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Here's everything you need for these spicy tacos. The recipe calls for skirt steak, but you can substitute flank steak, which is often cheaper and easier to find than skirt steak.

Ingredients To Gather:

• Meat (About 3 lbs)
• Orange juice
• One large white onion
• Cilantro
• Lime juice
• Ground Cumin seed
• Garlic
• Salt
• Pepper
• White corn tortillas

The Marinade: 

This marinade is what’s going to ‘make’ these tacos. It gives them the authentic ‘street’ taco flavor without adding globs of other things:

Mix:

3-4 cups of orange juice (Enough to fully cover the meat in a freezer

bag.

1 tablespoon of lime juice

1 tablespoon of ground cumin seed

1 tablespoon of minced garlic (Fresh is always best, but sometimes I use the stuff that comes in a jar)

1 tablespoon of finely chopped cilantro

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon pepper

Directions To Follow:

Put marinade in a large freezer bag, along with the meat and get enough air out of the bag so the meat is completely in the marinade.

Now, so far as time, I’ve sometimes only marinated the meat for a few hours. Mostly though, I like to let it sit in the refrigerator for two days.

I’ve read that the citric acids break down the meat, and it does seem to be more tender the longer you let it sit.

Cooking The Meat: 

The only way to go on this is BBQ. Sear the meat on both sides and turn over regularly.

Skirt steak is sliced pretty thin, so it doesn’t take long to cook. Usually, you’ll want to cook till about medium done.

You may like you meat cooked a little more, and that’s fine because after cooking, it does take awhile to chop up the meat (Into fingernail sized pieces) and the meat cools down.

Re-heating the meat, after it’s all chopped, in the microwave cooks it just a tad more. After all, who wants tacos with cold meat?

Now it's time for the tortillas. You can use either white or corn. Fold and wet two paper towels and wring them out so they're just damp. Place four tortillas in the paper towels, wrap them up, and heat in the microwave on high for 1 minute. Finally, just add the meat and toppings.

We like this recipe because it's so easy to make, proving that authentic Mexican food doesn't have to be complicated. These are great by themselves as a snack, but they're also great for dinner — just add a few sides such as rice, refried beans or other Mexican favorites, and you'll have a hearty and tasty meal!

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