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Fresh, marinated beef and tender-crisp seasoned veggies make this steak fajitas recipe a crowd-pleasing favorite.
Holly’s Recipe Highlights
- Flavor: Juicy steak and tender veggies are infused with zesty Tex-Mex flavors.
- Recommended tools: Grill toppers make cooking veggies on the BBQ easy.
- Time-Saving Tip: Buy a bag of frozen peppers and onions to cut down on prep time.
- Serving suggestions: Make a fajita bar with toppings, sauces, and a side of sangria.
Ingredient Tips For Steak Fajitas
- Beef: You can use any steak for fajitas. I like flank or skirt steak for marinating. If using more tender cuts of meat, reduce the marinating time.
- Marinade: Lime juice tenderizes the meat while the spices and seasonings add flavor.
- Vegetables: Colorful strips of bell peppers are must-haves for the best fajitas! Sliced mushrooms, zucchini, corn, and even pre-cooked diced potatoes add extra flavor and texture to steak fajitas.
- Tortillas: Choose any size of flour tortillas for hand-held fajitas. Wrap tortillas in foil and keep them warm on a corner of the grill until ready to fill.
Variations: Short on time? Season leftover beef, chicken, pork, or shrimp in fajita seasonings, wrap in foil, and warm on the grill until ready to use.
How to Make Steak Fajitas
- Whisk the marinade ingredients together. Marinate steak (full recipe below).
- Grill steak to the desired doneness, remove from heat, and let rest.
- Saute onions and peppers in oil and seasonings until tender-crisp.
- Slice the steak and add to the tortillas with veggies.
- Top with desired toppings and serve.
Storing Steak Fajitas
Marinate the steak up to a day ahead, grill, slice, and keep in the refrigerator until ready to reheat. Leftover fajitas with the veggies can be kept in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. Reheat portions in the microwave or add to a bed of greens or a wrap for a healthy and hearty workday lunch.
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Grilled Steak Fajitas
Ingredients
Beef
- 1 ½ pounds flank steak or skirt steak
- ¼ cup fresh lime juice
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- ½ teaspoon salt and black pepper
- 2 cloves garlic minced
Vegetables
- 1 white onion sliced
- 1 green bell pepper seeded & sliced
- 1 red bell pepper seeded & sliced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- ½ teaspoon cumin
- salt and pepper to taste
For Serving
- 8 medium flour tortillas 8-inch
- toppings as desired
Instructions
- Combine beef, lime juice, olive oil, cumin, chili powder, oregano, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, salt and pepper to taste. Marinate at least 4 hours or overnight.
- Preheat grill to medium-high heat. Grill the steak 7-9 minutes. Flip over and cook an additional 5-7 minutes or to reach desired doneness. Rest 10 minutes before slicing.
- Drizzle onions and peppers with olive oil and season with salt, pepper and cumin.
- Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil to a pan and add onions. Cook 3-4 minutes. Add sliced peppers and cook and additional 3-5 minutes or until tender crisp.
- Slice steak across the grain. Fill warmed tortillas with steak, peppers and desired toppings.
Notes
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Beef, Dinner, Main Course
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These fajitas are divine. Love the flavor the marinade imparts. I marinated from 11PM until 2 PM, turning once at 10 AM. And the crisp tender peppers and onions were perfect. My husband loved them.
Carol, so happy to hear that! Glad your husband enjoyed them too—sounds like a fajita night win.
I made this and you Easy Chicken Faquitas recipe for a family get together. Both turned out Amazing! The beef ended up very tender (we did use a thermometer so we did not over grill it) and very flavorful! Everyone went back for seconds! Thank you for the recipes. Every one I try is so good!
easy and delicious!
Making these steak fajitas and your grilled chicken fajitas for several families on an upcoming trip. Your chicken recipe mentions freezing the chicken direcly in the marinade and then defrosting and grilling. Think I could do the same with this recipe? Would help immensely with prep prior to travel!
Hi Beth, that should work great for this recipe. Enjoy!
The marinade made the steak so delicious and very tender. Will definitely make this again
So glad you enjoyed it!
I used sirloin steak that I had in the freezer. This was easy to make, just need to make the marinade early so it has time. I halved the chili powder since what we have is spicy. Grilling the steak gave it a nice flavor, even in the winter. We really enjoyed this and will be making it again. Thanks for the recipe!
This fajitas recipe turned out perfect.
Did the flank steak in my cast iron skillet a half hour early so it could cool to cut into strips. Added the pepper mix to the saved fond then the meat Made a perfect gravy
I added some chili seasoning to the pepper onions before cooking.
So glad you loved it Mike!
Where do you put the Worcestershire sauce. An$ the quarter cup of oil. Do they go in the marinade?
Hi Steve, they do go in the marinade with the beef!
what can I use instead of cumin? Found cumin to be a bit overpowering, but that could be because I made a dish for 2. thxs
You can leave the cumin out if you find it too much. If you reduced the dish but left the full amount of seasonings, they would have a stronger flavor so when reducing the dish, be sure to reduce the seasonings as well.
I have tried this fajitas recipe at my home and it is very easy to make and really delicious in taste. Thanks for sharing this recipe with all of us.
You didn’t tell us what the marinade included???
Hi Mike, marinade ingredients are combined with the beef in step one :)
You didn’t mention quantities for garlic and chili powder. Could you help?
Sorry for the confusion, I’ve updated the recipe.