Tacos de Alambre
This quick recipe for Tacos de Alambre can be prepared over the stove or on your grill using a heavy skillet. Top Sirloin mixed with bacon, onion, green and red bell peppers, all topped with melted cheese make such a perfect combination that there is no way you’re not going to like these tacos.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 pound Top Sirloin steak (cut into ½ inch cubes)
- Salt and pepper
- ½ Lime
- 6 oz. of bacon (cut into ½-in pieces (6 slices))
- 1-¼ cup white onion (chopped (about ½ medium-size onion))
- 1-¼ cup red and green peppers (chopped. *)
- 6 oz. Oaxaca or Muenster cheese.**
- 12 medium size corn tortillas or 8 medium-size flour
- tortillas
- use a spicy salsa of your choice, like green avocado tomatillo salsa or red taqueria salsa.
Instructions
- 1
Place chopped meat in a bowl. Squeeze the lime juice over the meat and season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
- 2
Place skillet over medium-high heat. Once the skillet is really hot, start cooking the bacon. Cook for about 4 minutes, or until the bacon has started to release its fat and turning light brown around the edges. At this point, you can remove some of the fat if you want.
- 3
Add the steak to the skillet with the bacon and cook, about 6 minutes. Now, stir in the chopped onion and peppers. Keep cooking for about 3-4 minutes. Cook longer if you like the onion and peppers more tenderly cooked.
- 4
Finally, place the cheese all over the meat and wait until it starts melting. Remove skillet from heat and place a lid. Warm the tortillas and serve in tacos.