This quick recipe for Tacos de Alambre can be prepared over the stove or on your grill using a heavy skillet. Top Sirloin mixed with bacon, onion, green and red bell peppers, all topped with melted cheese make such a perfect combination that there is no way you’re not going to like these tacos.
Tacos de Alambre: beef, bacon, cheese and…peppers!
The best part is that you can adapt the recipe to your personal choice of meat; some people use chicken or even shrimp to make these tacos, and the results are still absolutely delicious.
The name “tacos de alambre” is given because the ingredients are almost the same as the ones we use to cook our Beef kabobs (Alambres), just that instead of making them using the skewers, we cook them on a skillet. These tacos are popular in Mexico City and central states of the country.
To prepare them today (and just for the fun of testing), I decided to make these tacos on my new LE CREUSET sizzle platter over our charcoal grill. Oh, boy! They were cooked in a matter of a few minutes! However, you can cook these tacos on your stove as well.
How to make Tacos de Alambre
DIRECTIONS:
- Place chopped meat in a bowl. Squeeze the lime juice over the meat and season with salt and pepper. Set aside. (Please check the ingredients list below)
- Place skillet over medium-high heat. Once the skillet is really hot, start cooking the bacon. Cook for about 4 minutes, or until the bacon has started to release its fat and turning light brown around the edges. At this point, you can remove some of the fat if you want.
- Add the steak to the skillet with the bacon and cook, about 6 minutes. Now, stir in the chopped onion and peppers. Keep cooking for about 3-4 minutes. Cook longer if you like the onion and peppers more tenderly cooked.
- Finally, place the cheese all over the meat and wait until it starts melting. Remove skillet from heat and place a lid. Warm the tortillas and serve in tacos.
Provecho!
Mely,
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📖 Recipe
Tacos de Alambre
Ingredients
- 1 pound Top Sirloin steak cut into ½ inch cubes
- Salt and pepper
- ½ Lime
- 6 oz. of bacon cut into ½-in pieces (6 slices)
- 1-¼ cup white onion chopped (about ½ medium-size onion)
- 1-¼ cup red and green peppers chopped. *
- 6 oz. Oaxaca or Muenster cheese.**
- 12 medium size corn tortillas or 8 medium-size flour
- tortillas
To serve
- use a spicy salsa of your choice, like green avocado tomatillo salsa or red taqueria salsa.
Instructions
- Place chopped meat in a bowl. Squeeze the lime juice over the meat and season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
- Place skillet over medium-high heat. Once the skillet is really hot, start cooking the bacon. Cook for about 4 minutes, or until the bacon has started to release its fat and turning light brown around the edges. At this point, you can remove some of the fat if you want.
- Add the steak to the skillet with the bacon and cook, about 6 minutes. Now, stir in the chopped onion and peppers. Keep cooking for about 3-4 minutes. Cook longer if you like the onion and peppers more tenderly cooked.
- Finally, place the cheese all over the meat and wait until it starts melting. Remove skillet from heat and place a lid. Warm the tortillas and serve in tacos.
Notes
- * They are usually made with green bell pepper only.
- **If you have a hard time finding Oaxaca or Muenster cheese, use any other type of melting cheese. Muenster is my first choice of cheese to substitute the Oaxaca cheese when I can’t find it, but you can use Mozzarella or Monterrey Jack.
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Natalie Moreno
This is so good and almost exactly how my husband from Morelos taught me how to make it. The only difference is that sometimes we add chorizo and Salsa Inglesa to it!
Kim Gaudreau
We loved these tacos! I was honestly surprised at how tender the steak was. Next time I'll use poblano peppers instead of bell peppers to give a little zing.
kurt youngmann
This dish has become a great favorite with my family and friends and I serve it often! I have made a slight change in the prep (but NOT in the ingredients).
Mely suggests adding the onions and bell peppers after cooking the meat but we all prefer the onions slightly browned. So, I cook the bacon, add the onions and, when they look about right, I go on to the next step - adding the meat. When the meat is ready, I add the peppers; this keeps them from getting overcooked and soggy.
