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Make the steak fajitas marinade in this recipe and you are halfway there. Read on and I will tell you what more you need to do to make the best grilled sweet soy steak fajita recipe. So, are you ready to learn how to make this steak fajitas recipe? Let’s get started!
What You Need For This Recipe
If you want to make this steak fajita recipe you need an extensive list. The following ingredients should be on your shopping list:
- Beef – buy good quality steak
- Soy sauce – I use sweet soy sauce
- Salt – essential ingredient to enhance to flavor of the steak
- Apple cider vinegar – the acid in the vinegar helps tenderize the steak
- Seasoning – I use chili powder mix
- Chili flakes – to spice up the dish
- Olive oil – to cook the steak
- Bell peppers – for color choose yellow, green, and red bell peppers and slice them
- Yellow onion – finely slice
- Red onion – slice the red onion as well
- Tortillas – use small flour tortillas
Note that the full ingredients list, including measurements, can be found in the recipe card below.
How To Make Steak Fajitas
- When you make this recipe start with the steak fajitas marinade. This might be the easiest marinade in the world. Put the following ingredients in a bowl:
- Olive oil
- Sweet soy sauce – I use dark soy but you can also use light soy sauce
- Apple cider vinegar
- Salt
- Chili flakes
- Combine the ingredients before you add one tablespoon of chili powder seasoning, preferably homemade, and stir through thoroughly. Pro Tip: Instead of chili powder, you can also try this homemade fajitas seasoning
- Put the meat into a plastic resealable bag and pour the marinade into the bag. Zip it close and make sure you cover the meat before you put it into the fridge.
- Then leave it in the fridge for at least 1 hour (more if possible) and turn the bag midway through the marinading time. When you pan-fry the beef keep the marinade, you will need it later on.
- Heat a cast-iron skillet with olive oil until very and pan-fry the beef for 2-3 minutes per side. Turn the steak and pan fry for another 2-3 minutes.
- Do not move the steak around let it sit in the pan. Take some aluminum foil, wrap the steak in the foil, and set it aside. Let the beef relax for 10 minutes before you cut it into small strips and serve.
- Preheat the oven to 400℉/200℃. Wrap 6 soft fajitas tortillas in some tin foil and let them warm for 10 minutes. At the same time reheat the cast iron skillet and add some oil.
- Slice the bell peppers and onions. Put all of the bell peppers in the pan and let them go soft. Then add the onion and stir through the pan.
- When all the vegetables are soft, add the remaining marinade to the skillet and let it simmer for a few minutes. Serve by adding some bell peppers and onion to a fajita tortilla. Then take strips of beef and put it on top of the vegetables.
- If you like you can add some homemade roasted tomato salsa to it and eat it with rice. That is how you make this easy steak fajita recipe.
Marinaded Steak Fajitas Recipe
When you make grilled steak fajitas you need to start with good quality steak because you want to eat soft and tender meat. But even if you can’t get the best quality cut a good marinade like Mexican steak marinade will help.
You see a marinade needs to balance sweet and sour or an acidic ingredient. When the beef has tough muscle fibers you need some acidity to break these down and make it more tender.
The same applies when adding salt to your beef. It brings out the natural juiciness and makes it more tender. This recipe is done in no time but it needs some preparation.
Especially when letting the meat marinate. The longer you can leave the meat in the marinade the better it gets. You can even make the marinade the night before putting the meat in it and put it in the fridge so it will taste even better.
See How to Make Grilled Steak Fajitas
Want to see how to make these grilled steak fajitas? Watch the instructional video with step-by-step instructions in the recipe card below.
Then you can follow the recipe and see how simple this recipe is.
More Fajitas Recipes
Want to see more easy fajita recipes? Take a look at these great homemade fajita recipes:
- Shredded tender brisket beef fajitas
- Pulled chicken fajitas
- Vegan mushroom fajitas
- Pork shoulder fajitas
- Fish fajitas
- Easy homemade soft fajitas tortillas
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Grilled Steak Fajitas
How to make this steak fajitas recipe is easy. You need to make a great steak fajitas marinade and eat it with soft tortillas.
Ingredients
- 450 grams of beef steak
- 6 fajitas tortillas
- 3 bell peppers preferably three colors yellow, green, and red
- 2-3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1½ tablespoon sweet soy sauce
- 1½ tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon chili powder mix
- 1 yellow onion
- 1 red onion
- Pinch of salt
- ¼ teaspoon chili flakes
Instructions
- Add 1½ olive oil, 1½ tbsp of sweet soy sauce, apple cider vinegar, salt, and chili flakes into a bowl. Stir before you add one tbsp of chili powder mix and stir some more
- Put the meat into a ziplock bag and pour the marinade in the bag. Leave it in the fridge for at least 3 hours. Turn the bag halfway through the marinating time
- Heat a cast-iron skillet with oil and pan-fry the beef for 2 minutes per side. Turn and let the back of the steak pan fry for also 2 minutes
- Wrap the steaks into aluminum foil and let the beef relax for at least 10 minutes before you cut it into small strips to serve
- Preheat the oven at 400℉/200℃ and warm 6 fajitas tortillas wrapped in thin foil for 10 minutes
- Reheat the cast iron skillet and add some oil. Put all of the bell peppers in the pan and let them go soft. Then add the onion and stir through the pan
- When the vegetables are soft add the remaining marinade to the skillet and let it simmer for a few minutes
- Serve by adding some bell peppers and onion to a fajita tortilla
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Nutrition facts
Servings: 6; Calories: 266; Fat: 10.1g; Carbs: 18.2g; Protein: 25.5g;
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