Steak fajitas

Often times my wife will send me a recipe that she wants me to try out. Recently she sent me a recipe for steak fajitas that sounded simple and fantastic. Last night I made this dinner, and I will confirm that it is simple, yet fantastic.

One of the things that made this recipe so fantastic was probably the length of time I left the flank steak in the marinade. I had planned to make this recipe before our long weekend trip to see family over Memorial Day weekend, but we were not able to fit it in. So I put the gallon zip top bag containing the steak and the marinade in the freezer. Then this morning I took it out to thaw. Not only was the meat infused with flavor, but it stayed super juicy while being grilled - which is not always an easy task.

Grilled flank steak resting on a cutting board

The rest of the meal was simple. Tortillas - which I made a little ahead from scratch - and sautéed onions and peppers. Serve the meal family style and add in some sliced avocados and you have yourself some simple steak fajitas. The recipe says you can add sour cream and fresh cilantro, but after having them I say they are definitely not necessary.

Steak fajitas dinner

 I grilled the steak outside on my gas grill, about 8 minutes per side. This gave the steak a fantastic medium doneness to the meat, and left it juicy inside. If you prefer your meat a little rarer, you can certainly reduce the cooking time some, but for us this was fantastic.

Cutting flank steak for the meal. 

I am not sure if it was the marinade or the simple magic of grilled steak, but the meat was HEAVENLY. I could have sat there and just ate the meat all night - and so could my wife judging by her reaction to a taste test. Wrapping it up in a tortilla with some onions, peppers and avocado seemed like a little much for such a tasty morsel.

Steak fajita, anyone?

The recipe for the fajitas (which includes the marinade) is available on About.com in their food section, and a link directly to the recipe is HERE. If you want to go whole hog and make the fajitas dinner be my guest. but if you just want to start using this marinade for all your steaks like I do, then you can just go ahead and join me in doing that.