Fajitas

Name: Fajitas
Yield: Serves 6–8
Ingredients: 2 tbsp soy sauce; juice of 1–2 limes; 1 tsp Angostura bitters; 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 2–3 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed; 1–2 ripe tomatoes, peeled, deseeded and chopped; 3 tbsp tequila; ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper; 4 green or red chillies; coriander leaves, to garnish; pinch of chilli powder or dried pepper flakes; ½ tsp sea salt; 2 lb / 900 g piece of flank steak

Preparation info

Serves
6–8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Times Cookbook

By Frances Bissell

Published 1995

About

Ingredients

2 tbsp soy sauce
juice of 1–2 limes
1 tsp<

Main course
Spicy

Method

Mix together all the ingredients except the steak and chillies to make a marinade. Slash the meat two or three times on each side, and put it in a shallow bowl with the marinade. Leave for 2–4 hours. Heat the grill. Remove the steak from the marinade, reserve the marinade and grill for 5–6 minutes on each side, if you like it rare, 8 minutes for medium and 10–12 minutes for well done. At the sa

Part of

Meat and Offal

Beef

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