Take your campfire dinner to a whole new level of awesome with these crowd-pleasing, stick to your ribs Campfire Carne Asada Fries.
Course Main Course
Cuisine Spanish
Keyword asada fries, carne asada and potatoes, carne asada fries, carne asada fries recipe, how to make carne asada fries
Prep Time 30 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Additional Time 6 hourshours
Total Time 6 hourshours50 minutesminutes
Servings 8
Calories 785kcal
Author Laura Bashar | Family Spice
Ingredients
Carne Asada Ingredients
2poundsflap or skirt steak
1medium sized onionquartered
2garlic clovescrushed
½bunch cilantroleaves and stems
¼cupolive oil
¼cuplime juice
1tablespoonsoy sauce
1tablespooncumin
Pico de Gallo Ingredients
1large tomatodiced
¼cupred oniondiced
¼bunch of cilantrochopped
1tablespoonlime juice
¼teaspoonsalt
French Fries Ingredients
2poundIdaho® potatoes
¼cupolive oil
2teaspoonsalt
2teaspoongarlic powder
2teaspoonchile powder
2teaspoononion powder
More Toppings
Radishesjulienned
Guacamole
Shredded sharp cheddar cheese
Sour cream
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Instructions
Add garlic, onion, ½ bunch cilantro, ¼ cup olive oil, ¼ cup lime juice, soy sauce, cumin, 1 teaspoon salt and black pepper in a blender and pulse until coarsely pureed.
Place steak into a large resealable bag, pour in marinade, zip shut and squish around to make sure all of meat is well coated.
Refrigerate 4-6 hours, or up to overnight.
To make pico de gallo, combine tomato, red onion, ¼ cup cilantro, 1 tablespoon lime juice and ¼ teaspoon salt. Stir and reserve.
Peel and cut potatoes into wedges.
Add potatoes in a large bowl and evenly coat with ¼ cup olive oil.
Season potatoes with garlic powder, chile powder, 2 teaspoon salt and onion powder.
Using heavy duty foil, cut foil squares and place 5-10 potato wedges in each square. You do not want to over-stuff the foil packets. you want enough room for steam to go between the potato wedges. The number of fries depends on the size of the wedges and the size of the square.
Grab 2 opposite sides of the foil square and pull up and above the potatoes. Roll the foil together down to just above the potatoes, about ½-inch. Grab the unrolled sides of the foil and twist each to itself until tight, then curl the tip up.
To cook potatoes over a grill, heat grill over medium-high heat and place foil packets on the grill. Rotate the packets and turn them over to cook evenly. Cook until potatoes are fork tender, about 20 minutes. Be careful opening the foil packets as you will release a lot of steam!
To cook potatoes over coals, fill chimney with coals and place in a fire ring or fire safe container. Add kindling or newspaper scraps underneath chimney and light it up. When flames have receded and coals are orange, dump coals into fire ring in one layer. Place foil packets in the coals and rotate the packets and turn them over to cook evenly. Cook until potatoes are fork tender, about 20 minutes. Be careful opening the foil packets as you will release a lot of steam!
To cook carne asada over a grill, heat on high and grill steak about 5 minutes each side.
To cook carne asada over coals, fill chimney with coals and place in a fire ring or fire safe container. Add kindling or newspaper scraps underneath chimney and light it up. When flames have receded and coals are orange, dump coals into fire ring in one layer. Place your grate over the hot coals and and grill steak about 5 minutes each side, or until cooked to desired doneness.
Transfer steak to a cutting board and allow to rest for a few minutes before chopping. Chop into small bite-sized pieces.
To serve, place potato wedges on your plate and top with carne asada.
Top with pico de gallo and guacamole, sour cream, julienned radishes, shredded cheese and wedges of lime.
Notes
Make at home: If you are making these at home, you can use frozen french fries and bake them in the oven or air fryer.