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Mixed Fajitas with Peppers and Onions

Cooking Light

Photo: Becky Luigart-Stayner; Styling: Lydia E. DeGaris

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Yield: 12 servings (serving size: 1 tortilla, 2 ounces meat, 1/2 cup onion mixture, 2 tablespoons tomato, and 2 teaspoons cilantro)

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4  pounds  flank steak
  • 1  cup  fresh lime juice (about 6 limes)
  • 2/3  cup  beer
  • 4  teaspoons  chili powder
  • 2  teaspoons  ground cumin
  • 1  teaspoon  dried oregano
  • 1  teaspoon  salt
  • 1/2  teaspoon  black pepper
  • 4  garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 1/4  pounds  skinned, boned chicken breast
  • Cooking spray
  • 1  tablespoon  olive oil
  • 2  cups  vertically sliced onion (about 2 large onions)
  • 2  cups  red bell pepper strips (about 2 peppers)
  • 2  cups  green bell pepper strips (about 2 peppers)
  • 12  (10-inch) flour tortillas
  • 1 1/2  cups  diced seeded tomato (about 1 large)
  • 1/2  cup  minced fresh cilantro

Preparation

Trim fat from steak, and score a diamond pattern on both sides of steak.

Combine juice and next 7 ingredients (juice through garlic) in a small bowl. Divide marinade equally between 2 large zip-top plastic bags, adding steak to 1 bag and chicken to the other. Seal bags, and marinate in refrigerator 6 hours or overnight, turning bags occasionally. Remove steak and chicken from bags, discarding marinade.

Prepare grill or broiler.

Place steak on a grill rack or broiler pan coated with cooking spray, and cook 10 minutes on each side or until desired degree of doneness. Cut steak diagonally across grain into thin slices. Place chicken on grill rack or broiler pan coated with cooking spray; cook 6 minutes on each side or until done. Cut chicken into thin slices.

Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add onion and bell peppers; sauté 10 minutes or until onion mixture begins to brown.

Warm tortillas according to package directions.

Spoon steak or chicken, onion mixture, tomato, and cilantro down center of each tortilla; roll up.

Nutritional Information

Calories:
378 (30% from fat)
Fat:
12.4g (sat 3.5g,mono 5.3g,poly 2.3g)
Protein:
26.8g
Carbohydrate:
38.7g
Fiber:
3.3g
Cholesterol:
57mg
Iron:
4.1mg
Sodium:
444mg
Calcium:
97mg
Terry Conlan, Cooking Light, MAY 1999