Thursday, October 21, 2010

Chicken Fajita's

So Tuesday was Taco Tuesday and I wanted to do something different other than regular ground turkey tacos.  So, I baked some chicken (I use Barefoot Contessa's trick of drizzling just a tad of olive oil and sprinkling Lawry's salt over the chicken - the olive oil keeps the chicken MOIST!) to make chicken fajitas.  I also made my Spanish rice and doctored up refried beans.  Please refer back to September's postings, those recipes are listed there.  The fajitas were soooo simple and such a great change to our normal Taco Tuesday menu.

Here's how I made the fajita's:

Ingredients
1 medium white onion, sliced in long thin strips
1 red bell pepper, sliced in long thin strips
1 yellow bell pepper, sliced in long thin strips
1 green bell pepper, sliced in long thin strips
1 tomato, sliced thinly
2 tbsp olive oil
salt & pepper to taste

Directions
1.  In a medium skillet, warm the olive oil.  Add the onion and saute for 3 minutes or so. 
2.  Add all the pepper slices and saute until tender.
3.  Add the tomato and saute 2 more minutes.
4.  Turn heat off, cover and let sit while you get the rest of your taco fixings ready.

Other Fixings:
1.  Chicken (shred once it's cool enough to handle)
2.  Cheese (freshly grated)
3.  Sour Cream
4.  Salsa
5.  Microwave warmed tortillas

Assemble tacos with chicken, cheese, fajitas, sour cream and salsa.  Serve with homemade Spanish rice and doctored refried beans.

This dish was so simple to make, incredibly healthy and super tasty!  Hope you give it try and enjoy it as much as we did!

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