Tortuga's fajita - austin~ texas

Yield: 8 Servings

Ingredients:

3 lb Skirt Steak
2 Large Yellow Onions
2 tb Vegetable Oil
16 Flour/Whole Wheat Tortillas
2 tb Garlic Minced PICO DE GALLO
1/2 c Fresh Cilantro chopped
2 Scallions -chopped(Grn.Onion
2 c Grated Cheese Lime Juice
1 tb Ground Black Pepper
2 Large Tomatoes chopped
1 ts Garlic

Instructions:

minced <1> Combine marinade ingredients in a large glass baking dish. <2> Peel the fatty membrane from both sides of the skirt Steak. This requires a very sharp knife. Add meat to marinade and marinate for at least 4 hours preferably overnight. Keep it in the fridge if you marinate overnight. <3> Make the PICO DE GALLO: combine all of the ingredients in a small serving bowl. <4> Slice the yellow onions into 1/4" slices and cut each slice into a semicircle. Grill the meat until it is cooked slightly less than the way you like it. Meanwhile saute' the onions in th eoil until they are soft. Use a large frying pan that will have enough room for the meat later. <5> After removing the meat from the grill slice it into strips that are cut acrosss the grain. The strips should be 3-4 inches long and 1/4 inch thick. Add the strips to the onions in the pan and fry for another minute or two. <6> Place on the table the pan full of meat the bowl of pico de gallo a basket with the tortillas a bowl with the guacamole and a bowl with the grated cheese. You amy wish to provide picante sauce in addition. <7> Each person makes their own fajita by taking a tortilla spooning some of the meat onto it then adding their choice of each of the other ingredients in whatever combination they want. TIME : 45 mins preparation several hours marinatying 10 minutes cooking.