Chicken Fajitas are the flavorful Tex-Mex favorite, with a beer marinade and made easily on the stove top or grill.
Chicken Fajitas
By Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime
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Chicken fajitas is my recipe of the day. It’s the way I have been loving them for years.
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Although perhaps technically “fajitas” since that word refers to the skirt steak used on steak fajitas. I usually love steak fajitas, but for chicken prepared this way, I will make an exception.
It’s the beer. I do this out on the grill in the cast iron skillet but you can do it inside on the stove. The plus side of doing it outdoors is the smoky flavor it imparts to the chicken and veggies. The plus side to doing it indoors is the fast cook and prep plus convenience of any weather.
I use ;ager beer in this, and I prefer a brand such as Corona or Modelo.
Soft flour tortillas are perfect for these, dabbed with a touch of butter or oil and heated on a hot griddle just long enough to add marks and still keep them super pliable. If you heat those too long, they will become crisp. But griddling is preferred over the microwave or serving cold.
Chicken Fajitas
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Chicken Fajitas
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Chicken Fajitas
Equipment
- 1 cast iron skillet
Ingredients
Meat and marinade:
- 1 1/2 pounds boneless chicken breast sliced into strips
- 1/2 cup lager beer
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 chipotle pepper in adobo sauce minced
- 1 teaspoon adobo seasoning or seasoned salt
- 2 teaspoons honey
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
Vegetables:
- 4 tablespoons olive oil divided
- 1 red bell pepper sliced
- 2 poblano peppers sliced
- 1 large onion cut in wedges
- 2 roma tomatoes quartered
Other optional ingredients:
- Flour tortillas
- Sour cream
- Guacamole
- Pico de gallo or salsa fresca
- Shredded cheddar or jack cheese
Instructions
- Mix together all ingredients for marinade and add sliced chicken.
- Marinate, refrigerated, 6 hours or overnight.
- Before cooking, drain marinade.
- Place chicken with 2 tablespoons of the olive oil in a cast iron skillet, and cook, stirring frequently, until chicken is cooked through.
- Remove chicken and keep warm.
- Add the remaining oil to the skillet and cook the onion and peppers until tender, adding the tomatoes at the end to cook briefly.
- Serve chicken and veggies on flour tortillas with sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo or salsa fresca, cheese, or other toppings of your choice.
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