How to Make Lime Basted Carne Asada

Out of all my cooking endeavors, there is always one meal that gets requested more often than any other. That meal is carne asada. It all started one fateful Cinco De Mayo when I discovered the incredible pairing of beef and lime. Though this is a great Cinco De Mayo dish, truly this is a meal that can be prepared at any time of the year.

Things You'll Need

• Beef, sliced very thinly
• 2 tsp. salt
• 1 tbsp. pepper
• 2 tbsp. garlic, chopped
• 3 Limes
• Large plastic cooking bag
• Grill
• Nonstick cooking spray

Instructions

1. Your first step is to go to your local butcher block or carniceria and ask the butcher for thinly sliced beef for carne asada. In some grocery stores you can buy meat specifically cut for carne asada, but if not the butcher should know what to do.

2. Take a large plastic bag and fill it with about 2 tbsp. chopped garlic, 1 tbsp. pepper, and 2 tsp. salt. Take your 3 limes and cut them in half. Remove any seeds and squeeze all the juice into the bag.

3. Place your carne asada meat into the bag. Move the meat around within the bag to assure that all parts of the meat get coated in the marinade. If you have a particularly large cut of meat, feel free to add more lime to the mix.

4. Heat up your grill and spray the grates well with a nonstick cooking spray. Take each slice of the meat and lay it on the grill. Salt and pepper to taste. Since the meat is very thin it should not take more than 2 to 3 minutes per side to cook.

5. Your final step is to take the meat off the grill and slice it into strips. Place those strips of carne asada between a tortilla with some salsa, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole and whatever else you like and you are set to go!