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Chicken Fajitas
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Chicken Fajitas

Chicken breast strips seasoned with cumin and paprika, fried in a pan with strips of bell pepper and onion, and served in tortillas; for a burrito, rolled up in a tortilla with cheese and sour cream.

⏱ 20 min

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Heat the olive oil in a pan over high heat.
    ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveFrying pan
  2. 2
    Fry the chicken 5–6 minutes per side, until cooked, and set aside.
    Stove
  3. 3
    In the same pan, fry the red pepper, green pepper and onion until softened and browned.
    Stove
  4. 4
    Return the chicken, stir and serve in the tortillas.
892calories
51 gprotein
108 gcarbs
27 gfat
● protein 23%● carbs 49%● fat 28%

Per serving (443 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (2) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Frying pan · Also works: Wok (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)

By the steps, as the recipe is built now: another version or addition can change the list.

⚙️ What you can change

  • Possible additions: Paprika · Turmeric · Lemon in the marinade · Oregano · garlic · Lime juice in the marinade · Marinating in the spices (1 hour) · Yellow pepper · Red onion · Oil for the vegetables · Cutting the vegetables (the peppers into strips and the onion into wedges) · Vegetables first, chicken after (minutes) (5) · Yellow cheese · Sour cream · Serving (with toppings) · Avocado for serving
  • Searing the second side: 1 minute
  • The pan: in a pan
  • The heat: over high heat
  • Frying the chicken per side (minutes): 5–6
  • Stir-frying the vegetables (minutes): 5–6

🔗 Used in

Mujadara · Cooked rice · Leaf Salad

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