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Chicken fajitas Recipe
by Lemon Squeezy

Chicken fajitas

Fun, filling and full of flavour

Rating: 5/5
Avg. 5/5 1 vote
Prep time: Mexico Mexican
Cook time: Servings: 6 Servings

Ingredients

  • 800g chicken breast
  • 1 bunch fresh coriander
  • 2 limes
  • 1 large red pepper
  • 1 large yellow pepper
  • Soured cream to serve
  • Emmental cheese to serve
  • Wholemeal wraps to serve
  • 1 large onion
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 220ml lager
  • Sea salt
  • Black pepper

Directions

  1. PREP - Wash and roughly chop the coriander. Rinse the chicken breasts and pat dry with kitchen paper. Cut into strips about 1 cm wide.
  2. MARINATE - Put the chicken strips into a bowl and cover with the lager, the chopped coriander and the juice of 1 lime. Leave to marinate for 30 minutes.
  3. PREP - Meanwhile, peel and slice the onion. Wash the peppers, halve them, deseed and cut into strips.
  4. SOFTEN - Warm 1 tablespoon of oil in a frying pan over a medium heat. Add the onion and peppers, sprinkle with salt and cook until soft but not browned. Stir frequently.
  5. ADD - Lift the chicken pieces out of the marinating juice and add to the pan. Add the ground cumin and the juice of the remaining lime.
  6. COOK - Mix all the ingredients together and cook for 6-7 minutes until the chicken pieces are cooked through.
  7. SERVE - Pile the chicken into a bowl and have a plate of warm tortillas standing by, along with bowls of grated emmental cheese, soured cream, guacamole and Mexican tomato salsa.