Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Chicken Fajitas

And so the saga of the leftover grilled chicken begins. 

Today we will use said grilled chicken for some yummy Chicken fajitas. 

I love when I can make last night's meal into a whole new meal tonight!

Again, these are nothing spectacular (read: difficult).  No marinades, no sauces... just some yummy grilled chicken from last night.

I know you might think that is boring, but for most of us... even though we'd hate love to spend hours marinating some meat... we just can't do it. No time. 

But we do need to eat ... and it needs to be good.

So, for those of you left reading, enjoy a quick easy way to have chicken fajitas for dinner

Ingredients:

-  4 Leftover chicken breasts  (if you are making this fresh, check out the grilled chicken recipe here)
- 1 large onion sliced
- 1 Tbs butter or Olive oil
- 4 -6 flour tortillas
* green peppers
* Sour cream
* Salsa
* 1 diced tomato
* guacamole
* lime
* shredded lettuce
* hot sauce
* shredded cheese
(* means optional)

Directions:

Slice chicken breast into strips.  Set aside.
Slice onion, place in fry pan with butter or oil and cook until carmelized
If you are using peppers, add those to the pan as well.
Dice any veggies that you want to serve on your fajita (ie: lettuce, tomato...) & set aside
Warm tortillas in microwave for about 10 seconds or heat in pan until hot
Lay out tortilla and put sour cream on it, then chicken, squeeze a little lime over it and add any other toppings you like.
Roll it up and enjoy! 

***Review:
We love these at our house.  The kids love that they can add their own toppings... which means they can avoid any of the things they don't like.  Hubby loves that he can add all the hot sauce he wants.  I love the onions..... I use a ton.  This is probably one of my favorite staple dishes. 

**Tips:
This is a pretty straightforward dish.  Basic, easy, quick.  The only tip I can think of is to not overheat your tortillas (which is easy to do if using a microwave) or they will get hard fast.  If you don't heat them at all, they tend to tear when you fold them.... which is no fun.  Other than that... add anything you want to your hearts content. 

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