Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, chicken fajitas. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Chicken Fajitas is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Chicken Fajitas is something that I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
Making homemade fajita seasoning is a lot easier than you might think, and you probably already have the ingredients in your spice cabinet. Put the cilantro, lime juice, broth, scallions, garlic, jalapeno, honey, and salt in a blender, puree until smooth. Trim chicken of any excess fat and place in a large, lidded bowl.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have chicken fajitas using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Fajitas:
- Make ready 2 tbsp fresh squeezed lime juice
- Get 2 tbsp oil
- Take 1 large garlic clove, minced
- Prepare 1 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- Take 1 tsp salt
- Take 1/2-1 tsp ground chili (adjust to your desired spice preference)
- Get 1 tbsp fresh chopped cilantro (optional)
- Take 1 1/2 lb (650 grams) chicken thighs, skinless and boneless
- Make ready 3 large bell peppers (or capsicums), cut into strips (I use green, red and yellow)
- Prepare 1 onion thinly sliced
So easy to make, and so quick. The method involves quickly searing the meat on a griddle or grill, and then slicing and serving with quickly seared peppers and onions. This chicken fajita recipe is a total breeze to make! The chicken is flavorful and juicy while the peppers are perfectly tender-crisp!
Steps to make Chicken Fajitas:
- Slice chicken into strips
- In a large shallow bowl, combine lime juice, oil, garlic, cumin, salt, chili and cilantro; mix together. Add the chicken and If time allows, let marinate for 30 minutes.
- Heat a large skillet or pan (12-inch | 30cm) on medium-high heat until smoking. Add a drizzle of olive oil to lightly coat the bottom of the pan. Sear the chicken on both sides until golden, charred and cooked right through. Cook for about 8 minutes. Flip them a couple of times while cooking so they get a nice even char.
- Transfer chicken to a warm plate, loosely tent with foil and let rest
- Cut peppers and onions into strips
- Add the peppers and onions to the skillet (drizzle with a little extra oil only if needed), and cook until the onion is soft and the peppers are slightly charred and cooked to your liking. Season with salt and pepper.
- Add chicken strips and cook for about 2-3 minutes.
- Serve with warmed tortillas, sour cream and chopped cilantro
Cook chicken in olive oil in a pan, add veggies. To put it all together: Pile the veggies on a platter. Chicken fajitas are so easy to make, and their seasoning is amazing. Simply pan-fry peppers and onions, then saute some chicken, mix and serve! I make chicken recipes fairly often for my family, so I'm always on the lookout for ways to make chicken a bit more interesting.
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