Cilantro Beef Tacos Recipes

CILANTRO BEEF TACOS

Steps:

• Sprinkle steak with salt and pepper. In a large skillet, heat 2 teaspoons oil over medium-high heat. Add steak; cook 5-7 minutes on each side or until meat reaches desired doneness (for medium-rare, a thermometer should read 135°; medium, 140°; medium-well, 145°). Remove from pan., In same skillet, heat remaining oil over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir 4-5 minutes or until tender. Add jalapeno and garlic; cook 2 minutes longer. Stir in salsa, cilantro, lime juice and pepper sauce; heat through., Thinly slice steak across the grain; stir into onion mixture. Serve in tortillas; top as desired.

CILANTRO TACOS

Steps:

• Brown ground beef, drain and set aside.
• Sauté onions and bell pepper in a little olive oil until soft.
• Add habanero and garlic and sauté a few minutes more.
• Add beef back to pan along with all remaining ingredients except for the cilantro.
• Sauté beef mixture over med-high heat until almost all of the liquid is gone.
• Remove from heat and toss with cilantro.
• Serve with your favorite taco toppings.
• We prefer the uncooked tortillas from Costco that you heat and cook at home -- they are the best if you haven't had them. Otherwise you can use whatever tortilla or shell that you prefer.

HEALTHY FISH TACOS WITH CILANTRO SLAW

Steps:

• Combine tilapia strips and 1/2 cup lime juice in a glass container. Cover with plastic wrap and marinate in the refrigerator for 3 to 4 hours.
• Combine yogurt, chipotle peppers, adobo sauce, hot sauce, and salt for spicy dressing in a blender or food processor; pulse until smooth. Refrigerate until needed.
• When ready to cook the tilapia, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Remove tilapia from the lime juice and shake off excess. Place in a small baking dish. Discard the remaining lime juice.
• Whisk 1/3 cup lime juice, honey powder, avocado oil, cumin, and paprika for honey-cumin sauce together in a small bowl. Pour over tilapia to cover.
• Bake in the preheated oven until fish flakes easily with a fork, 20 to 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, prepare slaw: Combine green and red cabbage, carrots, and cilantro in a bowl. Remove spicy dressing from the refrigerator and pour all but 1/4 cup over the slaw; toss to combine.
• Build tacos by putting 1 tablespoon remaining spicy dressing on each tortilla. Top with tilapia strips, slaw, and tomatoes.

CILANTRO LIME STEAK TACOS

Steps:

• Prepare marinade for steak by using the juice from 2 limes, salt, pepper, cilantro and chopped onion.
• Place all these in a plastic zip top style bag along with flank steak. Refrigerate for at least 8 hours or overnight.
• Preheat grill, bbq, George Foreman or oven broiler.
• Grill steaks over coals for about 4-6 minutes per side. Let it rest a few minutes before cutting steak into slices about 1/8-1/4 inch thick.
• Cut remaining limes in half.
• Using the Romaine lettuce leaves, fill with the remaining shredded Romain lettuce, tomatoes, steak strips, cheese and salsa.
• Squeeze juice of half a lime over each wrap, wrap it up and enjoy!

CILANTRO SHRIMP TACOS

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add garlic; cook until golden, about 2 minutes. Add shrimp, about 1/3 of the cilantro, seasoned salt, chili powder, cumin, salt, and pepper. Mix well and cook until mixture is heated through and shrimp is opaque, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Heat remaining olive oil in a separate skillet over medium heat. Add 1 corn tortilla at a time and cook until warm and slightly crispy, about 90 seconds each.
• Spoon shrimp mixture onto tortillas and serve with remaining cilantro.

HANGER STEAK TACOS WITH CILANTRO-LIME CREMA AND CHARRED LIMES

Steps:

• Heat a large cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle the steaks with the chile flakes and some salt and pepper and coat with 2 tablespoons of the olive oil. When the skillet starts to smoke, add the steaks, raise the heat slightly and cook, rotating the steaks every 2 to 3 minutes to make sure they have an even char on all sides, 10 to 12 minutes total. Set the steaks aside, uncovered, to rest. This allows all the juices to redistribute into the steak.
• Wipe out the skillet and set it over medium-high heat. Add 2 of the lime halves to the skillet cut-side down and cook until heavily charred, 3 to 5 minutes. Set aside for serving.
• Combine 1 bunch of the cilantro, the juice of the remaining lime halves, some salt and pepper and remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil in a food processor and process until a paste forms.
• Add the sour cream to a medium bowl and grate in the garlic with a rasp grater. Gently fold in the cilantro paste. Set aside.
• Over an open flame, heat the tortillas 3 at a time for 20 to 30 seconds on each side.
• Slice the steak against the grain. Spread the sour cream mixture on a wide platter and arrange the sliced steak on top. Garnish with the grilled lime halves and remaining cilantro and sprinkle with the chile-lime seasoning if using. Serve with the tortillas.