These Vampiro Tacos are a delicious fusion of crispy tortillas, and juicy marinated steak, topped with melted cheese and fresh guacamole.
These Vampiro tacos are a culinary revelation, offering a tantalizing blend of textures and flavors that ignite the senses. Imagine a perfectly crisped tortilla, filled with crispy cheese, juicy steak, and fresh guacamole.
If you like unique taco recipes then you have to also try my Birria Tacos and Taco Zucchini Boats.
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Recipe Ingredients
Garlic Powder and Cumin – These spices help enhance the overall flavor in the steak as it marinates.
Poblano Peppers – Mild Peppers with lots of flavor added into the marinade.
For a fill list of ingredients and amounts see the recipe card below.
How to Make Vampiro Tacos
Step #1: In the bowl of a food processor or blender, add in all of the marinade ingredients and blend together until smooth.
Step #2: Next, add the marinade to a food safe zip top bag and add in the steak to marinate. Place in your fridge to marinate for 12-24 hours.
Step #3: After marinating, pull your steaks out of the fridge for about 10-15 minutes and heat your grill to high heat (around 400 degrees Fahrenheit). Discard the remaining marinade.
Step #4: Cook your steaks on the grill for about 4 minutes per side. Be sure the steak reaches 125 degrees Fahrenheit internally. Then pull the steak off the grill and let it rest for 5 minutes.
Step #5: Next, place the steak on a cutting board and slice the steak along the grain, and then into bite-sized cubes.
Step #6: Then, preheat a skillet to medium high heat and grab a handful of jack cheese and place it on the skillet so it is the same size as your tortilla. Then place a tortilla on top of the cheese and use a spatula to flip the tortilla over in the pan and continue cooking the tortilla until it gets hard. Repeat until you make all the tacos needed.
Step #7: With the cheese side of the tortilla facing up, dress each taco with steak, red onions, cilantro, and a small spoonful of guacamole, any other toppings you prefer, and enjoy!
FAQs
Vampiro Tacos are from the Sonora region in Mexico. They are popular in taquerias and look like an open-faced quesadilla. Vampiro in Spanish means “vampire” the stories are that the crispy folded over taco represents a bat wing. Others say the vampire tacos eat away your hunger the way a vampire would suck your blood.
Vampiro tacos are traditionally made with skirt steak, however you can use any protein you prefer. Some I would recommend would be chicken, shrimp, chorizo, flank steak, or even carne asada.
If you want more recommendations for toppings on these tacos I would recommend, sour cream, chipotle salsa, jalapeños, cotija cheese,
Storage Information
You can store the meat for these tacos in an airtight container in your fridge for 3-4 days.
To reheat these tacos you can do so by cooking the cheese and tortilla in the pan and reheating the steak in the microwave until everything has warmed through.
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Vampiro Tacos Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 lb skirt steak
For the Steak Marinade
- 2 poblano peppers - stemmed
- 1 cup cilantro - chopped
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
- 4 Tbsp lime juice
- 1/4 white onion - cubed
- 1 cup soy sauce
- 1 Tbsp garlic powder
- 1 Tbsp cumin
- 1/2 Tbsp black pepper
- 1/2 Tbsp salt
For the Tacos
- 8 Corn tortillas
- 2 cups Monterey jack cheese - shredded
- 1/2 cup red onion - diced
- 2 Tbsp cilantro - chopped
- guacamole
Instructions
- In a food processor or blender, add in all the marinade ingredients and blend together until smooth.
- Next, add the marinade to a food safe zip top bag and add in the steak to marinate. Place in your fridge to marinate for 12-24 hours.
- After marinating, pull your steaks out of the fridge for about 10-15 minutes and heat your grill to high heat (around 400 degrees Fahrenheit). Discard of the remaining marinade.
- Cook your steaks on the grill for about 4 minutes per side. Be sure the steak reaches 125 degrees Fahrenheit internally. Then pull the steak off the grill and let it rest for 5 minutes.
- Next, slice the steak along the grain and then into bite-sized cubes.
- Then, preheat a skillet to medium high heat and grab a handful of jack cheese and place it on the skillet so it is the same size as your tortilla. Then place a tortilla on top of the cheese and use a spatula to flip the tortilla over and continue cooking the tortilla until it gets hard. Repeat until you make all the tacos needed.
- With the cheese side of the tortilla facing up, dress each taco with steak, red onions, cilantro, and a small spoonful of guacamole, any other toppings you prefer, and enjoy!
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Came out great!
We loved the melted cheese on the tortillas and the grilled steak in these tacos!