One other thing: using a non-stick pan makes cleanup a lot easier. The melted cheese has a tendency to adhere to regular cookware.
Mely Martínez
Hello Kurt,
Nice to hear about you and the great tips. I also like the onion a little browned.
Tifferella
I made this recipe today and it was a hit!
mmartinez
Hello Tifferella,
Thank you for trying the recipe.
Linda Noronha
I have tried many of your recipes and everyone has been a winner. This looks like another winner I am going to try it with shrimp
Prieta
Oh, I hope I'm not too late...
I would use it to make flat bread and pizza.
Saludos!
mandy k
We make deer, duck or goose tacos using a very similar recipe. Now I want to try your recipe with steak! That's some of the things I would like to cook with this. It would also be great for morning scrambles.
Darcie
I would make the recipe you are featuring - Tacos de Alambre! They looks yummy.
Ginger Garcia
I would cook Sauteed Beef Medallions with pearl onions and chilies in a red wine sauce...mmmm
Ginger Garcia
I would cook Sauteed Beef Medallions with pearl onions and chilies in a red wine sauce...mmmm Cherry color would be the perfect match to my collection
Ashley Yamashita
The first thing that came to mind was homemade tortillas!
FireRunner2379
My kids would get a kick out of me serving a smoking platter of steak fajitas!
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Mad Matter
I think everything under the sun!!!
Mad Matter
Let's see, what CAN'T I make on this beautiful sizzler by Le Creuset!!! Love it!
Christina
I would make a dessert, like an apple tarte tatin or platanos machos foster...
Juanita Aguilera
Oh it looks so awesome! I would love to make fajitas on it but also try new recipes as well. The cherry color looks gorgeous!
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I would love to make some chicken on this. I would also try cooking veggies on it.
loves2spin
Oh! I forgot to mention what I would make. It would be a stir-fry with fresh mushrooms that I find outside out home. I like to serve this with Jasmine rice and shoyu.
robin warnberg
Mocojete! My favorite restaurant serves been, Chicken, and shrimp with peppers and onions and zucchini, covered in cheese......almost sinfully good!
Long Family Cookbook
I'm with everyone who said fajitas!!! Especially shrimp which are my faves!!!!
Donna M. May
Love this pan! I want one so bad! I would seer skirt steaks on it for tacos. Yummy!
Daniela Cho
I would make e choriqueso with home made flout tortillas
Derek H
Sizzling Fajitas seems like the obvious choice, but I'd love to cook other stuff on it often.
Taylor Parker
These pictures make that dish look incredible! I've never been much of a chef, but these pictures make me wish that I was! I think I'm going to pick up some sirloin and bacon like you suggest next time I go to the store, and see if I can make a dish like this. Thanks so much for sharing! I'm so excited to give this dish a try.
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Ventura girl
I would love to sizzle sauté. chicken, pasilla chiles and white onions. Than when they are done take them off and refry some homemade pinto beans. Happy Mother's Day memory of my mom cooking!
Unknown
Some shrimp w warm tortillas. A big juicy steak too w some sautéed mushrooms and onions over it.
Ventura girl
I would like to sizzle fry chicken and veggies (pasilla peppers, white onions with tri colored bell peppers) and when they are done take them off the platter and refry homemade pinto beans. Like my mom would do! Happy Mother's Day memory
Lea Ann
The first thing that came to mind was to sear some skirt steak for tacos, but truly I'd love to make yor recipe for tacos de alambre in this pan. Thanks for sharing your recipe.
Anonymous
I would make quesadillas, since my children can't get enough of them.
Anonymous
I can use a Le Creuset in my kitchen ! The first dish I would make will be Fajitas & serve it on the platter family style. This platter will be used to make Breakfast , Lunch & Dinner recipes. Good job on the design ! Chileman
Manda
Faijtas
Melissa R.
I'd love to make shrimp on this pan...and I'd love to try your recipe, too!
Rusthawk
Steak fajitas for sure ...but wow, your recipe looks so good! I am going to have to try it.
Jillian Too
I would love to use it for steak and veggie fajitas.
