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Air Fryer Carne Asada

Try this authentic Air Fryer Carne Asada for a delicious weeknight meal!
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 6 mins
Total Time 16 mins
Course dinner
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • ¼ cup olive oil In this recipe, you can use orange juice to tenderize the meat and add a citrus taste.
  • 1 tbsp fresh lime juice To help tenderize your steak, marinate it for at least 30 minutes.
  • ½ tbsp brown sugar Allow at least 10minutes for the steak to rest so that all of the flavorful juices don't end up on your cutting board.
  • 1 tsp dried crushed oregano or a more delicate bite, cut the meat AGAINST the grain.
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 pound skirt steak
  • as required salt and ground black pepper
  • Non-Stick Cooking Spray

Instructions
 

  • In a small-sized bowl, add oil, lime juice, brown sugar, oregano and spices and whisk until well combined.
  • Cut the steak in two equal-sized pieces.
  • Season each steak piece with salt and black pepper generously.
  • Then rub each steak piece with oil mixture evenly.
  • Grease the Air Fryer Basket with cooking spray and then slide inside.  
  • Adjust the temperature of Air Fryer to 370 °F to preheat for 5 minutes.
  • After preheating, arrange the steak pieces into the greased Air Fryer Basket.
  • Slide the basket into Air Fryer and set the time for 5-6 minutes.
  • While cooking, flip the steak once after 3 minutes.
  • After cooking time is finished, remove the steak pieces from Air Fryer and place onto a cutting board.
  • With apiece of oil, cover the steak pieces for about 5 minutes before slicing.
  • Cut each steak piece into desired-sized slices and serve.

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Keyword air fryer, steak
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