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Chicken Fajitas

Name: Chicken Fajitas
Total time: 1 h 7 min
Yield: Serves 4 (8 fajitas)
Cuisine: Tex-Mex
Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 tbsp lime juice; 2 tsp ground cumin; 1 tsp smoked paprika; 1 tsp dried oregano; 1 tsp cayenne pepper; 2 large boneless, skinless chicken breasts, sliced into strips; 2 tbsp sunflower oil; 1 red onion, cut into 1 cm slices; 1 red bell pepper, cut into 1 cm slices; 1 yellow bell pepper, cut into 1 cm slices; ½ tsp smoked paprika, for the vegetables; salt, to taste; black pepper, to taste; 8 flour tortillas; sour cream, to taste; guacamole, to taste; tomato salsa, to taste; chile sauce, to taste

Strips of spice-marinated chicken broiled until golden, wrapped in warm tortillas with charred peppers and onion. It is a lively crowd-pleaser, and everyone adds their own toppings.

YieldServes 4 (8 fajitas)
Hands-on30 min
Total1 h 7 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Marinade

2 tbspolive oil
1 tbsplime juice
2 tspground cumin
1 tspsmoked paprika
1 tspdried oregano
1 tspcayenne pepper

Fajitas

2large boneless, skinless chicken breasts, sliced into strips
2 tbspsunflower oil
1red onion, cut into 1 cm slices
1red bell pepper, cut into 1 cm slices
1yellow bell pepper, cut into 1 cm slices
½ tspsmoked paprika, for the vegetables
to tastesalt
to tasteblack pepper
8flour tortillas

To serve

to tastesour creamoptional
to tasteguacamoleoptional
to tastetomato salsaoptional
to tastechile sauceoptional

Contains

Gluten
Dairy
Soy
Legumes (any)
Sunflower seeds
Wheat
Olive
Citrus fruits (any)
Lime
Avocado
Nightshades (any)
Tomato
Bell (sweet) pepper
Chili peppers
Onion family (any)
Onion
Garlic
Oregano
Parsley
Cilantro / coriander
Black and white pepper
Cumin
Paprika
All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
Pork
Poultry and birds (any)
Chicken
Chili heat (capsaicin)

Taste

Heat
Sour / bright
Salty
Umami / savory
Smoke
Herbal / fresh
Aromatic spice

Equipment

Oven
Stovetop

Season

Summer
Any season

Occasion

Weeknight
Entertaining

Effort

20–45 min active
1–3 hours total
Difficulty 2
Kid-friendly

Nutrition

Calories: moderate
Protein: moderate
Carbs: high
Fat: moderate
Fiber: moderate
Sodium: moderate

Budget

Budget: moderate

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