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Top recipes · No. 36

Fajitas

Strips of chicken or beef fried hot with onions and peppers, served sizzling in warm tortillas. Partly: same start

Fajitas

Serves 4Prep 20 minCook 15 min

Ingredients

  • 1½ lb (700 g) chicken breast or flank steak, in strips
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 1 tbsp chilli powder
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • ½ tsp garlic powder
  • 1 lime, juiced
  • Salt
  • 1 large onion, sliced
  • 2 bell peppers, sliced
  • 8 flour tortillas
  • To serve: sour cream, guacamole, salsa, cheese

Method

  1. Mix 1 tbsp oil, the spices, lime juice and salt and toss with the meat. Leave 15 minutes (or up to 4 hours in the fridge).
  2. Heat a large skillet over high heat. Cook the meat in a single layer 3 to 4 minutes a side until cooked through. Set aside.
  3. Add the remaining oil, then the onion and peppers, and cook 5 minutes until charred at the edges but still crisp.
  4. Return the meat and toss together.
  5. Serve in warm tortillas with your toppings.
Tip: It starts like the recipe-1 base (onions, peppers, chilli) but stays a dry stir-fry: no water and no simmering.
Compared with the recipe-1 base recipe: Same start (onions, peppers and meat fried with chilli and cumin), but there is no water or simmering: it stays a dry stir-fry. The base recipe →

Cups and spoons are US measures (1 cup = 240 ml); weights and °C are given alongside. Cook meat to a safe inside temperature.

Food marks, as on packaged food in India: vegetarian · non-vegetarian (meat, fish or egg; Indian rules count egg as non-vegetarian). Recipes with both marks can be made either way.

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