Mexican Beef Strips – A Quick and Cheap Meal

Mexican Beef Strips

Awhile back (around the time I learned how to use coupons), I started paying attention to when my local grocery store would mark down the meat that was about to expire.

Now, the meat isn’t really about to go bad.

It’s actually just at that time where you either need to cook it or freeze it. The grocery store needs to get rid of it quickly, but you can easily purchase a few packs and just stick them in your freezer until you are ready to use them!

I can generally count on finding beef strips in the markdown pile and always pick up a pack or two whenever I can.

How do you cook beef strips?

At first, I didn’t really know what to do with them! I can’t tell you how many times I overcooked beef strips! It seemed they just barely needed to touch the pan and they were overcooked.

Finally I realized that not only do they require very little cooking time, just like a larger steak they also need some “rest time”. During this rest time, they actually cook through a bit more.

So yes, barely touching the pan just about does it!

I found this tasty dressing to pour over the beef strips awhile back and now we have this meal a few times a month. It’s cheap, it’s super simple but the flavor is intense!
The secret is to cook the beef strips until just barely browned on the outside and than immediately move them into the dressing to “rest”. They’ll cook a bit more and be perfect by the time you sit down to eat!

Mexican Beef Strips

Inspired by TasteMag

Ingredients:

• 1 package of beef strips (about pound or so)
• a bit of olive oil for cooking the beef strips (just a drizzle)
• ¼ cup olive oil
• 2 T lime juice
• 1 t dried oregano
• 1 t ground cumin
• ½ t ground coriander
• ¼ t ground chilli powder
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• salt, to taste

Directions: 

• Mix all of your ingredients together in a bowl.
• Heat up a drizzle of olive oil in your pan. Cook the beef strips just long enough so they are barely browned. Be very cautious to not overcook! Less is more.
• Place cooked beef strips into the dressing.

You can drain the dressing off at this point, or utilize it.

I drain it off and we typically serve this with some caramelized onions and corn tortillas and chipotle lime rice.

It’s SO good! I think you’ll love it too.

Let me know if you try it!

Here’s the printable version: