Light Tacos
Light Tacos requires approximately 1 hour and 18 minutes from start to finish. Watching your figure? This dairy free recipe has 246 calories, 29g of protein, and 10g of fat per serving. For $3.04 per serving, you get a main course that serves 8. This recipe is liked by 6 foodies and cooks. Head to the store and pick up avocado, flank steak, serrano chile, and a few other things to make it today. It is a rather pricey recipe for fans of Mexican food. It is brought to you by Foodnetwork. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 80%. This score is amazing. Similar recipes include Zesty Light Tacos, Baja Light Fish Tacos, and Light and Fresh Turkey Tacos.
Servings: 8
Preparation duration: 10 minutes
Cooking duration: 68 minutes
Ingredients:
1 avocado, peeled, pitted, and thinly sliced
1 cup light-colored beer, preferably lager
1 head butter lettuce, leaves separated
2 1/4 pound flank steak
2 teaspoons chopped fresh cilantro
4 cloves garlic, halved and smashed, divided
1 green onion, thinly sliced
1 large lime, juiced
1/3 cup low-sodium soy sauce
1/2 onion, peeled and thinly sliced, divided
1 orange, unpeeled and thinly sliced, divided
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/2 serrano chile, seeded and minced
Equipment:
plastic wrap
baking pan
grill pan
grill
cutting board
bowl
Cooking instruction summary:
Watch how to make this recipe. For the steak: Scatter half the orange slices, half the onion slices, and half the garlic pieces on the bottom of a glass dish large enough to hold the flank steak. Sprinkle the flank steak all over with salt and pepper and place in the prepared baking dish. Scatter the remaining oranges, onions, and garlic over the flank steak and pour the beer over. Cover with plastic wrap and let stand for 1 hour at room temperature or overnight in the fridge. Place a grill pan over medium-high heat or preheat a gas or charcoal grill. Remove the meat from the marinade. Discard the marinade. Grill the steak to desired doneness, about 4 minutes per side for medium-rare. Let the steak rest for 10 minutes. Transfer the grilled flank steak to a cutting board and cut crosswise into strips. For the salsa: In a small bowl mix together the salsa ingredients. To assemble: Using the butter lettuce leaves, make tacos using slices of flank steak and avocados. Drizzle with the salsa. Cook's Note: The marinated steak can also be broiled.
Step by step:
1. Watch how to make this recipe.
2. For the steak: Scatter half the orange slices, half the onion slices, and half the garlic pieces on the bottom of a glass dish large enough to hold the flank steak. Sprinkle the flank steak all over with salt and pepper and place in the prepared baking dish. Scatter the remaining oranges, onions, and garlic over the flank steak and pour the beer over. Cover with plastic wrap and let stand for 1 hour at room temperature or overnight in the fridge.
3. Place a grill pan over medium-high heat or preheat a gas or charcoal grill.
4. Remove the meat from the marinade. Discard the marinade. Grill the steak to desired doneness, about 4 minutes per side for medium-rare.
5. Let the steak rest for 10 minutes.
6. Transfer the grilled flank steak to a cutting board and cut crosswise into strips.
7. For the salsa: In a small bowl mix together the salsa ingredients.
8. To assemble: Using the butter lettuce leaves, make tacos using slices of flank steak and avocados.
9. Drizzle with the salsa.
10. Cook's Note: The marinated steak can also be broiled.
Nutrition Information:
covered percent of daily need
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