Spicy chile lime fajitas. Steak Fajitas (Beef Fajitas) Fajitas couldn't be any easier. I've taken out the usual pico de gallo and guac to come up with an even faster solution for the night-time-getting-dinner-together-without-losing-your-mind craziness type of situation. You're going to start off by marinading your steak using my reader favourite chili lime.
Sear one side of the chicken until charred. Spicy chile lime fajitas This is an explosion of flavor! Use chicken or steak or half and half, even shrimp. You can cook Spicy chile lime fajitas using 16 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Spicy chile lime fajitas
- It's of Marinade.
- You need 3 tsp of ancho Chile powder.
- Prepare 3 tsp of cumin.
- You need 2 tsp of smoke paprika.
- You need 3 tsp of Chile lime seasoning (badia).
- Prepare 2 tsp of salt.
- You need 4 of limes.
- You need of Canola or vegetable oil.
- Prepare of Veggies.
- It's 2 of large poblano.
- Prepare of Med yellow onion.
- You need of Med red and yellow bell.
- Prepare 3 of large jalepenos.
- Prepare 6 oz of sliced portabella.
- It's of Meat.
- Prepare 2 of medium boneless skinless chicken breasts (1.25lb trimmed).
For his recipe I used chicken. Combine sour cream, mayonnaise, chipotle chile powder, lime juice, salt, and cilantro in a small bowl. Fill the tortillas with the filling, add some cilantro to each taco, and drizzle with sweet chili sauce. Serve tacos with more cilantro, chili sauce, and lime wedges.
Spicy chile lime fajitas instructions
- Butterfly the chicken breast and slice the chicken (this will allow the marinate to really penetrate the meat over a short period of time).
- Add all the seasonings to a ziplock back followed by a glug of oil and the juice of 2 limes(add some water if you need to loosen the marinade up). shake really well and add the chicken and massage the marinade into the chicken and marinate for a couple hours in the fridge or overnight..
- Slice all the veggies and place in the fridge while the meat marinates.
- Remove the meat and place in a strainer to remove most of the marinade.
- Heat a large cast iron pan with some oil and quickly sear the meat but don’t over cook, remove and set aside..
- Add a splash of water to deglaze the pan and add and sear the veggies (I squeeze a lime and add a few pinches of kosher salt) once seared push to the side and add the meat back to the pan to heat the rest of the way through..
- Serve on flour tortillas with jack cheese and a slice of lime on the side....enjoy!.
- Alternate method. I have had success with sear the veggies on high to sear the bottom and then add it under the broiler at 550. After the veggies are seared well nestle in the chicken and broil for an additional few minutes and serve..
Place chicken in a large glass or ceramic bowl. Anaheim chile peppers are mild enough for kids. The key to some good chicken fajitas is to spice up that chicken REALLY well! That well-seasoned chicken is that star of the show! These easy chicken fajitas, use a spicy, smokey marinade that really gives them that fresh off the grill flavor.