Tacos de Arrachera
In Northern Mexico, beef is king and one of the most popular cuts is arrachera. It’s a beefy tasting cut best cooked quickly over high heat. Perfect for when you need great tacos and fast.
When you make these tacos the secret is salt and salsa. You want to salt the meat well and choose a bold salsa.
How to Make
Gather your ingredients. You only need 2 lbs. of arrachera, 12 corn tortillas, and salt for the tacos. You will need 1 bunch of spring onions for the garnish.
Slice the meat into ¾″ wide strips that are about 3″ long. The strips may look a little wide but they will shrink during cooking.
Preheat a thick bottomed pan to hot. Add 1 tbsp. of cooking oil and then place the meat in the pan and salt well.
The meat will give off a lot of liquid while cooking.
When the liquid has evaporated and the meat is nicely browned. It is ready to serve.
Serving
Place 2 or 3 strips of the cooked meat on a warm tortilla and serve with your favorite salsa, charred spring onions, and sliced limes. We served our tacos with this fresh tomatillo salsa verde, a hot tangy salsa that stands up to the bold flavor of the beef.
Arrachera (Skirt Steak) Tacos Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 lbs. arrachera skirt steak
- 12 corn tortillas
- Salt
- 1 bunch of spring onions.
- 2 cups of your favorite salsa – We recommend this fresh salsa verde.
- 8 limes
Instructions
Cooking the Onions
- Preheat a dry heavy-bottomed pan to medium-hot and place the spring onions in the pan.
- When the onions have browned well on one side turn. Repeat until the onions are browned on all sides.
- Set aside while you cook the meat.
Cooking the Arrachera
- Slice the meat into ¾" wide strips that are about 3" long.
- Preheat a thick bottomed pan to hot. Add 1 tbsp. of cooking oil and then place the meat in the pan and salt well.
- The meat will give off a lot of liquid while cooking. Turn once a minute.
- When the liquid has evaporated and the meat is nicely browned. It is ready to serve.
Serving
- Place 2 or 3 strips of the cooked meat on a warm tortilla and serve with your favorite salsa, charred spring onions, and sliced limes.
Notes
Nutrition
More Mexican Beef Recipes
- Carne Asada
- Beef Rolls in a Tomato Sauce
- Beef Tenderloin in a 3 Chile Sauce
- Picadillo
- Bistec a la Mexicana
Ur Girl says
What a joke lol
Eric says
These tacos are very good. Easy to make. Thanks!
Lurker says
Is this”recipe” for real? 😂
Bill says
There is supposed to be a marinade.
Brenda says
Perfect, traditional Norther Mexico Arrachera tacos…. Thanks!