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delicious chicken fajitas
Amanda McInerney of www.lambsearsandhoney.com

Delicious Chicken Fajitas

5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Mexican

Ingredients
  

  • 600 gms chicken thigh or breast cut into slices
  • 2 onions sliced
  • 1 red capsicum sliced
  • 60 mls olive oil
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1 tbsp heaped tsp ground cumin
  • salt to taste
  • juice of 1 lime
  • soft flour tortillas
  • sour cream
  • grated cheese

  • SALSA
  • 3 tomatoes chopped
  • 1 spring onion sliced
  • 1/2 red chilli chopped finely
  • 1/2 bunch coriander leaves & stems chopped

  • GUACAMOLE
  • 2 avocados mashed
  • 1 tomato chopped
  • 1/2 bunch coriander leaves chopped
  • juice of 1 lime

Method
 

  1. Place chicken, spices, salt and half the olive oil in a large bowl, mix to combine well. Set aside.
  2. Heat the other half of the olive oil in large frypan, over medium heat. Add onion slices and cook until transparent.
  3. Add sliced capsicum and cook with onions until onions are golden and caramelised. Transfer to plate and set aside.
  4. Add marinated chicken to hot pan, using a little more oil if necessary, and stir over high heat in batches until cooked through and golden brown.
  5. Return all chicken to the pan, with the onions and capsicum, add lime juice, and heat through.
  6. SALSA
  7. Combine all ingredients in a bowl.
  8. Guacamole
  9. As with the salsa, combine in a bowl.
  10. Serve the fajitas with salsa, guacamole, sour cream and cheese in soft flour tortillas.

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