Steak Tacos With Pineapple Salsa

By Sam Sifton

Published February 16, 2019

  • David Malosh for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews. Prop Stylist: Paige Hicks.
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This is a no-recipe recipe, a recipe without an ingredients list or steps. It invites you to improvise in the kitchen. Get some fresh tortillas and a pound of skirt steak, then make salsa from mostly fresh or canned pineapple, pickled jalapeños and a healthy couple shakes of chile powder, along with plenty of chopped cilantro. Shower the steaks with salt and pepper, and broil them for 2 to 3 minutes a side until they’re perfect and rare. Warm the tortillas. Grate some Cheddar. Rest the steak, slice it, and serve with the tortillas, cheese and that awesome salsa. Anyone want to watch a movie after dinner? We have time. Sam Sifton features a no-recipe recipe every Wednesday in his What to Cook newsletter. Sign up to receive it. You can find more no-recipe recipes here.

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Greg

I marinate with olive oil lime juice garlic cilantro and soy. The oil gives it a nice char while the rest give the meat and great flavor for the tortilla

Bill

Use cotija cheese. Or pork and marinate differently

cba

Cube the steak when done, so much easier to eat in tacos. Make sure to salt sufficiently, add lime juice to salsa. We used flank steak, needed more like 4 min/side

Annabel

Didn’t notice the direction to broil the steak and simply pan fried it. Delicious with the pineapple and jalapeño salsa. I suspect if I had broiled the steak it would have been less appetising as other comments have indicated.

Tess

First time commenter after trying dozens of NYT recipes over the last 2 years of membership. Steak was almost inedibly tough as written. My husband’s response: “What I’d expect from NYT cooking.” We’ve been so underwhelmed by “recipes” like this and many others that try to be “fancy” when the family just wants classic good cooking. If you attempt this, definitely marinate it… or better yet find an actual recipe instead of whatever this is. Once again wondering, “Why am I paying for this membership?”

Alex

I whipped up a quick marinade with olive oil, lime juice, soy sauce, garlic, cilantro, and honey. Seared the steak in a cast iron skillet. Super easy and quick meal!

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