Reviewed: Apr. 24, 2010

This is a good fajita marinade for about 1/2 pound of meat. I did add a couple tablespoons of olive oil to tenderize the meat along with a teaspoon of liquid smoke (personal preference). I let this marinate for 8 hours and grilled it over charcoal. I cut up some onion and pepper and sauteed that while the meat was grilling. This was so good with warm flour tortillas and all the fixin's: fresh salsa, guacamole, pico de gallo, shredded cheese, and a dollup of sour cream.

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Jillian

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 4, 2010

I marinaded 24 hours; a very short marinade might have been okay. With the tequila and lime combo it had a weird sour flavor.

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Karen in DE

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Living In: Long Island, New York, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 7, 2009

Very flavorful and tender. I marinaded it overnight. I did add some olive oil... In general this could have used some salt, something that was overlooked in the recipe. I will try this again, then again I'll add some sea salt.

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Dan

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA

Living In: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 8, 2009

Used this on about 20 pounds of flank steak this weekend. Wow! I wasn't very exact with the measurements, but after marinating most of the day, it was the best flank steak I've ever made. Also, I was running low on tequila, so a little white rum got mixed in, too. Topped the steak with some fresh pineapple salsa, and it was a delight.

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Noel

Cooking Level: Professional

Home Town: Oak Harbor, Washington, USA

Living In: Seattle, Washington, USA

Reviewed: May 17, 2009

This was a great recipe...I put only slightly less lime juice in it and marinaded overnight. The beef came out delicious and different then typical beef fajitas.

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Steph

Reviewed: Apr. 7, 2009

made this tonite for an unplanned dinner and used a new york cut as the market didn't have flank or skirt steak. I pierced the meat with a fork as I didn't have time to marinade over nite. I used all the ingredients and added about a tablespoon of soy sauce and some olive oil. After grilling and tasting, I had to sprinkle salt over the meat to balance out the strong lime flavor. adding salt made the marinade more to our taste, and with this addition would use this recipe again.

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P.L.

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: San Francisco, California, USA

Living In: San Leandro, California, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 10, 2009

This marinade is easy to throw together but, as written, it just doesn't have the spicy kick that we like so much. The meat was tender and smelled fantastic but I just could not get past the overwhelming lime flavor.

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Holly

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Feb. 2, 2009

This was wonderful!! I didn't have tequila, so I skipped that and I also didn't have the cilantro, so i just used 1 tbls. puerto rican sofrito which I had on hand. I used chicken instead of steak and the fajitas were great!! I'll make this marinade for fajitas over and over again. Thanks for sharing.

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VETTY430

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Lake Station, Indiana, USA

Living In: Miami Lakes, Florida, USA

Reviewed: Jul. 16, 2008

Wonderful recipe! I used it with a vacuum marinator and it seasoned the meat perfectly in 15 minutes.

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Kristi

Reviewed: Jul. 3, 2008

Excellent recipe ~ I was looking for something to change about it, but after marinating it all night and cooking it on the grill the next day, I wouldn't change a thing!! A definite keeper in my recipe box!

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