Fajitas

Fajitas are always a good thing to order in a Mexican restaurant, especially if you're planning on sharing, but, there's nothing better then making a heaping griddle full of fajitas for my family.  When I was learning to make Mexican food, I would marinate the raw ingredients in Italian salad dressing (which don't get me wrong, works for a quick meal), but have since learned that with a little more preparation, I create a much more authentic meal.

OK, so true confession time, at the early stages of my marriage, I served my husband canned tamales, and I was so proud that I was able to serve Mexican food to my family.  To the credit of my husband, he ate every bit of it with a smile on his face.  That December, my mother in law, Anita, invited me over to make Tamales with all of the women WOW oh WOW, I was embarrassed when I remembered what I had served and vowed to never do that again!!  I will be making tamales later this month and will fill you all in.

So, let's make some Fajitas . . .
Begin by preparing all of the vegetable: slice bell pepper in strips, slice onion and seperate, grill  serrano or jalapeno peppers (it depends on how much heat you like, serranos are hotter)




Then chop garlic, an easy way to do this is to place the side of a large knife on garlic clove and smash it with your hand, after doing this it's easy to remove the peel and it does half of the chopping for you.  Then just dice the garlic finer.

Slice chicken about 1/4 inch thick,









 put the chicken in a bowl, sprinkle with salt & pepper add 1/3 of the chopped jalapenos & garlic and mix together (you can use your hands, it's easier) and set aside to marinade


Meanwhile, coat the bottom of a frying pan with oil and sauté bell peppers over medium heat for 2-3 minutes until they just begin to soften.  Add onions and continue to cook for another 2-3 minutes. The veggies should still be crunchy. Remove from heat and set aside

In a separate pan or on a griddle put 3T  of oil and sauté garlic & onions for 1-2 minutes until they soften, then put the marinated  chicken in the pan and cook until it begins to brown on the outside and is still moist on the inside.

When the chicken is cooked add the peppers and onions and mix together.  Done!!

 

 

Serve in warm tortillas with sliced avocados and tomatoes

 

                                                  Optional: serve with a Margarita or beer :)

(In reality, is this really an option?)