{"id":78251,"date":"2024-05-01T16:40:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T20:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/?p=78251"},"modified":"2025-09-04T16:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T20:43:08","slug":"the-best-grilled-steak-for-fajitas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/the-best-grilled-steak-for-fajitas\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Grilled Steak for Fajitas"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Hot dogs and burgers may be the most popular meats for the grill, but steak deserves a place at the table too. Cooking beef over the flames gives it that extra something that a good cast iron pan just can’t replicate. Some recipes even demand that smoky char, otherwise they aren’t quite right. Like fajitas, which are one of those items you have to oil up the grates for.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Fajitas have origins in\u00a0Tejano<\/span>\u00a0grilling culture, in which ranchers tend to favor the off-cuts of meat. It addition to being economical, these cuts typically have a robust texture and flavor that holds up well to the smoke and to marinades. For fajitas, skirt steak<\/a> is the preferred cut, although flank<\/a> or hangar<\/a> steak will give you just-as-delicious results.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

The vegetables are important here too, since they benefit equally from being grilled. The fiery heat makes them sweet and juicy\u2014perfect when complemented by warm tortillas, salsa, guacamole, and sour cream. And maybe a cerveza.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Grilled Steak for Fajitas Recipe<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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What you’ll need:<\/span><\/p>

1\/4 c neutral cooking oil, plus more for brushing
1\/4 c soy sauce
1\/4 c lime juice
2 lb skirt, hanger, or flank steak
Salt and pepper
1 large onion, cut into thick wedges
<\/span>2 large bell peppers, cut into thick wedges<\/span><\/p>

For serving: corn or wheat tortillas, guacamole, sour cream, salsa, chopped cilantro<\/em><\/p>

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Whisk together oil, soy sauce, and lime juice. Place steak in a deep dish or heavy-duty zip-top gallon bag and pour in the marinade, coating all over. Let sit in the fridge a few hours, turning once or twice.<\/p>

Set up the grill for high direct heat. Remove steak from marinade and blot any excess with a paper towel. Season lightly with salt and heavily with pepper. Place directly over flames and grill on each side until desired doneness is reached (for medium rare, that’s a 125 F internal temperature). Cover and set aside to rest.\u00a0<\/p>

While steak rests, lightly brush onion and pepper wedges with oil and season with salt and pepper. Place veggies directly over flames and grill until charred in spots and tender.\u00a0<\/p>

Once steak has rested at least 5 minutes, slice thinly against the grain. Serve with tortillas, veggies, and your desired toppings.\u00a0<\/p>

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Hot dogs and burgers may be the most popular meats for the grill, but steak deserves a place at the table too. Cooking beef over the flames gives it that extra something that a good cast iron pan just can’t replicate. Some recipes even demand that smoky char, otherwise they aren’t quite right. Like fajitas, which are one of those items you have to oil up the grates for. Fajitas have origins in\u00a0Tejano\u00a0grilling culture, in which ranchers tend to favor the off-cuts of meat. It addition to being economical, these cuts typically have a robust texture and flavor that holds up well to the smoke and to marinades. For fajitas, skirt steak is the preferred cut, although flank or hangar steak will give you just-as-delicious results.\u00a0 The vegetables are important here too, since they benefit equally from being grilled. The fiery heat makes them sweet and juicy\u2014perfect when complemented by warm tortillas, salsa, guacamole, and sour cream. And maybe a cerveza.\u00a0 Get the recipe below and shop the ingredients on FreshDirect. Grilled Steak for Fajitas Recipe What you’ll need: 1\/4 c neutral cooking oil, plus more for brushing1\/4 c soy sauce1\/4 c lime juice2 lb skirt, hanger, or flank steakSalt and pepper1 large onion, cut into thick wedges2 large bell peppers, cut into thick wedges For serving: corn or wheat tortillas, guacamole, sour cream, salsa, chopped cilantro What to do: Whisk together oil, soy sauce, and lime juice. Place steak in a deep dish or heavy-duty zip-top gallon bag and pour in the marinade, coating all over. Let sit in the fridge a few hours, turning once or twice. Set up the grill for high direct heat. Remove steak from marinade and blot any excess with a paper towel. Season lightly with salt and heavily with pepper. Place directly over flames and grill on each side until desired doneness is reached (for medium rare, that’s a 125 F internal temperature). Cover and set aside to rest.\u00a0 While steak rests, lightly brush onion and pepper wedges with oil and season with salt and pepper. Place veggies directly over flames and grill until charred in spots and tender.\u00a0 Once steak has rested at least 5 minutes, slice thinly against the grain. Serve with tortillas, veggies, and your desired toppings.\u00a0 Serves 6\u20138 Shop meat on FreshDirect<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61027,"featured_media":78252,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2736,3309,2732],"tags":[2651,1031,3437,3342],"class_list":["post-78251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dinner-recipes-2","category-meat","category-recipes","tag-beef","tag-grilling","tag-grilling-recipes","tag-tex-mex"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61027"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78251"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78411,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78251\/revisions\/78411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}