DHMaher
Pancakes! Pancakes! Pancakes! Just being honest...
Unknown
I would love to make Tinga de pollo or maybe even mojella de rez...My mouth is watering just thinking about it...And I would love to make carne asada de diezmio...
loves2spin
Oh my goodness! This sounds delicious, Mely!
Joanne Lynch
Definitely steak or chicken fajitas!
Unknown
I would try fajitas for the first use of this great pan!
Fabi
I would love to cook some steak fajitas on that le creusete 😉
Fabi
Steak fajitas! one of my favorite dishes;)
Susan Christy
I didn't know what else to make on a Sizzle Platter except Fajitas so I looked up some recipes and the first thing I would make is Sizzling Shrimp.
johnstonat
Would love to try the tacos de alambre in this pan, of course!
Maria Alicia Arroyo
I would love to make the recipe above...it sounds delicious !!
Linda Guerrero
I would love to make my kids carne asada tacos or shrimp tacos. With smothered onions and chiles. Making them delicious meals is important to me...the way to there hearts.
Denise
I would buy fresh onions and peppers and fresh shrimp to saute and serve with cilantro rice and flour tortillas warmed on the griddle.
Brenda Haines
I would get my friends recipe for Carne Asada with fresh vegetables. She makes it so good!
Nancy Connolly
Fajitas and also homemade tortillas 🙂
Unknown
I would make some choriquezo with homemade flour tortillas.
Cynthia Cortez
I would like to try this recipe posted above on a new sizzle platter! I love to try new and exciting recipes...gotta keep the esposo happy! ��
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I would like to try this recipe posted above on a new sizzle platter! I love to try new and exciting recipes...gotta keep the esposo happy! ��
Rosy
It's the sense of what family is at the dinner table. It was the joy of knowing mother was in the kitchen making our favorite dish. I wish more people would do this and recall the joy of life.
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Blanca De Dios
Fajitas! can you believe I had never cooked fajitas at home? so that would be my choice.
jenn
I would love to make this dish you have the recipe here for, Tacos de Alambre!!!
arquerobueno
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arquerobueno
I'd make puntas albañil
Mad Matter
I would love to grill/sizzle up some beef marinated in a citrusy mix with peppers, onions, pepitas, pine nuts and serve it in a lightly grilled corn tortilla topped with guacamole, shredded cheese and cilantro.
Oh I have made myself so hungry for Mexican food now!! Love this new Le Creuset!! <3
Cristina Lewis
I would serve an appetizing selection of grilled meats for tacos (dividing chicken, beef, and pork) and cleverly decorate it with garnishes such as onions, cilantro, and chiles. Yum!
Alejandra Soto
I would do a full day of cooking with this sizzle platter! I would start the day with some pancakes, have some quesadillas for lunch and, to close the day, fajitas de pollo!
Anonymous
First of all let me say that this recipe you have showed us sounds Amazing! Looking forward to trying it. I would like to use that nice platter for making chorizo topped chicken. choripollo. Yum! Happy Mother's Day!
Diane M.
Bunzie
Fajitas!
Bunzie
Fajitas!
mack
I would like to make my tripe and epazote tacos on my LE CREUSET Sizzle Platter
Denise Gonzalez
Love making sizzling grilled shrimp fajitas on this wonderful cast iron pan!
Daniela
Omg would totally need to second Rebecca and would do fajitas or salmon tacos with mango!
Besos
Daniela
Omg would totally need to second Rebecca and would do fajitas or salmon tacos with mango!
Besos!
Denise Gonzalez
Love to make my favorite sizzling grilled shrimp fajitas on this wonderful cast iron pan!
mariel
I would use to make pescado a la veracruzana ????????????
Leigh
I would use it to make homemade flour tortillas! I'm still trying to perfect them. I've gotten the shape down but mine are still a little thicker than I'd like.
Rebecca
Hot Hot pan and fajitas is all I can think of!
John
I would like to use this platter to sear up some nice, marinated flank steaks, topped with a chimichurri sauce. Perfect dish for the upcoming summer months!