Chicken Fajitas

Name: Chicken Fajitas
Prep time: 55 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 567 grams skinless, boneless chicken breasts; 1 serving Salt; 2 Tbsps canola, safflower, peanut, or extra virgin olive oil; 1 large onion, sliced lengthwise (root to tip) into 1/4-inch strips; 3 bell peppers various colors, sliced into 1/4-inch strips; 2 Tbsps lime juice; 3 Tbsps extra virgin olive oil; 1 garlic clove, minced; 1 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoons ground cumin; 1 teaspoons chili powder; 1 jalapeño, seeded and minced; 59 milliliters chopped cilantro; 8 flour tortillas; 1 serving Salsa; 1 serving Sliced avocado; 1 serving Sour cream; 1 serving Thinly sliced iceberg lettuce dressed lightly with salt and cider vinegar

You can never have too many Mexican recipes, so give Chicken Fajitas a try. This recipe serves 4. One serving contains 596 calories, 37g of protein, and 30g of fat. This recipe covers 36% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of chicken breasts, salt, garlic clove, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. It works best as a main course, and is done in roughly 55 minutes. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as La Mansion’s Chicken Fajitas – Fajitas are a Tex Mex dish that everyone enjoys, Sheet Pan Fajitas - Easy for Chicken Fajitas, and Tequila Lime Chicken Fajitas and the Great Chicken Marinade Controversy.

Instructions

Cut thick chicken breasts in half horizontally: Chicken breasts come in different sizes. If you have chicken breasts that are around a half pound each or more, you will want to slice them in half horizontally, so that the center thickness is around 1/2-inch to 3/4-inch thick.

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Chicken Breast

(We do not recommend pounding the chicken breasts, doing so will not result in the right texture/consistency for fajitas.)

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Chicken Breast

Mix all the marinade ingredients together in a glass or plastic container.

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Marinade

Add the chicken, mix well, cover and let marinate at room temperature for 30 minutes or up to 8 hours in the fridge.

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Whole Chicken

Remove the chicken from the marinade. Wipe off most of the marinade and sprinkle the chicken pieces with salt.

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Chicken Pieces

Marinade

Whole Chicken

Salt

Heat a tablespoon of oil in a large cast iron frying pan on high heat for a minute or so.

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Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

As soon as the oil begins to smoke, lay the chicken breast pieces in the pan. Depending on the size of the pan, and if you have had to cut the chicken breasts, you may have to work in batches.

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Chicken Breast

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Let the chicken cook undisturbed for 2 to 3 minutes, until you have a good sear. Once seared well on one side, turn the pieces over and cook for another 2 to 3 minutes until well seared on the second side.

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Whole Chicken

Stack seared breasts, cover with foil and let rest: Once seared on the second side, remove to a cutting board and cover with aluminum foil to rest for 5 minutes.

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Aluminum Foil

Cutting Board

If you want to test for doneness, cut into one piece with the tip of a sharp knife. It should be just done, if not, you can put it back in the hot pan for a minute or two.

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Frying Pan

Here's a tip: Stack the seared chicken breasts and then cover them in foil. Together they will retain heat better as you cook the peppers and onions.

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Chicken Breast

Peppers

Onion

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Aluminum Foil

Sauté peppers and onions: While the chicken is resting, cook the onions and peppers.

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Whole Chicken

Peppers

Onion

Add another tablespoon of oil to the frying pan.

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Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Heat on high. As soon as the oil is hot, add the onions and peppers to the pan.

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Peppers

Onion

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Frying Pan

Use a metal spatula to scrape up some of the browned bits from the chicken and stir to coat the onions and peppers with the oil and brown bits.

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Whole Chicken

Peppers

Onion

Cooking Oil

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Spatula

Spread the onions and peppers in an even layer in the pan.

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Peppers

Onion

Spread

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Frying Pan

Let them cook undisturbed for 2 minutes. You want them to sear with some blackening. Stir the vegetables and continue to cook for another 2 minutes.

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Vegetable

Slice the chicken and serve: Slice the chicken across the grain into strips.

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Whole Chicken

Grains

Serve at once with the peppers and onions, some warm tortillas, and sides of shredded cheese, salsa, guacamole, and/or thinly sliced iceberg lettuce dressed with vinegar and salt.

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Iceberg Lettuce

Shredded Cheese

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Peppers

Vinegar

Onion

Salsa

Salt

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Servings:

567grams

skinless, boneless chicken breasts 1serving

Salt 2Tbsps

canola, safflower, peanut, or extra virgin olive oil 1large

onion, sliced lengthwise (root to tip) into 1/4-inch strips 3

bell peppers various colors, sliced into 1/4-inch strips 2Tbsps

lime juice 3Tbsps

extra virgin olive oil 1

garlic clove, minced 1teaspoons

salt 1teaspoons

ground cumin 1teaspoons

chili powder 1

jalapeño, seeded and minced 59milliliters

chopped cilantro 8

flour tortillas 1serving

Salsa 1serving

Sliced avocado 1serving

Sour cream 1serving

Thinly sliced iceberg lettuce dressed lightly with salt and cider vinegar

Recommended wine: Pinot Noir, Riesling, Sparkling Rose

Fajitas works really well with Pinot Noir, Riesling, and Sparkling rosé. Acidic white wines like riesling or low-tannin reds like pinot noir can work well with Mexican dishes. Sparkling rosé is a safe pairing too. The Sandhi Sanford and Benedict Pinot Noir with a 4.7 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 65 dollars per bottle.