Easy Grilled Steak Tacos (Tacos al Carbón)

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2019, America's Test Kitchen TV

Each component of our quick and easy steak tacos—tender, juicy meat; corn tortillas; and scallion-jalapeño salsa—is cooked on the grill to infuse it with smoky char.

SERVES 4 to 6

TIME 1¼ hours

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We started by leaving some of the fat on a flank steak and slicing the steak lengthwise into three long strips. We then rubbed the steak with a flavorful paste made of minced canned chipotle in adobo sauce and ground cumin. On the grill, th...

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