The Ultimate Guide to Making Carne Asada Tacos Like Los Tacos №1

John Street Kitchen
Foodie Eats
Published in
5 min readApr 26, 2022

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Included Recipe: Carne Asada Tacos

Throw a Saturday night taco party and impress all your friends with this easy and tasty recipe.

Homemade everything: Corn Tortillas, Carne Asada Flank Steak, Pico De Gallo & of course Guacamole!

Carne Asada Taco

The absolute best carne asada tacos in NYC come from Lost Taco №1. This local-loved chain has a few locations around the city — but this ain’t no Taco Bell. They have a ten item menu and you better believe they have perfected each one; my favorite (this may come as a shock): the carne asada taco.

I wanted to re-create this taco as well as I could, but I had one large obstacle; their tortillas are made in house on the spot. I do not know her name but she is fondly known to me as the tortilla lady; she pounds out symmetrical tortillas one after another with little sweat or effort — icon. I decided that I needed to become one with the tortilla lady and get the EXACT tortilla press she was using if I was to come anything close to her tortillas. I did some research; watched some videos on YouTube; zoomed in; and aha! My Amazon fingers triggered immediately and I ordered The Victoria Mini

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John Street Kitchen
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