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Air Fryer Carne Asada

Try this authentic Air Fryer Carne Asada for a delicious weeknight meal!

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup olive oil In this recipe, you can use orange juice to tenderize the meat and add a citrus taste.
  • 1 tbsp fresh lime juice To help tenderize your steak, marinate it for at least 30 minutes.
  • ½ tbsp brown sugar Allow at least 10minutes for the steak to rest so that all of the flavorful juices don’t end up on your cutting board.
  • 1 tsp dried crushed oregano or a more delicate bite, cut the meat AGAINST the grain.
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 pound skirt steak
  • as required salt and ground black pepper
  • Non-Stick Cooking Spray

Instructions

  1. In a small-sized bowl, add oil, lime juice, brown sugar, oregano and spices and whisk until well combined.
  2. Cut the steak in two equal-sized pieces.
  3. Season each steak piece with salt and black pepper generously.
  4. Then rub each steak piece with oil mixture evenly.
  5. Grease the Air Fryer Basket with cooking spray and then slide inside.
  6. Adjust the temperature of Air Fryer to 370 °F to preheat for 5 minutes.
  7. After preheating, arrange the steak pieces into the greased Air Fryer Basket.
  8. Slide the basket into Air Fryer and set the time for 5-6 minutes.
  9. While cooking, flip the steak once after 3 minutes.
  10. After cooking time is finished, remove the steak pieces from Air Fryer and place onto a cutting board.
  11. With apiece of oil, cover the steak pieces for about 5 minutes before slicing.
  12. Cut each steak piece into desired-sized slices and serve.