Chicken Fajita
Recipe No.: W-19
InternationalMexican (Tex-Mex)40 minServes 4
Fajitas, in Tex-Mex cuisine, are strips of grilled skirt steak cooked with onions and peppers and served on a tortilla, later also made with chicken, seafood and vegetables. The word is a diminutive of the Spanish 'faja', a strip or belt, and according to the Oxford English Dictionary it is not known to have appeared in print before 1971.
Origin of the dish: Texas, United States — Tex-Mex cooking with Mexican roots
Ingredients for Chicken Fajita
- For the chicken
- 700 gboneless chicken breast or thighs, sliced into strips
- 3 tbspoil and the juice of 2 limes
- 2garlic cloves, crushed, 1 tbsp chili powder, 2 tsp cumin and 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tspsalt and ½ tsp oregano
- For the vegetables and serving
- 2colourful bell peppers and 1 large onion, sliced
- 8small flour tortillas
- Sour cream (or yogurt), guacamole, salsa and lime wedges
Method
- Mix the oil, lime juice, garlic, spices, salt and oregano and marinate the chicken for 30 minutes (or up to 8 hours in the fridge).
- Heat a cast-iron pan over high heat and cook the chicken in two batches for 5 to 6 minutes until browned and cooked through; set aside.
- In the same pan cook the peppers and onion 5 to 6 minutes until softened and lightly charred.
- Return the chicken to the pan and toss for a minute, then warm the tortillas in a dry pan or wrapped in foil in the oven.
- Serve the fajitas sizzling from the pan with the tortillas, sour cream, guacamole, salsa and lime.
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