Carne Asada
Prep
10m
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Cook
8m
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Total
18m
About This Recipe
This Carne Asada recipe features a zesty marinade of orange juice, lime juice, garlic, cilantro, and jalapeno, resulting in a flavorful and tender beef dish. Perfect for grilling, this dish can be served as a main course or in tacos with avocado, pico de gallo, and fresh coriander. Buon appetito!
Ingredients
(Servings:
6)
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Marinade
Cooking
To Serve As Carne Asada Tacos
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Nutrition Facts
Nutrition facts are based on 1 serving. If servings is not specified, 4 is assumed for the total recipe.
Nutrition facts are based on 1 serving. If servings is not specified, 4 is assumed for the total recipe.
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Calories453kcal22%
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Fat36g55%
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Saturated Fat5g25%
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Carbohydrates12g4%
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Fiber2g8%
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Sugar5g10%
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Protein20g40%
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Cholesterol43mg14%
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Sodium395mg16%
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Notes
1a. This recipe is suitable to use for any quick cooking cut of beef. It is traditionally made with skirt and flank with are terrific secondary cuts of beef that have more flavour than mainstream steaks like rump and scotch fillets.
In Australia, flank and skirt are still quite good value - due to demand, prices have soared considerably in the states, my friends are always complaining! Ask your butcher (they are not yet sold at supermarkets here in Australia) or find skirt at Harris Farms (NSW and QLD only, part of the Curious Cuts range, bavette would also be brilliant with this).
1b. OTHER PROTEINS: This is essentially a Mojo marinade and it is fantastic with chicken, pork and fish. Marinating times: Chicken thighs/drumsticks/breast: 12 - 24 hours, pork tenderloin: 3 - 12, thick pork chops: 3 - 24 hours, pork roast: 24 hours (double the marinade recipe for a 1 kg / 2 lb pork roast). Fish/prawns (shrimp): 15minutes.
2. Clickhere for a diagram for how to cut against the grain. To do this, look for the direction of the meat fibres then cut 90 degrees across them. This is how to ensure that every slice is nice and tender.
3. Adapted from this Tyler Florence Tacos Carne Asada recipe.
4. Nutrition per serving, assuming 6 servings, 1 kg/2lb of beef. It's probably over what it actually is because it's impossible to estimate how much oil in the marinade is actually absorbed into the beef.
In Australia, flank and skirt are still quite good value - due to demand, prices have soared considerably in the states, my friends are always complaining! Ask your butcher (they are not yet sold at supermarkets here in Australia) or find skirt at Harris Farms (NSW and QLD only, part of the Curious Cuts range, bavette would also be brilliant with this).
1b. OTHER PROTEINS: This is essentially a Mojo marinade and it is fantastic with chicken, pork and fish. Marinating times: Chicken thighs/drumsticks/breast: 12 - 24 hours, pork tenderloin: 3 - 12, thick pork chops: 3 - 24 hours, pork roast: 24 hours (double the marinade recipe for a 1 kg / 2 lb pork roast). Fish/prawns (shrimp): 15minutes.
2. Clickhere for a diagram for how to cut against the grain. To do this, look for the direction of the meat fibres then cut 90 degrees across them. This is how to ensure that every slice is nice and tender.
3. Adapted from this Tyler Florence Tacos Carne Asada recipe.
4. Nutrition per serving, assuming 6 servings, 1 kg/2lb of beef. It's probably over what it actually is because it's impossible to estimate how much oil in the marinade is actually absorbed into the beef.
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