Recipes similar to Mexican style marinated beef (Carne Asada)

Another classic chili with meat recipe using a combination of minced meats (beef, pork and chorrizo sausage). The meat is cooked in beer, tomato sauce and several herbs and spices. This chili con carne dish is supposed to be quite hot, hence the use of chorrizo sausage (a hot Mexican sausage), jalapeno peppers and chili powder.
 

Another beef steak fajitas recipe using rump steak (or similar) instead of skirt steak. Whereas the traditional beef steak fajitas recipe requires that the steak is cooked over coals, in this recipe, the steak is fried in a skillet or frying pan. The beef steak is first marinated for several hours with oil and spices and then cooked for a few minutes.
 

The traditional beef steak fajitas recipe, using skirt steak. Skirt steak is quite a tough meat to eat, so to tenderize it, it is marinaded in tequila, oil, lime juice and spices for several hours (you can marinate the steak overnight for best results). The steak is cooked over coals and served with lightly fried bell peppers and onions.
 

Burritos are another Mexican favorite recipe, very similar to enchiladas. In this recipe, flour tortillas are filled with a beef steak and bean mixture, folded like an envelope, topped with a tomato based chili sauce and cheese and baked until the cheese melts. Burritos can be served as a starter or main dish, together with Mexican condiments.
 

This is the authentic Texas chili recipe. Unlike many other chili recipes, this recipe does not use tomato sauce or red kidney beans. The use of bacon fat gives a distinct flavour to the dish.
 

An essential, Mexican taco recipe, tacos al carbon is marinated skirt steak, grilled, sliced and served in warm tortillas.
 

This is a variation of the chicken enchiladas verde that uses over roasted tomato sauce instead of the tomatillo (Verde) sauce. This traditional Mexican recipe using flour tortillas, first fried in vegetable oil, then stuffed with cooked chicken, oven roasted tomato sauce and chili tomato sauce, rolled up, topped with more tomato sauce and cheese and baked for a few minutes in the oven. The roasted tomato sauce (recipe included) takes 6 to 8 hours to prepare but the result is worth the effort. You can make extra tomato sauce and refrigerate it.
 

This sauce can be used in enchiladas, burritos, chimichangas, tacos or similar Mexican dishes, as a filling or even as a condiment.You can adjust the quantities of the ingredients used to make more or less sauce, as desired. You can also adjust the heat of the sauce by adding more or less chili and cayenne pepper, accordingly. The amounts of chili and cayenne used here will produce a medium heat result.
 

Fajitas is probably the most popular Mexican dish. Chicken, beef or shrimp is first marinated in the fajitas seasoning, stir fried on a skillet and served on warm flour tortillas together with sauteed bell peppers, onions and typical Mexican condiments such as guacamole, and salsa. You can buy ready made fajitas seasoning but for best results you can make your own at home. It is a lot cheaper and above all, it tastes much better. You can also increase or decrease the quantity of some of the ingredients used to adjust the taste to your liking. This recipe for homemade fajitas seasoning is one of the best we have tried. 

Juicy sirloin steaks, marinated in a spicy chipotle chile sauce, grilled and served over a warm tortilla with sour cream, salsa and guacamole. A simple yet delicious Mexican dish.