The Best Fajita Marinade

There is a restaurant in Houston that Dr. Sweetpea and I went to on a regular basis when we moved here this summer. I think it's a chain since I've seen various locations for this restaurant. Anyway, they have one of THE best steak fajitas that we've tasted. When we first went there, we ate enough fajitas to feed a family of four. Yes, that good.

I was doing some random browsing online one day when I came across THE recipe for this restaurant's steak fajitas. I was skeptical at first but when we made it at home, we were blown away by how it tasted exactly what we had at the restaurant. This will be our fajita marinade for a long time going forward.

El Tiempo's Steak Fajita Marinade

(Source: Houston Food Blog)

For the Black Sauce:

1 cup water

1/4 cup olive oil

2 cups low sodium soy sauce

1 3/4 cup A-1 sauce

Mix water, olive oil, soy sauce, and A-1 sauce until well combined. Pour into re-sealable container with lid and place in refrigerator until ready to use.

For the Grill Spice:

1/4 cup ground black pepper

1/4 cup granulated garlic

1 tablespoon ground cumin

2 tablespoons Lawry’s seasoned salt

Mix black pepper, granulated garlic, cumin, and seasoned salt together well and place in a shaker. Keep this mixture covered when not in use.

For the fajitas: Marinade 4 pounds of skirt steak in about 1 cup of black sauce (you can always use more black sauce) for 24 hours. Sprinkle some of the Grill Spice onto the meat before grilling. Once the meat is done cooking, cut it against the grain and serve with tortillas, tomatoes, sour cream, etc.