Teriyaki steak tacos with mango salsa

This recipe is a favorite of mine. It came from a night when I was making dinner and I wanted teriyaki steak and my little brother wanted tacos. I thought that since I was making dinner, I got to choose what we had but NO. My mom said one word to me COMPROMISE. SAY WHAT NOW?!?! Any way I talked with my brother about it and he wasn’t budging but neither was I. I played the cooks choice card but to no avail. We were basically having an old-western style stand off in the kitchen. Because I am the most stubborn person, I just started to cook. This made my mom and brother mad ( to put it nicely). I made the steak then (because I am perfect *cough cough* NOT) I felt kinda bad so I made mango salsa and wrapped the steak in tortillas. VIOLA TACOS! Everyone was happy! Anyway this recipe is the result of a small fight but dang it is delish!

Teriyaki steak tacos with mango salsa

Makes 8 tacos

Ingredients

2 pounds flank steak

Marinade

1 cup soy sauce

1 tbsp brown sugar

2 cloves of garlic minced

1 tbsp sesame oil

2 tbsp lime juice

¼ cup rice wine vinegar (you can also use white vinegar)

1 tbsp mirin cooking wine

Mango salsa

1 large mango cubed

¾ cup onion chopped

½ tsp vinegar  

1 ½ tsp brown sugar

¼ tsp ginger

1 ½ tbsp cilantro minced

1 avocado cubed

1 tbsp olive oil

4 tbsp lime juice

salt and pepper to taste

8 corn tortillas

FOR THE STEAK

1. In a large bowl whisk together, soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic, sesame oil, lime juice, vinegar, and mirin

2. Place the steak into a large plastic bag. Then pour marinade into the bag.

3. Let the meat marinade overnight in the refrigerator.

4. Preheat the grill to high. Grill on high for five minutes (on each side).

FOR THE SALSA

1. In a large bowl place the mango and onion.

2. In a separate bowl whisk together the lime juice, oil, and vinegar.

3. Pour this mixture over the mango and onion.

4. Then sprinkle the ginger, brown sugar, cilantro, salt, and pepper over the mango, onions, and liquid.

5. Gently mix all ingredients together and add avocado.

SERVE STEAK WITH SALSA AND TORTILLAS

Ginger

Brown sugar

All the ingredients for the marinade

Mango

The salsa

Limes

Perfect avocado

Salsa with avocado

Grilling