Claire covers a lot of fantastic things on her blog including recipes, craft projects, nail art, beauty, hair, fashion and reviews. I highly recommend that you check it out, as there is a post for everyone.
Claire tells me that this fajita recipe is one of her favorite dinner/lunch options, and she loves making it for company.
On to the yummy bits :)
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Fajitas with a Twist
Ingredients
Cooking Oil
Chicken breasts (can be made with beef)
Cheese (whatever you fancy)
Onions
Sweetcorn
Mayo - Optional
Garlic Paste/Chopped Garlic - Optional
Seasoning - Optional
Fajita Sauce - Optional
Fajita Wraps
You can add other vegetables but I choose not to.
Items you will Need -
Frying Pan (to fry the onions)
Wok/Large frying pan (to cook the chicken)
Cup/Tupperware (to make your garlic mayo)
Grater (to grate the cheese)
Chopping Board
Sharp Knives x 2 (one to cut the chicken, one to cut the onions and garlic)
Wooden/Plastic Spoons x 2 (to stir the chicken/onions while cooking)
Bowl/Saucepan (for sweetcorn)
Please note ** Never use a spoon/knife you have been using to stir/cut chicken to stir/cut your onions.
Directions
Set all your ingredients out so everything is within reach.
Warm some cooking oil in a frying pan while you cut your onions (I always chop my onions first) You can cut them to any size you want - My onions are cut up pretty small as I like them to be quite crispy.
Add the chopped onions to the frying pan.
You can chop you garlic here (if you are using it)
The onions will be cooking while you do the rest (please note if you don't want your onions crispy then you should wait to add the onions until your chicken is cut into pieces and is being added to the wok)
Don't forget to stir your onions every now and again.
Warm some cooking oil in a wok or large frying pan while you slice your chicken breasts (or beef) into sections/strips, removing all fatty bits and veins!
Cook the chicken until all the pink has turned white but leave on the heat as the inside may still be pink. You can check if the chicken is ready by choosing the largest strip and cutting into it to see if it is pink, if it isn't the chicken is ready. If it is pink just cook a little longer.
Once the chicken is ready or just about, then add the bbq seasoning (this is optional) but I find it yummy! There are loads of seasoning sachets already made out there or you can make your own.
Once the onions are ready put them into a dish/serving plate.
This is where it gets confusing. I don't like the usual fajita sauce on my chicken but Tim does. I split the chicken in to two frying pans/woks. Mine is just the plain cooked chicken strips with the bbq seasoning thrown in so I add it to the pan I used for the onions.
Tim's chicken is in the other frying pan/wok so I add a sauce to it and leave to simmer.
Add sweetcorn to a microwaveable dish and cover with water. The sweetcorn can be the frozen or the tinned kind. You can also use a saucepan to cook the sweetcorn.
Heat the sweetcorn for 30 seconds and stir, then another 30 seconds. Drain the water and put back into the microwave for another 30 seconds. You will need to adjust the times for certain microwaves and if you are using a saucepan then you will have to boil the sweetcorn for 3 minutes at least.
Grate your cheese into a bowl or add the grated cheese to a serving dish like the one I have used below.
Add Mayo/Reduced fat Mayo to a cup or tupperware dish and add garlic paste or chopped garlic and mix. I coat my wraps in garlic mayo before adding chicken, cheese, sweetcorn and onions... yum!
Serve the chicken, sweetcorn, cheese, onions and wraps and give each person eating a plate to roll their wraps.
Sending out a huge thank you to Claire for sharing this yummy recipe, and I hope you all will try it and also check out her blog.
-Pam
Sending out a huge thank you to Claire for sharing this yummy recipe, and I hope you all will try it and also check out her blog.
-Pam
