Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, chicken fajitas. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Chicken Fajitas is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Chicken Fajitas is something that I have loved my entire life.
Fajitas are wonderfully flexible and versatile! To save on prep time, use chicken tenders. They are a tad larger than chicken breast strips, so be sure to add enough time to cook them through.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have chicken fajitas using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Fajitas:
- Get 2 tbsp fresh squeezed lime juice
- Get 2 tbsp oil
- Make ready 1 large garlic clove, minced
- Get 1 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- Get 1 tsp salt
- Prepare 1/2-1 tsp ground chili (adjust to your desired spice preference)
- Prepare 1 tbsp fresh chopped cilantro (optional)
- Get 1 1/2 lb (650 grams) chicken thighs, skinless and boneless
- Take 3 large bell peppers (or capsicums), cut into strips (I use green, red and yellow)
- Prepare 1 onion thinly sliced
Season chicken with salt and pepper, then add to bowl and toss to coat. Meanwhile, warm tortillas according to package directions. Quickly slice chicken and peppers into strips and separate onion slices into rings. Easy Chicken Fajitas are one of our all-time favorite dinners.
Instructions 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
Tender juicy chicken breasts, fresh crisp peppers, and sweet onions tossed in an easy homemade seasoning and piled high in tortillas. Top these easy fajitas with cheese, sour cream, lettuce, guacamole, and Pico de Gallo! We love fajitas at our house! To put it all together: Pile the veggies on a platter. Chicken fajitas are so easy to make, and their seasoning is amazing.
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