Carne Asada Fries Nachos

These Carne Asada Fries Nachos are easy to prepare, cheesy, and wonderfully savory! Perfect for Game Day, or anytime you want to bring out a crowd-pleasing dish to your table.

Course Main Course

Cuisine Mexican

Prep Time 2

Cook Time 30

Total Time 2 30

Servings servings

Calories 431kcal

Author Oriana Romero

Ingredients

Marinate:

½ cup orange juice
2 tablespoons lime juice
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
12 oz beer
4 garlic gloves crushed
2 teaspoons salt
½ teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 tablespoon Ancho chile powder

For the fries nachos:

2 lb flank steak or skirt steak
1 lb bag seasoned Waffle Cut Fries 1.25
1 cup cheese sauce grated (or more to taste)
1 cup tomatoes diced
1 cup avocado diced
¼ cup green onion sliced
leaves Cilantro for garnish chopped

Instructions

Add all the marinade ingredients into a plastic bag, close and shake it up really well to combine. Add the flank steak into the plastic bag, close and shake to combine. Refrigerate for 1 hour or up to 8 hours, so the flavors can sink into the meat.
Bake fries following package instructions.
Preheat a ridged grill pan, or an outdoor grill, over medium high heat. Brush the grates with a little oil.
Pull the steak out of the marinade and season it on both sides with salt and pepper to taste.
Grill the steak for 8 to 10 minutes per side, turning once, until steak is well charred on outside and cooked to your liking. Remove steak from the grill and allow to rest for 5 minutes to allow the juices to settle. Slice against the grain into thin strips.
To assemble the fries nachos: arrange a layer of fries on a baking sheet, or a heat-proof platter, evenly distribute cheese sauce over the fries. Broil the fries nachos for 2 to 3 minutes just to melt the cheese. Remove from the oven and add carne asada strips, tomatoes, avocado and green onions. Garnish with the cilantro sprigs.
Serve immediately.

Notes

One of my “secrets” when I make carne asada is not let the meat marinade more than 8 hours, because the steak gets kind of mushy.

Carne asada is typically made with skirt steak, but my personal favorite is flank steak, because it’s faster to cook and easier to slice, and it's a leaner.

Some recipes out there call for dried or fresh chilies, but I use ancho chile powder because it’s easy to find and convenient.

Make sure that you slice it against the grain—that is, perpendicular to the muscle fibers that appear in the meat.

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