Tacos Mexicanos/Como hacer tacos de bisteces

Tacos de Bistec!! Hhmmmm they are so good! Not for my arteries, but once in a while, it makes a great treat. If you have been to Mexico, in any state or city, you have seen the taco stands at night with lights hanging from the roof, and people around it like bees on a honey pot. You can detect the smell from several yards away. If you like steaks, you know what I mean. The grilling and sizzling will follow you and call your name. There’s this unofficial rule that if you see a taco stand that’s overcrowded, then the tacos must be good, it doesn’t matter that you have to eat them standing up, and that in the way someone hold his taco, you can tell if he is a good eater. So lets have some tacos. Also take a look at these salsas: Chile de Arbol, Pico de Gallo and Salsa Verde. And also another way to make tacos here

Ingredients for 4 people
2 pounds thinly sliced Steaks of Rib eye or Sirloin (or Diezmillo at your local Latin Store)
12 corn tortillas
1 tablespoon vegetable oil or lard (Lard is better for an authentic taste)
1 medium onion finely chopped (about 1 cup)
1 bunch of cilantro finely chopped
Salt and pepper to taste
A good spicy salsa to top the tacos
Add salt and pepper to the steaks.



On a heavy skillet at medium high heat add the vegetable oil. Place the steak when the oil is hot and brown the steaks.

Cook for about 2 minutes and turn. If you are making several steaks, wrap the cooked ones in aluminum foil and keep warm in an oven while you finish cooking the rest of the steaks. Do not over cook.
Sometimes, I cook the meat in this Mexican pan/griddle, the process is the same as above just with some water added, kind of like parboiling the meat. Just like they do in some Taco stands in Mexico.

It fits in top of your stove but you can get the same results in a regular skillet. The meat in this picture is thinly sliced steak for sandwiches, big mistake. It was to hard to eat.
It's better to use Rib eye. It's an expensive cut but it's worth the price.

While the steaks finish cooking, start warming the tortillas in a medium heat skillet and wrap in a kitchen towel.

Chop the meat into small pieces and place some of the meat into each warm tortilla. Some taco stands warm their tortillas in the same skillet the meat was cooked to absorb the flavor and some also add more oil to the skillet while warming the tortillas.
Top each taco with the chopped onion and cilantro.
A variation of steak tacos are “Tacos Campechanos” that’s how they’re called in Toluca, the capital city of the State of Mexico. You mix chopped steak and chorizo in a taco. After previously cooking the steak, fry some chorizo in the same skillet until well cooked.

Add the chopped steak to the skillet.

Mix and serve in warm tortillas topped with chopped cilantro and onion.

Now you are ready to enjoy a real taco.
If you have a questions about this recipe, you can post them in the comments section and I will respond to you as soon as I can.


This post is part of the Full Plate Thursday and Simple Lives Thursday


Provecho!!

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