These street corn steak tacos are a delicious grilled steak taco topped with lettuce, cilantro, and homemade street corn dip for a flavorful and easy dinner recipe.
These street corn steak tacos are a delicious and easy weeknight dinner recipe made with simple and fresh ingredients for a flavorful steak taco. The steak is marinated in a flavorful homemade marinade and homemade street corn dip is the perfect topping to add flavor and texture to the dish.
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Why You'll Love This Recipe
- Easy Dinner
- Great for Meal Prep
Ingredients & Substitutions
- Steak - We recommend using skirt, sizzler, or flank steak.
- Marinade - The homemade marinade is made with oil, water, chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, onion powder, oregano, paprika, cayenne, and salt.
- Corn Dip - Our homemade street corn dip adds delicious flavor to these tacos.
- Tortillas - Use flour or corn tortillas for this recipe.
- Lettuce - We like to add lettuce to these tacos for extra texture and flavor.
- Cilantro - Cilantro adds flavor to the tacos.
Complete list of ingredients and amounts is located on the recipe card below.
Kitchen Tools & Equipment
- Bowls - Mixing bowls are necessary to marinate the steak in and also for mixing the corn dip together in.
- Grill - We recommend grilling the steak for best flavor.
- Turner - A grill turner or spatula is necessary for flipping the steaks.
- Baking Dish - We recommend using a small 7.5" x 6" baking dish to cook the corn dip in.
- Hand Mixer - A hand mixer helps to easily mix the corn dip together.
- Cutting Board - A cutting board is necessary to cut the corn off the cobb, chop the lettuce and cilantro, and slice the steak into thin slices for the tacos.
- Knife - A knife is necessary for cutting the vegetables and slicing the steak into thin slices.
How to Make the Recipe
Step 1. Marinate the steak.
Step 2. Grill the steak.
Step 3. Cut the steak into thin slices.
Step 4. Assemble the tacos.
Recipe Serving Suggestions
This recipe makes 4 servings of tacos. We love to serve this recipe with our cowboy caviar and chips on the side.
If you like this recipe, you will love our other easy dinner recipes.
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- Easy Beef Taquitos
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Expert Tips & Variations
- Marinate the steak. We recommend marinading the steak for at least 30 minutes to give it the best flavor.
- Meal prep tacos. We like to prep the taco ingredients so they can easily be assembled for a delicious and easy meal.
How to Store
- Refrigerator - store the tacos ingredients in separate airtight containers in the fridge.
Recipe FAQ
You can cook the corn dip in the oven for 15-20 minutes at 350 degrees and cook the steak in a skillet on the stovetop.
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Street Corn Steak Tacos
These street corn steak tacos are a delicious grilled steak taco topped with lettuce, cilantro, and homemade street corn dip for a flavorful and easy dinner recipe.
Ingredients
- 1 lb steak
Marinade
- ¼ cup olive oil
- ¼ cup water
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 2 teaspoons cumin
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne
- 1 teaspoon salt
Corn Dip
- 4 oz cream cheese
- ¼ cup sour cream
- 2 Tablespoons mayo
- 1 cup shredded pepper jack cheese
- ½ cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 Tablespoon sriracha
- 1 cup corn
- 2 Tablespoons chopped cilantro
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon chili powder
- ⅛ teaspoon cayenne powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon paprika
For the Tacos
- tortillas
- lettuce
- cilantro
Instructions
- Add the olive oil, water and marinade spices to a small bowl and whisk together.
- Place the steak in a medium size bowl and pour the marinade over the steak to coat the steak.
- Cover the bowl and allow the steak to marinate.
- Make the corn dip by adding the softened cream cheese, sour cream and mayo to a bowl.
- Use the hand mixer to mix the ingredients together.
- Add half of the pepper jack cheese, the cheddar cheese, corn, sriracha, cilantro and spices.
- Use a spoon to mix the ingredients together.
- Transfer the mixture to a baking dish.
- Top with the remaining pepper jack cheese.
- Cover the dish with foil.
- Preheat the grill, then place the marinated steak and corn dip on the grill to cook.
- Allow the corn dip to cook for 15-20 minutes at 350 degress and the steak to cook to your preference (we recommend using a meat thermometer).
- When the steak and corn dip are done, remove them from the grill.
- Cut the cooked steak into thin slices.
- Assemble the tacos by topping each tortilla with lettuce, corn dip, steak and cilantro before serving.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 294Total Fat: 23gSaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 64mgSodium: 442mgCarbohydrates: 8gFiber: 1gSugar: 2gProtein: 15g
