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Grilled Steak Tacos, Corn Elote

Quick & Maxium Flavour
Course Dinner, Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine American, Mexican
Keyword Elote, flap meat, Grilled Steak Tacos, Steak Tacos
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 4 people
Calories 3144kcal
Author AnotherFoodBlogger

Equipment

  • Chef Knives
  • Chopping board
  • measuring/weighing utensils
  • mixing bowl
  • tongs
  • BBQ
  • wire rack – for resting your meat

Ingredients

  • 800 g steak flap, flank or skirt
  • olive oil
  • BBQ rub

Elote

  • 4 ears corn
  • 1 large jalapeno
  • 1 spring onion
  • 1 handful coriander
  • 80 g sour cream
  • 30 g mayonnaise
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 40 g cotija cheese or crumbled feta
  • 2 tbsp lime

Other

  • coriander
  • 12 tortillas
  • red cabbage – thinly sliced

Instructions

  • Drizzle the steak in oil and rub in your favourite BBQ rub
  • Finely dice the jalapeno, chop the spring onion and chop the coriander
  • Char the corn on the BBQ, remove from ear and mix with all the elote ingredients
  • Cook your steak for approx. 2 minutes per side or until internal temperature reads 48-52c for medium rare. Rest your steak for 3-5 mins and char your tortillas
  • Serve the tacos with red cabbage, elote and slices of steak on top. Squeeze of lime juice and coriander for garnish

Notes

Tips/Tricks

  • ALWAYS rest your meat before cutting into it – this allows the juices to redistribute, leaving you with perfectly cooked and juicy meatrest you meat on a wire rack – this allows air to circulate
  • corn elote can be made in advance if serving for a party and will keep for 2-3 days in the fridge
  • cotija cheese is the classic cheese for elote but feta also works of you can’t get any

Nutrition

Calories: 3144kcal | Carbohydrates: 186g | Protein: 193g | Fat: 180g | Saturated Fat: 72g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 28g | Monounsaturated Fat: 69g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 548mg | Sodium: 3323mg | Potassium: 2799mg | Fiber: 14g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 1060IU | Vitamin C: 24mg | Calcium: 681mg | Iron: 27mg