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Fajitas with store cupboard salsa

Get meal times sizzling with this tasty crowd pleaser!

Ingredients

For the fajitas:

  • 160g chicken breast, sliced into strips

  • 1 bell pepper, sliced into strips

  • a handful of broccoli, sliced into small pieces

  • 1 red onion, thinly sliced

  • 1 teaspoon smoked paprika

  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin

  • a pinch of cayenne pepper (optional)

  • juice of 1/2 lime

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil

  • 4 tortilla wraps


For the salsa:

  • 1 clove of garlic, finely diced

  • 1/2 tin plum tomatoes

  • juice of 1/4 of a lime

  • a small handful of fresh herbs (any you like)

  • olive oil

  • salt and black pepper

Level:

Easy

Serves:

4 servings

Prep Time:

Cook Time:

40 minutes

10 minutes

Recipe video tutorial

Preparation

For the Fajita mix:

  1. Prepare the chicken, bell pepper, broccoli, and onion to the size and shape described in the ingredients list and put into a bowl.

  2. Add the rest of the fajita ingredients to the bowl, mix together, and leave to marinate for 30 minutes.

  3. Next, heat a large frying pan on a medium heat, add your fajita mixture and cook until slightly charred and the chicken is cooked.


For the salsa:

  1. Add all of your salsa ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth (or mash with a fork if you don’t have a blender)

  2. Taste and season with salt, pepper, lime juice.


Build your fajitas:

  1. Spread some of your salsa on the tortilla wrap, top with some of your filling, (add some cheese if you like), then roll up and serve!

Hints and Tips

To make your fajitas vegetarian or vegan friendly, try swapping the chicken for tofu, soy, halloumi, paneer or your favourite veg.


For a meat alternative, try swapping the chicken for strips of beef or pork - or why not give prawns a go?

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