In Episode 29 we are making Grilled Sirloin Steak Tacos for dinner. Susie shares this amazing marinated steak taco recipe that is perfect for taco Tuesday and ANYONE who loves to grill! Marinated Top Sirloin is grilled and sliced, served on tortillas with the most delicious homemade chipotle lime crema and pico de gallo.
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Intro: Welcome to Let’s Make Dinner, your audio library of amazing dinner recipes you can get on the table any night of the week. I’m your host, Susie Weinrich.
Susie Weinrich: I’m about ready to blow the doors right off of your Taco Tuesday, so you’re going to want to add this to your meal plan. Grab a pencil, and write it down. Marinated grilled steak tacos with Chipotle Crema, Tuesday dinner is done. This is a crazy, delicious grilled steak taco. So you’re going to take a top sirloin, you’re going to make a marinade for it and pop it in the fridge for about four hours. Prep your grill up for dinner, grill that marinated steak. Mix up the easiest chipotle lime crema, and you have dinner ready. It’s going to be delicious.
Tips and Tricks: But before we get to the full recipe, let’s talk about a few tips for your ingredients and for making these steak tacos. First of all, the recipe calls for a top sirloin. When you’re at the grocery store and you’re looking at sirloin steaks, you want to make sure that it says top sirloin. That is not the same cut as just a sirloin steak. A sirloin steak is going to be a different cut that is a little bit tougher. Same with a sirloin tip, which is also going to be a little bit tougher than a top sirloin. So make sure you see the word top on the package. Second of all, top sirloin is actually a very lean cut of beef. So this steak is going to be cooked to a medium at most, medium rare, somewhere in there. So around 135 to 145. If you do not want to see any pink in your steak, then this might not be the recipe for you because top sirloin, as I said, is so lean that if you cook it to like a medium well or well done, it will be a little bit tough. However, if you still want to make this recipe, you could always use a ribeye or something that’s a little bit tender and can handle more of a well-done temperature.
Grilled Steak Tacos Recipe: All right, so let’s get into making this grilled steak taco recipe with the Chipotle lime crema. We’re going to start with a Chipotle lime crema because that can be made a couple of days in advance and left in the fridge. Just cover it up, in an airtight container, pop it in there, and it’ll be ready for when you are ready to have dinner. So in a small bowl, and this is very, very simple. In a small bowl, you’re going to combine half a cup of mayonnaise, a quarter cup of sour cream, and three teaspoons of fresh squeezed lime juice. Then you need three Chipotle chilies in adobo sauce. That’s going to come in a can, and you can find it anywhere in the Mexican food aisle at your grocery store. They are super spicy. Don’t be fooled by their appearance and their smell. They are spicy, so that’s why this only calls for three. If you like it super spicy, go ahead and put four or five in. If you don’t like it spicy at all, you might want to dial it back to two. But you’re going to finally dice those Chipotle chilies and pop those in the bowl.
Then add one large garlic clove that’s minced and two tablespoons of milk. Then you’re just going to stir it until everything is combined together. Like I said, pop it in the fridge. Now let’s get to the marinade for the steak. You’re going to want to have about a one-and-a-half to two-pound top sirloin steak. If you can’t find one that big, you can always buy two or three top sirloin steaks and put those in the marinade. Start by taking your sirloin steak and using a fork, you will poke holes all over in one side of the steak. That will just allow the marinade to seep in and flavor the beef just a little bit better.
For the marinade, you need three tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce. Three tablespoons of fresh squeezed lime juice. Three tablespoons of vegetable oil. One tablespoon of sugar, one teaspoon of ground cumin, one tablespoon of chili powder, one teaspoon of ground coriander, and one teaspoon of onion powder. Three large garlic cloves that are just rough chopped, and you don’t want tiny little slices or mince of garlic because you don’t want it to stick to the steak and then burn on the grill. So I like to just give it a really rough chop into large pieces. Then finally add three-quarters teaspoon of kosher salt. Mix that all together and get the steak in the marinade and pop it in the fridge for about four hours.
Now it’s time to grill the steak for your steak tacos. You want to set your grill up whether you have charcoal or gas for direct high heat. Now while your grill is heating up, you want to take the steak out of the fridge and let it sit at room temperature for 20 to 30 minutes. This is called tempering and it will just help your steak cook more evenly. Anytime you’re grilling, really, whether it’s chicken, beef, or pork, you want to do this so that the outside doesn’t cook really fast, and then it takes forever for the inside to cook and you end up with dry chicken or dry pork or overcooked beef.
So once the grill is heated and ready, you can grill the steak covered on your grill for about four to five minutes per side over direct heat, and that should be about medium, medium rare. You want it to read about 135 to 140 with an instant-read thermometer. Like I said in the tip section, you do not want to cook a top sirloin steak to a medium well or well done. If you have some little charred bits on your steak, those are extra tasty, promise.
Go ahead and remove the steak from the grill and let it rest at room temperature for about five to 10 minutes. No need to tent your steak at this point because you’re not trying to carry over cook. You just want it to redistribute the juices and be cool enough to slice. Finally, you want to very thinly slice the meat across the grain. You want pretty thin slices here. We’re talking like a quarter-inch thick.
Now when you’re serving these tacos, of course, get that Chipotle lime crema out that we made at the beginning of this episode, and then we just like to add a little pico de gallo. You can definitely get some at the store. I know Trader Joe’s and Aldi have a killer pico de gallo, or I have a recipe for a homemade pico de gallo and I will link that in the show notes for you. Take your tortilla, and pile on four slices of that thinly sliced, marinated, and grilled steak. Add a little of the chipotle lime crema drizzled over top, and then spoon on some pico de gallo. That’s it. It is so, so, so good. So I really do hope that you will add this to your menu plan and have a really good taco Tuesday.
Now let’s talk about side dishes. I have a great recipe for a 15-minute refried bean that would go great on the side, as well as just regular Mexican rice. I have an Instant Pot version, or I have a stove top version, and I will link both in the show notes for you. Of course, chips and salsa and guacamole are always good if you’re trying to have a bigger meal. I also have a wonderful cilantro lime pineapple. It’s made with fresh pineapple. That would be a great fresh side dish to add as well. As always, you do not want to forget the margarita, especially if it’s the weekend.
I will link all of these recipes that I talked about in this episode, right in the show notes so you can find everything you need when you’re ready to make these grilled steak tacos for dinner. If you are listening to this show in your favorite podcast player and you like what you hear, I would love to have you go in and rate and review our show.
Outro: Until next time, I hope this episode of Let’s Make Dinner, makes your dinner time a little easier.
Tips Shared
- Make sure you purchase “Top Sirloin”. It is not the same thing as Sirloin Steak or Sirloin Tip.
- Do not cook this steak past medium-rare, medium. About 135-145 internal temp. It becomes tough at any higher temp.
Recipes Mentioned
- Grilled Steak Tacos
- Pico De Gallo
- Instant Pot Mexican Rice
- (Stove Top) Mexican Rice
- 15 Min Refried Beans
- Cilantro Lime Pineapple
- Margaritas!
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