Not just another Beef Steak Fajitas recipe…..made extra juicy and extra tasty with a wicked marinade! Clocking in at just 130 calories per taco, these steak fajitas are super easy, healthy, and made for summer grilling – though you can easily cook it on the stove.
This is a reader-favourite recipe included by popular demand in my debut cookbook “Dinner”!
I’m going away tomorrow for a beach escape with my girlfriends and in usual form, I piped up straight away and said “bags taking care of the food!”.
No one complained. Everybody wants a proper break. Me? Relaxing = cobbling around in the kitchen with many mouths to feed. 🙂
But it is, after all, a holiday, and I don’t plan to spend hours upon hours making complicated fussy things. Being summer in Sydney, the instant thought that came to mind was grilling. Then second to that?
Crowd pleaser. MEXICAN.
Hello Beef Fajitas. I had to do a trial run to make sure you really are good enough for my friends. YES you are. Especially because you’re so tasty and juicy from the yummy marinade. 🙂
PS Note the pink. Pink = perfectly cooked beef. 👍🏼 No pink = overcooked beef. 👎🏼
PPS Note the juices soaking into the wooden cutting board. Extra juicy from the marinade!
I don’t know about you, but when it comes to anything in taco/burrito/roll form, I always overstuff.
Self control issues. I can honestly say that I have NEVER bundled up a taco and thought “Oh, there’s room for more stuffing”.
You too?
That photo above might look like a sensible amount, but here it is folded up.
See? I have no ability to judge the right amout.
Overstuffed taco. Again.
Maybe it doesn’t LOOK overstuffed. But I can tell you that when I picked it up 2 seconds after I took that photo, it required both hands and when I took a bite, filling squirted out the other end. 😂
Slopping up taco filling from my plate with my hands (Cutlery?? What’s that??) is all part of the Mexican Fiesta experience in my books.
And honestly, when it comes to a fast midweek meal or feeding a crowd? These Fajitas. SO good. So easy.
Go wild with the fixings. Don’t hold back. But I promise you, even if you forgo all the fixings, the BEEF is so juicy and full of flavour, you won’t miss them. – Nagi x
Watch How To Make It
This recipe features in my debut cookbook Dinner. The book is mostly new recipes, but this is a reader favourite included by popular demand!
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Beef Steak Fajitas
Ingredients
Marinated Beef
- 1 lb / 500g beef steak (rump and skirt are ideal) (Note 1)
- 4 tbsp / 1/4 cup orange juice , fresh (1 orange)
- 2 tbsp lime juice
- 2 garlic cloves , minced
- 1/2 tsp cumin powder
- 1/2 tsp coriander powder
- 1/2 tsp onion powder (optional)
- 1 tsp chipotle powder (Note 2)
- 1/2 tsp salt
- Black pepper
Fajitas
- 2 – 3 tbsp oil
- 2 bell peppers/capsicum , sliced (Note 3)
- 1 large onion , halved and sliced (brown, yellow, white)
- Salt and pepper
Fixings
- 12 tortillas , small
- Avocado
- Cilantro/coriander
- Sour cream
- Lime wedges
- Tomatoes , sliced, or Pico de gallo
Instructions
- Place the Marinated Beef ingredients in a ziplock bag, massage to coat then refrigerate for 2 hour to overnight.
- Remove beef from marinade 30 minutes prior to cooking (to bring to room temperature) and pat dry with paper towels. Discard marinade.
- Drizzle 1/2 tbsp of oil on each side of the beef (1 tbsp in total).
- Heat the BBQ or a skillet on high heat. Cook beef to your liking. (Note 4)
- Remove beef onto a plate and cover loosely with foil.
- Return skillet to stove, still on high heat, and heat 1/2 tbsp oil. Add onions, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and cook until soft and charred. Remove onto serving plate.
- Heat remaining 1/2 tbsp oil in the skillet. Add bell pepper/capsicum, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and cook until charred. Remove onto plate.
- Slice beef thinly against the grain (Note 5).
- Serve with warmed tortillas and fixings of choice. (Note 6)
Recipe Notes:
– Avocado: Dice and toss with lime juice, olive oil, salt, pepper, chopped cilantro/coriander, and finely chopped chilli.
– Pico de Gallo 7. If you don’t have time to MARINATE, just rub the beef with a spice mix as follows then cook: 1/2 tsp chipotle powder, 1/4 tsp garlic powder, 1/8 tsp EACH smoked paprika, cumin and coriander powder, 1/4 tsp dried oregano, 1/4 tsp salt, black pepper. Rub it on and set aside for 5 to 10 minutes. This will yield a fairly thick spice rub crust that will add loads of flavour to compensate for not marinating. Then follow the recipe. But note: If using skirt steak, the beef will not be as tender because the OJ and lime tenderise the beef. Not as important for more tender cuts of beef like rump, scotch fillet etc, but it makes quite a difference with skirt steak! 8. Nutrition per serving, assuming 4 servings INCLUDING flour tortillas (3 each) but excluding other optional Fixings (as listed in the recipe).
Nutrition Information:
We are big time fajita lovers; and this looks super yummm
Thank you Dhanya!!! 🙂
Oh that beef does look so perfectly cooked Nagi, I am salivating over these fajitas. great marinade too, lovely flavors. Enjoy the getaway!
Awwww, thank you Evelyne!
Fellow overstuffer here! And duh, why haven’t I thought of marinading proteins for fajitas before?? It sounds delish, esp. with the acid from the orange juice. Yumminess! Have a great time on your vacation!
It makes a huge difference! I started doing it because I like using skirt steak which can be a bit tough. 🙂 And of COURSE you’re an overstuffed too Barb. I would not expect anything less of you!!!?
Having houseguests for a week. I’ve already planned your Vietnamese pork chops. I may have to add fajitas to the rotation…Great idea! Thanks
Oooh! I’m so honoured Lyn!!! Those Vietnamese pork chops are fantastic, the marinade!! It’s just so good!!!
I am also a chronic over-stuffer. Instead of removing any of the contents to make a proper-sized burrito, I just mash it all together and hold on for dear life, trying to keep all of the contents in with my fingers. I know… I’m a mess 😛 I’m glad to see you don’t skimp on the steak either (which is PERFECTLY cooked)! Hope you have a great vacay! xo
Well of COURSE you are an overstuffer too. I would never expect otherwise! 🙂
Funny description! 🙂 Yeah, why take out any of the contents – just go for it!
Hi Nagi! I just saw skirt steak at the store the other day, but didn’t buy…I must go back and get some because I have to make this! Of course they should be stuffed so that filling squishes out when you bite! Personally I could just top it when it’s still in the skillet and dive in! 🙂
BA HA HA! I love your way Dorothy – “of course they should be stuffed so that filling squishes out”! Your validation of all things great food is wicked! 🙂
“…I always overstuff.” Yep, me too. And that is why you and I have dribbled shirts. 😉 I’m so jealous of your girl’s getaway – I want to come and be your sous chef!
I always forget about fajitas, but why? I love them. And 130 calories per taco!? woohoo…putting these on the week’s menu. xo
ME TOO!!! Fajitas are definitely a summer thing for me 🙂 I love the char flavour!