenal on just about anything! Use it on tacos, sandwiches, burrito bowls or wraps.
Tortillas or Flatbread are perfect with this carne asada. Just stuff with carne asada and fresh veggies for an amazing dinner!
Which Cut of Meat is Best for Carne Asada
Skirt steak, flank steak or slice round tip steak.
When I can get it, I use thinly sliced round tip steak for my carne asada. It isn’t authentic but it doesn’t require as much marinating because it is a more tender cut.
Sliced skirt or flank steak can also be used to make this Carne Asada Recipe. However, I marinate for 4-6 hours when I use those beef cuts.
The marinade is all about that nice fresh citrus flavor. And lots of cilantro. Can I get a whoopwhoop from my fellow cilantro lovers!?!?!
Carne asada can be gilled on the barbecue or stovetop. While I love the smoky flavor that the barbecue adds I prefer to cook mine on the stovetop to get it evenly cooked.
Once grilled, let that meat rest! It truly does make the meat juicier.
Then just slice against the grain and serve.
More to wrap up:
Jalapeno Popper Chicken Salad Wraps
Creamy Barbecue Chicken Wraps
Bacon Avocado Chicken Salad
Ingredients Needed For Easy Carne Asada (screenshot for grocery list)
- Thinly Sliced Round Tip Steak (skirt or flank steak can be substituted)
- Olive Oil
- Lime
- Orange
- Garlic
- Cumin
- Salt
- Pepper
- Fresh Cilantro
Yumm! Just look at this Carne Asada Taco Wrap in all of its glory. Fresh carne asada, tomato, copious amounts of cilantro and lime sour cream. I could eat like this every day for the rest of my life! {I told you I have a bit of an obsession}
Here are a few items you may need for this recipe: Char-Broil Smoker/Grill
– Anolon Anodized Nonstick 12-Inch Deep
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Quick Carne Asada Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 Lb. Thinly Sliced Round Tip Steak (skirt or flank steak can be substituted, see notes)
- 1/4 Cup Olive Oil
- Juice of 1 Lime
- Juice of 1 Orange
- 1 Garlic Clove (finely chopped)
- 1/2 teaspoon Cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
- 1/4 teaspoon Ground Pepper
- Handful of Fresh Cilantro (chopped)
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a large ziptop gallon bag. Marinate in refrigerator for 1-2 hours.
- Grill on barbecue until meat is just cooked through. OR
- In a grill pan over medium/high heat, grill 1-2 minutes each side or until just cooked through.
- Allow meat to rest for 10 minutes. Slice against the grain and serve.
For a flatbread carne asada sandwich:
- Fill Flatout Foldit Flatbread with carne asada, fresh chopped tomatoes, cilantro and sour cream mixed with lime juice.
Notes
Nutrition
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I love all the flavors in this wrap! What a quick and delicious meal!
Thanks!
I love Carne Asada. This looks incredible and I love the idea of eating it in as a wrap. Looks delish.
OMG. This looks incredible!!
Thanks!
Your photos are absolutely stunning! I’m drooling! I can’t wait to make this!
Thanks Lisa!
This looks great, and I will make this soon. If you don’t want to use flatbread you can use large tortilla shells. My Sheltie’s will love the steak part of it,I cook for them..
Absolutely! And those are some lucky dogs 😀
Nicole: Yes they are, no dog food for my babies. THANK YOU.
when printing out the recipe, it leaves out the how to section. only prints out the ingredients and nutrition info but now the instructions itself.