Description
These skirt steak tacos are loaded with juicy marinated skirt steak, mashed avocado, quick-pickled radishes, and a bright cilantro chimichurri. An easy, flavor-packed weeknight dinner that feels anything but ordinary.
Ingredients
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Skirt Steak Tacos
- marinated and grilled skirt steak, thinly sliced
- corn or flour tortillas (5-6-inch)
- avocado(s), mashed
- quick-pickled radishes (recipe follows)
- cilantro chimichurri (recipe follows)
- limes
- sour cream
- queso fresco
- green onions
- lettuce or shredded cabbage
Quick-Pickled Radishes
- 6 radishes, thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Cilantro Chimichurri
- 1 cup cilantro
- 1/2 cup parsley
- 3 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1/2 cup olive oil
Instructions
- Steak: Prepare marinated and grilled skirt steak.
- Radishes: Thinly slice radishes (I use a mandolin) and place in a jar. Whisk together ¼ cup red wine vinegar, ¼ cup very hot water, 1 teaspoon sugar and ¼ teaspoon salt until the sugar and salt are dissolved. Pour vinegar mixture over the radishes, using a spoon to press them down to make sure they are fully covered. Let sit while you prepare the remaining elements.
- Chimichurri: In a small food processor, combine 1 cup cilantro leaves, ½ cup parsley, 3 cloves garlic, 1 teaspoon dried oregano, ¾ teaspoon kosher salt, ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes and ¼ teaspoon black pepper. Process for about 15 seconds, until everything is very finely chopped. Move the mixture to a bowl. Add 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar and ½ cup olive oil and stir until combined.
- Assembly: Mash avocado with a squeeze of lime and big pinch of salt. Warm tortillas over the gas flame of your oven (if you have a gas stovetop) or in the microwave. Slice steak as thinly as possible against the grain and drizzle with any extra juices. Layer in this order: mashed avocado, steak, pickled radishes, chimichurri and any other extras you love, like sour cream, queso fresco, green onions, lettuce and a big squeeze of lime.
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Notes
Cheese: I don’t often have queso fresco lying around, but I do always have feta, so I sub that in sometimes! You can use any cheese you like.
Refer to above blog post for step-by-step photos, ingredient information and answers to frequently asked questions.
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Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 tacos (nutrition info calculated using corn tortillas + one tablespoon each chimichurri and sour cream)
- Calories: 565
- Sugar: 0.5 g
- Sodium: 365.6 mg
- Fat: 35.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 30.9 g
- Fiber: 5.7 g
- Protein: 32.5 g
- Cholesterol: 107.3 mg