Best Practices For Chicken Fajita Dinner Recipe

Ingredients : Chicken Fajita Dinner Recipe

For the Guacamole:

• 1 Avocado
• 1 roma tomato
• 1 tbsp chopped red onion
• pinch of salt
• pinch of pepper
• pinch of garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp lime juice

For the Fajita shells: Makes 8

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 3/4 cup warm water
• 3 tbsp. olive oil

For the chicken:

• 1 chicken breast per person
• sprinkle of garlic powder, salt, pepper, chili pepper (or whatever else you would like to season with)

Instructions

For the Guacamole:

1. Cut avocado lengthwise, and cut into cubes
2. Squeeze insides of avocado halves into a bowl.
3. Dice 3/4 of the tomato and add it to the avocado.
4. Add onions and spices and lime juice
5. Using a fork, mash all of the contents together until it becomes a creamy, blended mixture.
6. Put in fridge until ready to use.

For the Fajita shells:

1. Put flour, salt, water and oil together in a mixing bowl
2. Mix together with a wooden spoon until the mixture comes together
3. Using your hands, knead the dough 12 -15 times until it becomes a smooth ball (if the dough appears too dry, wet hands when kneading to get desired consitincy)
4. Leave the dough to sit for 10-15 minutes
5. Divide dough into 8 even pieces
6. On a floured surface, flatten a dough ball and roll out using a rolling pin
7. Brush one side with olive oil and put in a frying pan on medium heat.
8. Brush oil on top side of shell.
9. When bubbles start to appear on the shell, flip it over and cook the other side for 30-45 seconds
10. Place cooked shells stacked in a tea towel
11. Repeat this process for each dough ball

For the chicken:

1. Pre-heat oven to 375F degrees
2. Season chicken and place on a baking sheet lined with aluminium foil and brush with olive oil
3. Bake for 15 minutes
4. Remove chicken and butterfly cut
5. Bake chicken at 400F degrees for 15 minutes
6. Remove from oven, slice and plate.

To make the meal:

1. Make guacamole and put in the fridge until you are ready to use
2. Prepare chicken and bake in pre-heated oven
3. Make fajita shell dough and let rest
4. Cut vegetables, place in cast iron pan and drizzle with olive oil. Cook on medium heat
5. After 15 minutes, butterfly cut chicken and continue cooking
6. Reduce vegetable heat to medium-low.
7. When there is about 8 minutes left, start making fajita shells
8. Slice chicken and plate with vegetables
9. Serve with sour cream, guacamole, hot sauce, shredded cheese and whatever other toppings you would like.
10. Build your fajita, roll it up and enjoy!