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    Home » All Dinner » Beef Recipes » The Best Steak Fajitas

    The Best Steak Fajitas

    June 10, 2015

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    These fajitas are made with a sauce, that while it's cooking, the aroma smells like you walked into an authentic Mexican restaurant. These so closely resemble the real thing that if you close your eyes you can almost hear the maracas.

    I have made fajitas over the years using those pouches you buy in the store, and they always came out, just okay. Nothing that I would ever brag to anyone about. And surely nothing that left me thinking "Wow, that tasted just like at that restaurant!"

    However, I recently ran across a sauce that you marinate your meat and vegetables in and it blew us away! When I tossed the stuff into my cast iron skillet I was immediately taken to the smells of our favorite, and recently shut down, because they were relocating restaurant. You will love the simple recipe that packs a punch with flavor. This is sure to become your favorite fajita recipe.

    Scroll down for a printable version of this recipe.

    What do you need?
    1 ½ pounds of skirt or flank steak, sliced into thin stripes
    1 yellow onion, sliced into half inch slices
    4 bell peppers in a variety of color, washed, seeded and ribs removed, sliced into thin strips
    ⅓ cup olive oil
    3 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
    1 tablespoon cumin
    juice of one lime
    2 cloves of garlic, minced
    1 tablespoon chili powder
    ½ teaspoon chili flakes
    1 teaspoon salt
    ½ teaspoon pepper
    1 tablespoon sugar
    oil for frying
    toppings such as cheese, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo (you can find a delicious recipe for pico here)
    warm tortillas

    What do you do?

    In a bowl mix together your lime juice, olive oil, worcestershire sauce, cumin, garlic, chili powder, chili flakes, salt, pepper, and sugar.
    Pour half the marinade in a separate dish and place your meat in the marinade.
    Toss to coat.
    Place your sliced onion and bell peppers into the rest of the marinade and toss to coat.
    Cover both dishes and refrigerate to marinate at least 2 hours.
    When your ready to cook, heat a large skillet over medium to high heat. Drizzle with oil.
    Cook your onion and bell peppers until they are slightly browned, but still firm.
    Remove and set aside.
    In the same skillet drizzle with oil.
    Cook your meat only a couple of minutes per side to sear it. You want it to be slightly pink.
    Plate up and enjoy!!

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    Comments

    1. Jessica

      June 10, 2015 at 6:52 pm

      These look tasty! Glad I popped over from the Wake Up Wednesday link party!

      • Joanna

        June 26, 2015 at 9:28 pm

        I'm glad you came by too! 🙂

    2. Sarah Washburn

      June 11, 2015 at 5:55 pm

      Mmmmm.... that looks SO good! It made me hungry looking at the recipe! I love fajitas, but we have not been able to find a good recipe for making them at home. I am going to ask my mother if we can try this one. Thank you so much for sharing. ~Sarah (visiting from Radical Femininity)

      • Joanna

        June 13, 2015 at 2:04 pm

        Thanks for stopping by! These are so easy, I'm sure your mom won't mind whipping them together. 🙂 Have a great weekend!

        • Sarah Washburn

          June 14, 2015 at 2:51 am

          Okay ... I made these last night for my family and they were SOOOO good! I do not do a lot of cooking normally, but this recipe looked so good that it really motivated me! I am so glad I made them ... the recipe was super easy. I also made the pico recipe and it was delicious:) My sister said it was the best she had tasted and I have to agree. I ate several spoonful's by its self and I could have continued on if I wasn't concerned about not having any for the fajitas:) It was nice and spicy, but not over powering! I'm going to comment on that recipe as well to review in case others are curious for another opinion on the recipe. But to the fajitas, as I was cooking the veggies and meat my siblings came in and said it smelled like a Mexican restaurant! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe! Blessings!

          • Joanna

            June 15, 2015 at 1:58 am

            I am so glad that you liked it! Don't ya just love super easy recipes?! I know I do! 🙂 Thank you for letting me know how much you and your family enjoyed it! I also love that your siblings said it smelled like a Mexican restaurant! Have a great week!

    3. Natalie @ our parallel connection

      June 15, 2015 at 11:33 am

      Oh yum. Fajitas is one of my all time favourite foods but often the packet stuff just isn't that great. I love this and love it with heaps of veggies too. - oh and sour cream

      • Joanna

        June 15, 2015 at 3:17 pm

        Thank you for stopping by! If you get the chance to make, please let me know what you think!

    4. Pinky

      June 15, 2015 at 2:58 pm

      I love flank steak, so yummy! And fajitas are one of my favorites!

      • Joanna

        June 15, 2015 at 3:14 pm

        Thanks for stopping by! If you give this recipe a try, let me know what you think.

    5. Claire

      June 15, 2015 at 5:05 pm

      Whoo so tasty, yum, yum!!

      Thanks for sharing at the hop...

      • Joanna

        June 16, 2015 at 12:37 am

        Thank you for stopping by!

    6. Kristen from The Road to Domestication

      June 15, 2015 at 7:16 pm

      I hear angels singing. These look amazing! Thanks so much for taking the time to link up with us over at the #HomeMattersParty - we hope to see you again on Friday!

      • Joanna

        June 16, 2015 at 12:37 am

        Thanks for stopping by! I'll definitely have to check out Friday! 🙂

    7. Miz Helen

      June 24, 2015 at 6:22 pm

      Hope you enjoyed your feature at Full Plate Thursday this week and your new Red Plate. Have a great day and come back soon!
      Miz Helen

      • Joanna

        June 25, 2015 at 1:00 pm

        Thank you again for the feature!! Also, thanks for stopping by!

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