Epic Steak Tacos Caribe

Steak tacos in a Caribbean marinade with SO much flavor, then grilled and served in tortillas with Pineapple Salsa, Guacamole, and Caribbean Queso Fundido. These Steak Tacos Caribe are a must-try, must-do, bucket list, EPIC good recipe. This post was sponsored.

This recipe was originally posted October 2017, then updated April 2020.

Heyyy it’s FALL! You know what that means here in Florida… Nothing. Absolutely nothing. So, with me in my flip-flops, the grill heating up, it’s sunny warm out …not really, it’s actually windy/rainy because of tropical stuff going on right now, but let’s play along…

Let us walk through this EPIC recipe for the best steak tacos imaginable, shall we?

About these tacos with El Yucateco hot sauce

This Epic Steak Tacos Caribe recipe is inspired by home and family, because having weathered Hurricane Irma, we are even more grateful for our home and all the nature right in our backyard…

(even though the birds haven’t all come back yet and everything is still pretty flooded and it has been really really windy and raining all the time).

In Florida, we get to enjoy it (and grill) all year. But then also, given the damage in the Caribbean, I was just wanting to do a recipe with Caribbean flair because they are in our hearts and prayers.

So, I have paired up with a new-to-me member of my favorite family of hot sauces, El Yucateco®.

I have loved on the El Yucateco® Green Habanero sauce before in my Coffee-Crusted Rib-eye with Avocado Relish for Father’s Day and Grilled Veggie Hoagie for munching on the beach.

This time I grabbed the El Yucateco® Caribbean Sauce for this recipe that is all about Caribbean flair and uber-incredible flavor.

Tangy, sweet. So savory. So flavorful. In your face, with no shame. And then topped with a queso-beer sauce, Lord help me. The El Yucateco® Caribbean Sauce enhances all these flavors, and I cannot even get over how it all comes together so perfectly for each bite.

Why do I love these sauces especially? …because even as I type, low-key there is a bottle in my bag to go camping with me this weekend. They have that depth of flavor you don’t otherwise get.

I keep the El Yucateco® Green Habanero sauce on the breakfast table for my eggs. I use the El Yucateco® Red Habanero sauce in my weekend “bloodies” …and I do make the best Bloody Mary’s oh yes I do.

And now I have the El Yucateco® Caribbean sauce to kick up recipes like these EPIC steak tacos. They are not just hot sauces, they are flavors that I love.

What makes these tacos epic?

• Grilled steak, flavored with the most delicious Caribbean marinade.
• Pineapple salsa for a wonderful balance of sweet pineapple, tart tomato, and onion crunch.
• Guacamole. Creamy smooth guacamole always wins.
• Queso cheese sauce made with beer.

Yes there are a few steps to make this all happen, but that’s OK! Don’t panic, we can totally deal.

First, we make our marinade, which looks like there are a thousand ingredients and maybe there are – but each serves an important purpose and at the end of the day you will thank me. So, we just make that happen, and move on.

After the steak has gotten awesome in the marinade, we make the other components.

First, an easy Pineapple Salsa that we just throw together and call it good. This will give the cool and sweet to our EPIC tacos.

Then we make our guacamole, which is also quick and easy, and this will do that smoooooth cool guac thing that we all love.

Then we prep our tortillas …now, you can skip this, but if you do and you use corn tortillas, they will fall apart when you eat. No bueno.

So just a little cooking spray and a quick toast in a skillet or on the grill solves this issue. Or if you want, you can skip this all together and just use flour tortillas.

My family prefers flour tortillas anyway, so you can just make that call.

Next, we grill our steak. Adjust the cook time according to the thickness of your steak, but this should be over a screaming hot grill and only 2-3 minutes per side.

Then, while the steak rests, we make our queso, and we are ready to rock and roll with our Epic Steak Tacos Caribe.

The crisp lettuce, sweet pineapple, creamy guacamole, and ridiculously flavorful steak – THEN the cheesy queso. It is hard to even describe how good this is – I’m kinda at a loss to be honest.

And that’s rare for me. But this is one of those recipe ideas where I get it, and do it, and BAM I am so proud of it. Creative, delicious, you will win all the points making this for your family.

Steps to make epic tacos

So let’s review:

1. Marinade the steak.
2. Make the Pineapple Salsa.
3. Make the Guacamole.
4. Make the Queso sauce.
5. Toast the tortillas.
6. Grill the steak.

