Authentic Carne Asada

Authentic carne asada is our favorite summer meal!

If my husband had his way he would make it every week. It’s so delicious.

Serve it with some warm corn tortillas and fresh pico de gallo.

What is carne asada?

Carne asada translates to grilled meat in English.

It’s our favorite thing to make during the summer as it’s easy and doesn’t dirty up the kitchen.

If you have a Mexican meat market or “carnicería” nearby I highly recommend you get your meat there.

Whenever we want carne asada we always go to a nearby carnicería.

They have a variety of meats to choose from such as diesmillo, arrachera, cecina and adobada just to name a few.

This time we chose to do arrachera which is a skirt steak.

We will be marinating our arrachera in a delicious marinade before grilling to give it even more flavor.

Marinade ingredients for arrachera

• Garlic salt (I use Lawry’s garlic salt. It’s the best garlic salt out there if you ask me)
• Onion powder
• Ground cumin
• Black pepper
• Lime juice (Freshly squeezed)

Put the arrachera in a large bowl.

Then stir the seasonings and lime juice together.

Pour it over the meat and make sure to submerge the meat into the marinade so that its all coated in it.

Cover the bowl and stick it in the fridge to marinate overnight or for at least 6-8 hours before grilling.

I don’t recommend you skip marinating as this will really boosts its flavor and tenderize the meat.

Preheat your grill to a medium heat for 5 minutes.

Then put the marinated arrachera on the grill.

Marco, my husband grills his carne asada for about 5-7 minutes on each side.

He prefers his medium well.

Cooking time will depend on how thick the meat is.

You can cook yours according to your preference.

When it’s done transfer it to a bowl and let it rest covered for about 5 minutes

What to serve with carne asada?

While you can’t forget the warm corn tortillas and pico de gallo we also like to serve it with some rice and beans.

And you can’t go wrong with a refreshing agua fresca such as this piña colada agua fresca.

I really hope you enjoyed this authentic carne asada recipe!

Carne asada is the perfect summer food!

It’s great to make for get togethers and birthday parties and everyone loves it.

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