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Chicken Fajitas with Colorful Peppers and Onion
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Chicken Fajitas with Colorful Peppers and Onion

Chicken breast strips in a smoky marinade of paprika, cumin and lime, seared in a blazing-hot pan with lots of peppers and onion, until the vegetables char at the edges and stay crisp. Serve in the pan in the middle of the table and let everyone roll their own tortilla.

⏱ 35 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Israeli👩‍🍳 Afoona

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    In a bowl, mix the chicken with the paprika, cumin, oregano, garlic, lime juice, olive oil and salt and marinate 20 minutes, while you cut the vegetables.
    Bowl
  2. 2
    Slice the peppers into 1 cm strips and both kinds of onion into wedges.
    KnifeCutting board
  3. 3
    Heat a cast-iron, large pan over high heat, until it smokes.
    ⚙ Greased Flat PanStoveCast-iron pan
  4. 4
    Sear the chicken in a single layer, 3 minutes on one side and 1 minute on the other, and transfer to a plate.
    Stove
  5. 5
    Add the olive oil and the onion, red onion, red pepper, yellow pepper and green pepper to the pan and stir-fry 5–6 minutes, until charred in spots and still crisp in the center.
    Stove
  6. 6
    Return the chicken with the juices that collected, stir for a minute and turn off the heat.
    Stove
  7. 7
    Heat a dry pan, and warm the tortillas in it for half a minute per side.
    ⚙ Greased Flat PanStoveFrying pan
  8. 8
    Bring the pan to the table with the tortillas and avocado.
1030calories
53 gprotein
115 gcarbs
38 gfat
● protein 21%● carbs 45%● fat 34%

Per serving (573 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (6) · 🍳 2 cooking vessels

  • 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)
  • Cast-iron pan · Also works: Grill pan (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Frying pan (Holds less heat, weaker sear)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)

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