The salsa and guacamole each come together super quick. The queso is easy peasy, and you can even do it in a little crockpot if you want. And grilling steak is fast.

So, despite the ingredients and steps, each element is easy in and of itself, and everything comes together for perfect, epic tacos bites.

That’s it kids! Epic Steak Tacos Caribe with Pineapple Salsa, Guacamole, and Caribbean Queso Fundido. What more can I say, this is a fantastic recipe, so much fun to make, and ridiculously good to eat. Enjoy!

More recipes for the grill

• Grilled Philly Cheesesteak Pizza
• Bistro Skirt Steak with Garlic Butter Mushrooms
• Citrus Grilled Chicken
• Grilled Steak with Horseradish Dijon Cream
• Orange and Cilantro-Marinated Chicken Tacos

Epic Steak Tacos Caribe with Pineapple Salsa, Guacamole, and Caribbean Queso Fundido

Steak tacos in a Caribbean marinade with SO much flavor, then grilled and served up in tacos with Pineapple Salsa, Guacamole, and Caribbean Queso Fundido.

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Course: Main Course

Cuisine: caribbean, caribe, tacos

Keyword: caribbean marinade, steak tacos

Prep Time: 45 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes

Total Time: 1 hour hour 5 minutes minutes

Authur: Erica

Servings: 4 people

Calories: 991kcal

Ingredients

For the Epic Steak Marinade

• juice of 1 lemon
• juice of 1 lime
• juice of 1 orange
• 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
• ½ tsp kosher salt
• 2 Tbs El Yucateco® Caribbean Habanero sauce
• 2 large cloves garlic
• 2 Tbs chopped cilantro
• 2 Tbs chopped parsley
• 1 bunch green onion, thinly sliced white and green parts
• 1-1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp allspice
• 1 tsp dried thyme
• 1 tsp cumin
• ½ tsp fresh cracked pepper
• 1 cup grape or cherry tomatoes, halved

For the Pineapple Salsa

• 1 large tomato, seeded and chopped
• ½ cup diced red onion
• juice of half a lime
• 4 oz pineapple tidbits, drained
• pinch kosher salt

For the Guacamole

• 2 ripe avocados, mashed
• ¼ cup chopped cilantro
• juice of a lime, or half a lime if large and juicy
• pinch kosher salt

For the Caribbean Queso Fundido

• 2 Tbs unsalted butter
• 2 Tbs all-purpose flour
• 1 12 oz beer (see Notes)
• 8 oz shredded Monterey jack cheese
• 1 Tbs El Yucateco® Caribbean Habanero sauce

For the tacos

• 1 lb steaks (see Notes)
• 1 head Romaine lettuce, cut into fine shreds
• yellow corn tortillas
• cooking spray

Instructions

• In a bowl, combine the ingredients for the marinade. Add the steaks, cover, and refrigerate overnight.
• In a small bowl, combine the ingredients for the Pineapple Salsa. In a separate bowl, mash together the ingredients for the Guacamole.
• Heat a small, nonstick skillet over high heat. Spray corn tortillas with cooking spray and toast both sides in the skillet. Set aside.
• Heat the grill to screaming high heat. Grill the steaks, 2 to 3 minutes per side depending on thickness, to medium rare. Remove from the grill and set to rest 5 minutes.
• While steaks are resting, prepare the Caribbean Queso Fundido: heat the butter and flour in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, whisking until smooth. Allow to cook 1 minute to make a roux. Add the beer and heat to a simmer. Whisk in the cheese and El Yucateco® Caribbean Habanero sauce until smooth. Remove from the heat.
• Slice the steak in THIN slices against the grain.
• To assemble the tacos, layer in each corn tortilla: Guacamole, shredded Romaine lettuce, steak, Pineapple Salsa, and Caribbean Queso Fundido. Yields: 4 servings.

Notes

I have used NY strip, rib-eye, and Top Sirloin steaks to make this recipe, and all worked well. Flank steak would be another great option. Whichever cut of steak you choose, just remember to slice against the grain and THIN because when eating a taco, you don’t want to be battling chewy steak.

This marinade is phenomenal. As in spectacular. So good, that any steak, marinated, grilled, and served with a side of fresh guacamole alone would be epic.

For the beer, I usually go to a stout for cheese sauces like this, but for this recipe that would have overpowered everything else going on here. Instead, I used a hefeweizen and it was perfect with great flavor but not too much like a stout would have been. So, I recommend a medium-bodied beer for this recipe like a hefeweizen or IPA.

Nutrition

Calories: 991kcal

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