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    Beef Fajitas with Lime Beer Marinade

    Jul 27, 2012 · Modified: Sep 25, 2021 by Andrea · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads · 2 Comments

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    Beef Fajitas with Lime Beer Marinade - Andrea Meyers

    So far our garden is doing very well. The tomato plants are hanging heavy with fruit, the basil plants are bushy, and some of the peppers have started turning yellow, purple, and red. With all the vegetables coming in from the garden now, we are busy harvesting each day, and cooking and putting up what we have. There’s something about sautéed peppers and onions when they get soft and blackened a little around the edges, they make any dish better, including beef fajitas. I eat fajitas as much for the peppers and onions as anything else, about the only thing better to have with fajitas is guacamole.

    This fajita marinade I adapted from Cooking Light quickly became a favorite for us. The original recipe calls for Worcestershire sauce, which I skipped and used Modello beer instead, adding a bit more than suggested and saving the rest for dinner. The lime and beer combination worked well as a marinade with the spices and made for some good fajitas. The recipe also calls for chicken and for marinating and grilling the vegetables, which I changed up a bit. However you decide to do it, give these a try when you want some good Mexican food at home.

    Recipe Notes

    Flank steak, also called London Broil, is the most common meat for fajitas. If you can’t find flank steak, a skirt steak or even round steak will work. Pounding the meat a little to tenderize it helps, as well as a long stay in the marinade.

    Beef Fajitas with Lime Beer Marinade - Andrea Meyers
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    Beef Fajitas with Lime Beer Marinade

    Adapted from Cooking Light.
    Prep Time15 mins
    Cook Time25 mins
    Marinating Time12 hrs
    Total Time12 hrs 40 mins
    Course: Main Course
    Cuisine: Southwestern
    Keyword: beef, beer, grill, tortillas
    Servings: 4
    Calories: 488kcal
    Author: Andrea

    Equipment

    • small bowl
    • gallon plastic bag
    • large skillet, cast iron recommended
    • grill

    Ingredients

    Marinade

    • ¼ cup olive oil
    • 1 lime (zest and juice)
    • ¼ cup Modello beer
    • 1½ teaspoons ground cumin
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • ½ teaspoon dried Mexican oregano
    • ½ teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
    • 2 garlic cloves (minced)
    • 8 ounces beef broth

    Fajitas

    • 1½ pounds flank steak (skirt steak will also work)
    • 2 tablespoons sunflower or canola oil
    • 2 red bell peppers (each cut into thin wedges)
    • 2 green bell peppers (each cut into thin wedges)
    • 1 large Vidalia or other sweet onion (cut into thin wedges)

    Serve With

    • whole grain tortillas (warm)
    • guacamole or sliced avocados
    • salsa or chopped tomatoes
    • shredded cheddar or Mexican blend cheese
    • cilantro
    • lime wedges

    Preparation

    • MARINADE: In the small bowl, stir together all of the marinade ingredients, set aside about ½ cup for the sauce, then pour the rest over the flank steak in the gallon bag. Seal well and turn the bag over a few times to make sure the marinade fully coats the steak. Set in the refrigerator to chill overnight.
    • Heat the oil in the skillet over medium to medium high heat. Add the peppers and onions and cook while stirring occasionally until they are soft and shiny with browned and blackened edges, about 5 to 8 minutes.
    • While the peppers and onions cook, preheat the grill. Discard the marinade and cook the steak to medium rare, about 8 minutes on each side, or longer as preferred. Remove from the grill, cover with foil, and allow to stand for 5 minutes while the juices settle in the meat.
    • Bring the ½ cup of reserved marinade to a boil, then remove from heat. Cut the steak diagonally across the grain in thin slices. Place the steak, peppers, and onions on a serving platter and drizzle the heated marinade over the meat. Serve immediately.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 488kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 39g | Fat: 30g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 102mg | Sodium: 896mg | Potassium: 952mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 2083IU | Vitamin C: 128mg | Calcium: 79mg | Iron: 4mg
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    [Disclosure: I am a member of the Cooking Light Bloggers' Connection.]

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    1. Kathy Steger says

      July 28, 2012 at 11:53 am

      Looks delicious and the steak looks perfectly juicy 🙂

      Reply
      • Andrea says

        August 11, 2012 at 4:02 pm

        Thanks Kathy!

        Reply

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