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Chicken Fajitas

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Chicken Fajitas

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Cooking Time

Preparation Time :10 Min

Cook Time : 20 Min

Total Time : 30 Min

Ingredients

Serves : 5
  • 750 gms skinless, boneless chicken breasts
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 2 tbsp garlic infused olive oil
  • 1 nos large onion, sliced lengthwise (root to tip) into ¼ inch strips
  • 3 nos bell peppers of various colours, sliced into ¼ inch strip
  • 2 tbsp marinade : lime juice
  • 3 tbsp sprig roasted chilli oil
  • 1 nos garlic clove, minced
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp ground cumin
  • 1/2 tsp chipotle chilé flakes
  • 1/2 tsp pasilla chilé flakes
  • 1/4 cups chopped cilantro
  • 8-12 nos extras : flour tortillas or chappatis
  • 1/2 cups salsa
  • 1 tsp thinly sliced iceberg lettuce dressed lightly with salt and cider vinegar

Directions

  • Mix all the marinade ingredients together in a glass or plastic container. Add the chicken, mix well, cover and let marinate at room temperature for 1 hour.
  • Heat a large cast iron frying pan on high heat for 1 to 2 minutes. Add a tablespoon of garlic infused olive oil, lay the chicken breast pieces in the pan. Let the chicken cook undisturbed for 2-3 minutes.
  • Once seared on the second side, remove to a cutting board and cover with aluminum foil to rest for 5 minutes.
  • While the chicken is resting, cook the onions and peppers. Add a tablespoon of roasted chilli oil to the frying pan. Heat on high.
  • As soon as the oil is hot, add the onions and peppers to the pan.
  • Use a metal spatula to scrape up some of the browned bits from the chicken and stir to coat the onions and peppers with the oil and brown bits.
  • Spread the onions and peppers in an even layer in the pan. Let them cook undisturbed for 2 minutes. You want them to sear with some blackening.
  • Stir the vegetables and continue to cook for another 2 minutes.
  • Slice the chicken against the grain into strips.
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Non-vegetarian