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homemade steak fajitas/quesadillas
Posted on 12/4/13 at 11:35 am
Posted on 12/4/13 at 11:35 am
How do yall do this? I've been buying some fajita steak from a local butcher and just using store bought fajita seasoning but it seems to me like the seasoning never cooks into the meat. I even tried adding the seasoning as soon as the meat began cooking in the skillet, and still, it was as if the seasoning never cooks into the meat. It essentially just turns into a sauce that coats the meat.
It's been pretty good, I just know it could be a lot better.
Any suggestions/opinions for cooking steak for this purpose? TIA.
It's been pretty good, I just know it could be a lot better.
Any suggestions/opinions for cooking steak for this purpose? TIA.
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Posted on 12/4/13 at 11:44 am to Sofa King Crimson
what cut is this "fajita steak"?
have you tried putting the season on the meat the day before and letting it penetrate the meat?
eta: last few times i've cooked fajitas, i've come home to find my wife has pre-cut the skirt or flank steak to make it easier to cook
have you tried putting the season on the meat the day before and letting it penetrate the meat?
eta: last few times i've cooked fajitas, i've come home to find my wife has pre-cut the skirt or flank steak to make it easier to cook
This post was edited on 12/4/13 at 11:45 am
Posted on 12/4/13 at 11:50 am to Sofa King Crimson
Find a store that looks like this...
Go purchase the fajita marinated pork/chicken/steak, and grill as is.
If you insist on doing it yourself, a liquid marinade always works best for fajitas. THis one is (to me) not nearly as salty as other store bought marinades...
Go purchase the fajita marinated pork/chicken/steak, and grill as is.
If you insist on doing it yourself, a liquid marinade always works best for fajitas. THis one is (to me) not nearly as salty as other store bought marinades...
Posted on 12/4/13 at 1:50 pm to MSMHater
quote:
what cut is this "fajita steak"?
I used skirt steak.
quote:
Find a store that looks like this...
Go purchase the fajita marinated pork/chicken/steak, and grill as is.
Awesome...anyone know of one around the northshore?
Posted on 12/4/13 at 2:16 pm to Sofa King Crimson
Skirt steak is the best for fajitas. Try marinating for 24 hours and don't waste your time with store-bought seasoning packages.
2 parts pineapple juice
1 part soy sauce
1 part olive oil
throw in whatever seasonings you like - I use chili powder, cumin, salt, pepper, and cayenne.
2 parts pineapple juice
1 part soy sauce
1 part olive oil
throw in whatever seasonings you like - I use chili powder, cumin, salt, pepper, and cayenne.
Posted on 12/4/13 at 2:21 pm to MSMHater
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Find a store that looks like this
Do not go in there and ask for chicken fajita meat. To them, fajitas are beef. Period.
Posted on 12/4/13 at 2:22 pm to NaturalBeam
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NaturalBeam
This is pretty much what I do, except with lime juice instead of pineapple. Alton Brown has a pretty good fajita recipe if you want to look it up and start with that.
Posted on 12/4/13 at 2:27 pm to NaturalBeam
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Skirt steak is the best for fajitas.
Absolutely correct.
quote:
Try marinating for 24 hours and don't waste your time with store-bought seasoning packages.
Again, spot on. Also, if you have a vacuum sealer that has worked awesome for me. I vac'd in the the meat and marinade for a couple of days and it was very flavorful and tender.
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2 parts pineapple juice
1 part soy sauce
1 part olive oil
Interesting. I've never tried this mixture and I've tried several. Might have to give this one a shot...sounds good and easy.
Posted on 12/4/13 at 2:35 pm to htownjeep
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Do not go in there and ask for chicken fajita meat. To them, fajitas are beef. Period
Maybe the meat market I use in Dickinson is just catering to us gringos.
Their "marinated fajita chicken" is butterflied breasts with some red marinade concoction on them. Whatever it is, literally, stains the meat red/pink while grilling, but it's the best damn fajita chicken I've hever had.
Their Yelp page
Posted on 12/4/13 at 2:52 pm to MSMHater
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Maybe the meat market I use in Dickinson is just catering to us gringos.
Yeah, probably. It's only down to earth purist Mexicans that I have met that will get their feathers ruffled over this and refer to it as a Tex-Mex thing. They'll even eat it but they will not call it fajitas.
Posted on 12/4/13 at 5:06 pm to Sofa King Crimson
I usually eat just shrimp or chicken fajitas
but, if when I cook steak fajitas, I just buy the flank.
but, if when I cook steak fajitas, I just buy the flank.
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