Carne Asada Tacos are one of the best ways to serve grilled carne asada to a crowd! (Along with Carne Asada Burritos, Carne Asada Nachos, Carne Asada Quesadillas and Carne Asada Fries) Put the carne asada on the BBQ, warm the tortillas and serve all of the toppings family style for a fun and festive meal!
You have a house full of hungry people, a hot grill and ample skirt steak perfectly seasoned by Carne Asada marinade, aka MOJO. What's next?
Carne Asada Tacos.
Grilled Carne Asada (and Carne Asada made in the oven) is perfectly delicious on it's own, but dress it up in grilled corn tortillas and a bundle of colorful toppings for steak tacos and you've got a party!
How to Make Carne Asada Tacos
Start by preparing the flavorful marinade for your skirt steak (for the cut of beef, flank steak and sirloin are also options). Set aside 15 minutes for prep and a minimum of one hour and up to 8 hours for the meat to marinate and up to 25 minutes for grilling/resting the meat before slicing (depending on your desired doneness). You'll need: jalapeño, garlic cloves, cilantro, orange juice, lime juice, and lemon juice, apple cider vinegar, olive oil, cumin, kosher salt, and ground black pepper. At this Carne Asada recipe, you'll find step by step photos, instructions, and a video tutorial.
You'll want to assemble your toppings ahead of time for this taco recipe, including making Pico De Gallo at least 15 minutes before you plan to eat it. Grill the carne asada steak, let it rest and then thinly slice across the grain on a cutting board. While your steak rests, grill the tortillas - only about 30 seconds per side and wrap in foil to let them soften and stay warm. Then serve everything up family-style letting guests create their perfect tacos. You may want to have a few pitchers of margaritas available too, I doubt anyone will mind. 🙂
Recipe Video
Carne Asada Tacos
Ingredients
For the Carne Asada tacos
- 1 recipe Carne Asada
- 12 corn tortillas
Toppings
- 1 recipe Pico de Gallo
- 2 cups thinly sliced purple or green cabbage
- finely chopped white onion
- thinly sliced jalapeño
- 1 cup finely chopped fresh cilantro
- 6 ounces crumbled Cotija cheese 6 ounces or more or queso fresco
- 2 medium avocados peeled, seeded and thinly sliced or Salsa Guacamole
- hot sauce such as Tobasco or Cholula
- sour cream to taste or Mexican crema
- lime wedges optional
Instructions
- Prepare this Carne Asada recipe.
- Grill tortillas about 30 seconds per side. Wrap in foil to keep warm.
- Serve thinly sliced Carne Asada with warm tortillas and individual toppings family-style letting everyone assemble their own tacos.
These look delicious, Marissa!
Thank you, Sabrina! xo
You're talkin' my language with these beauties. Can't go wrong with a mojo marinade and these are topped with all my favs. Nice pics here Marissa, Now I'm hungry.
JUST ONE MORE DAY UNTIL TACO TUESDAY!! After seeing these, I'll be counting down the minutes! YUM!!
A party indeed! Those toppings add great flavor and texture and also make these tacos so much fun to put together! And it's funny, I've been craving tacos for a like a month straight now, so these are reaaaaally calling my name!
These look so festive and flavorful! There's something about tacos that just yells "Party!!" 🙂
So true, Sonali! There's something so fun about everyone assembling their own and, of course, it takes a lot of pressure off of the hosts! 🙂
I want to come to your taco party!! I'll join the hungry masses in line for one of these tacos!
You are always invited to my taco parties, Sarah! 🙂
Marissa you always have great entertaining ideas! And I love entertaining so I always find lots of fun recipes 😀 And your avocadoes are just perfect! 😀
You are the Queen Entertainer, Lorraine. So I take that as a huge compliment...xo
whahhhh, I am still dying over the last post with the carne asada, and then you go and turn them into tacos!?? I need this NOW. These have my name written all over it. I could seriously eat this tacos breakfast, lunch, and dinner and be a very happy camper. AMAZING!
hahaha, thank you, Beeta!! mmm, tacos for breakfast. You may be on to something... 🙂
I LOOOOVE that you turned that gorgeous carne asada into tacos, Marissa!! These look absolutely perfect! I'm thinking every day should be #TacoTuesday with these beauties! I'll most definitely need AT LEAST two for each hand! Pinned! Cheers, friend!
Thanks, Cheyanne! What is it about tacos, right? They just always sound good...
Hi Marissa! This is exactly what i envisioned when I read your Carne Asada post! But, I forgot the margaritas! 🙂
I loved it that you said it on that last post, Dorothy! I thought, "She read my mind!"
This is pretty much my idea of a perfect meal, Marissa! How did you know??
Your photos are gorgeous - I love how you've NOT mashed up the avocado and rather placed it on top in big chunks. Yum!
Thank you, Helen! Yes, love big chunks of avocado. Even when I make guacamole, I still like to leave them pretty chunky. 🙂