Last Updated on January 28, 2025
For a truly splendid taco experience, you need to make them yourself.
Skip the stovetop, skillet, and box of hard tortilla shells and seasoning mix, and throw lightly seasoned grass-fed flank steak on the grill, and thank us later.
Best of all, you can fire up the grill and make your carne asada tacos or grilled chicken tacos any time of year.
We fully support pulling out the Crockpot or braising pot to slow cook some al pastor or carnitas with an amazing pork butt. But, you don’t even need to do that. You can make both pork taco dishes on your grill as well.
Now onto some tips for grilled tacos.
The best part of the move away from pre-mixed taco seasoning and ground beef tacos is that people now realize that it is as easy to make grill tacos in the far more delicious and fresh manner by cooking a lightly-seasoned steak on a grill or slow-cooking pork tacos.
We love all kinds of tacos, and we don’t think anyone can beat tacos with grilled grass-fed steaks, like flank steak, skirt steak, or even , as well as free-range organic chicken breasts and heritage breed pork butt.
Here is one of our favorite recipes for grilled steak tacos:
Grilled New York Strip Steak Tacos
There is no comparison to marinating a steak overnight in some sweet and spicy marinade and throwing it on the grill, and then cutting it up, throwing it in some warm corn tortillas, and then adding some fresh radish or cabbage or cilantro.
We even found a recipe created by our friends at Traeger Grills that allows you to make al pastor tacos right on the grill.
Dennis Keohane is a writer, editor, and former Editorial Director for ButcherBox with a passion for storytelling and food. Combining his love for high-quality ingredients with engaging narratives, he crafts content that inspires home cooks to explore new flavors, techniques, and the joy of cooking.
