Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Day 3 cooking challenge - fajitas


Ingredients

    3 chicken breast fillets
    1 yellow pepper (cut into strips)
    1 orange pepper (cut into strips)
    1 red pepper (cut into strips
    1/2 large white onion
    8 - 8" Flour Tortillas
      Marinade: 
      1 lime
      1/2 tsp salt
      1/2 tsp pepper
      1/2 tsp cumin
      1/2 tsp chili powder
        Toppings: (your choice) Sour Cream Salsa Shredded Cheddar Cheese


      Directions

      Mix together marinade ingredients. Add the chicken and marinate for minimum of 30 minutes to maximum of overnight).

      Saute' peppers in 1 Tbl of canola oil. Add onion slices. Remove peppers and onions when soft and set aside. Add chicken to pan. Cook until almost done (3 minutes each side) add peppers and onions back to pan. Cook for a few minutes more and serve. While chicken is cooking, prepare the toppings in individual bowls for serving. Warm up tortillas in the microwave in between paper towels for 15 seconds each. Place fajita mixture in the tortilla. Serves 8

      **as a side note** The peppers and marinated cooked chicken are so flavorful, additional toppings really aren't required. I didn't use any toppings on my 2nd fajita and it tasted better than the first. Sometimes less IS more.

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