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How to Make Chicken Fajitas

By Kathleen Milazzo, eHow Editor
How to Make Chicken Fajitas
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Chicken fajitas are a delicious Mexican hot sandwich. They are a combination of a mild spicy sauce, vegetables, and usually chicken or steak, served inside a folded flour tortilla. These wonderful fajitas will become a family favorite!

Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 2 teaspoons chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 3/4 teaspoon crushed chicken bouillon cube
  • 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon cumin
  • 1 pound of chicken strips
  • 1 cup each, green, yellow, and red pepper strips
  • 1/2 cup onion strips
  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • Flour tortillas
  • Tin foil
  • sour cream

    Chicken Fajitas

  1. Step 1

    Combine corn starch, chili powder, salt, paprika, sugar, chicken bouillon cube, onion powder, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, and cumin. Add 1 cup of water and put in saucepan to heat. Add chicken strips and mix well. Cook till chicken is done and water evaporates to just a nice sauce. While cooking add more water if needed. Set aside.

  2. Step 2

    Place flour tortillas in tin foil and seal. Put in preheated 350 degree oven for about 10 minutes. Turn heat off but do not remove or unwrap tortillas until you are ready to serve them.

  3. Step 3

    Coat bottom of frying pan with olive oil and add onions and peppers. Cook till tender to the bite.

  4. Step 4

    Add onions and peppers to chicken mixture and heat thoroughly. When hot, take flour tortillas and put chicken and vegetables in the middle of the tortilla. Fold both sides over middle and serve with sour cream on top.

Tips & Warnings
  • If desired, add mushrooms to the onion and pepper mixture.
  • You can also buy fajita seasoning to cook the chicken in and skip the seasonings called for here.
  • Make sure chicken is cooked well and not pink inside.
Photo Credit

Peppers by Summer, Step 4 by Nemo, Step 1 by Boris Mann, Top Photo by Laura Kishimoto.

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