The Best Beef Fajitas to Cook for Your Family (2024)

Ingredients

1
whole beef flank steak
1/2 c.
olive oil
3 tbsp.
Worcestershire sauce
1/3 c.
fresh-squeezed lime juice
3
cloves garlic, minced
1 tbsp.
cumin
1 tbsp.
chili powder
1/2 tsp.
red pepper flakes
1 tsp.
salt
1/2 tsp.
black pepper
1 tbsp.
sugar
2
medium onions, halved and sliced
1
red bell pepper, sliced
1
orange bell pepper, sliced
1
green bell pepper, sliced
1
yellow bell pepper, sliced
Oil, for frying
Flour tortillas, warmed
Cheese (grated cheddar/Jack or crumbled queso fresco), for topping
Salsa, for topping
Sour cream, for topping
Cilantro leaves, for topping

Directions

1. Step1In a dish, mix together the olive oil, Worcestershire sauce, lime juice, garlic, cumin, chili powder, red pepper flakes, salt, pepper, and sugar until combined. Pour half of the marinade into a separate dish. In one dish, place the flank steak, turning it over to coat. In the second dish, place all the veggies, turning to coat. Cover the dishes with plastic wrap and place in the fridge for at least 2 hours.
2. Step2Prepare the tortillas and toppings.
3. Step3Heat a heavy skillet over medium-high heat and drizzle in some oil. Add the veggies and cook them for a few minutes, until they're cooked but still slightly firm and have nice black/brown pieces. Remove to a plate and set aside.
4. Step4Heat the same same skillet (or a grill pan if you have it) over high heat and drizzle in some oil. Cook the meat for about 2 minutes per side until medium rare. Remove and allow to rest on a cutting board for 5 minutes. Slice the meat right before serving and serve with all the fixins. Delicious!

When I get a hankering for beef fajitas, I pretty much can think of nothing else until I eat them. I made them over the weekend after a profound craving set in—and no, I’m not pregnant I think as far as I know—and ohhhhh, was the reward so sweet.

Here’s how I like to make ’em.

Start by drizzling some olive oil into a dish…

Then add some Worcestershire sauce.

And there you have it! Beef fajitas.

Just kidding.

Then slice up a bunch o’ limes…

And squeeze the juice on in.

Then chop up some garlic…

And throw it in, too!

See Also

Ceasar Salad and Grilled Chicken Breast

A yeller bell pepper…

And a green bell pepper.

I love all the colors.

But you can just pick one or two.

You can also do diced zucchini.

Sliced mushrooms.

Any vegetables you love.

Throw them into the second dish of stuff…

Use your hands to toss the veggies around and coat them in the marinade. It won’t totally gloop them up, it will just give them a little coating of spice.

And here’s the thing: A lot of people just throw the meat and veggies into the dish together. A lot of people like to just marinate the meat and veggies together.

I’ve done it a lot myself.

But some people don’t like the idea of marinating raw meat and raw veggies together.

I’m that way with chicken. But not with beef.

But for the purposes of this post, I showed them marinating separately to show you how easy it is.

Now, just stick ’em in the fridge and let ’em marinate for a good couple of hours.

When you’re ready to make the fajitas, heat a skillet over medium-high heat and drizzle in a little olive oil or canola oil. Throw in the veggies…

And cook them, stirring them around…

Until they’re nice and golden, with some flecks of brown and black. I don’t like to let the veggies get soggy; I still want ’em to have a little bite!

Remove the veggies to a bowl or plate, then get the fixins ready: I crumbled up some queso fresco, which I love, but you can use any grated cheese, too!

I just grabbed some salsa and sour cream to go with the cheese, but if you want to whip up some pico de gallo and/or guacamole, I wouldn’t blame you one bit.

Drizzle some oil in the same skillet or on a grill pan if you have one, and throw on the flank steak. The heat needs to be very high!

Grill it for a minute at first, then rotate it 45 degrees on the same side to make lovely grill marks.

No more than a minute later, flip the flank steak…

To the other side and cook it, rotating it 45 degrees again, for a total of a minute, minute-and-a-half.

You don’t want to overcook the flank steak, and because it’s thin, it will cook in no time! So probably a total of 3 to 4 minutes is all you want to do…maybe even a little less.

I’m so terrified of overcooking beef. I avoid it at all costs.

Unless it’s ground beef. Then I cook the heck out of it with wild abandon.