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Gourmet Recipe for Grilled Chicken Fajitas
Chicken fajitas are always very popular in Mexican restaurants but this recipe for chicken fajitas is slightly different. If you want to know how to season chicken for fajitas, the best way is to make a marinade like in this Mexican recipe and leave it marinating for an hour or so. Chicken is not a tough meat like skirt steak, for example, so the marinade is just to give the chicken flavor rather than tenderize it.
Grilled vegetables make a deliciously different accompaniment for chicken fajitas because they usually come with fried bell pepper and onion. The asparagus, zucchini and red bell pepper gives them a different flavor, using the grill means, the chicken will have attractive grill marks, and the vegetables will be tender and delicious. Chicken is wonderful when you cook it on the grill because it gets a delicious smoky flavor. Keep an eye on it while it cooks - nothing will ruin this dish as quickly as overcooking chicken. There is nothing gourmet about dried out chicken!
A basic grilled chicken fajitas might simply combine chicken, bell pepper and onion with tortillas and sour cream or salsa but the gourmet ingredients in this grilled chicken fajitas recipe, including the fresh lime juice, asparagus and poblano chilies, elevate it into something very special and strikingly appetizing.
Mexican Grilled Chicken Fajitas
Ingredients -
6 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
3 large poblano chilies, seeded, in ¾ inch strips
12 spears asparagus, trimmed
1 red bell pepper, seeded, cut lengthwise into 6 pieces
1 zucchini, cut into 12 long strips
¾ cup coarsely chopped cilantro
3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 teaspoon ancho chili powder
1 ¾ teaspoons ground cumin
½ cup olive oil
Salt and black pepper
12 small flour tortillas
Mexican rice to serve (optional)
Guacamole, salsa, sour cream, sliced green onions, chopped serrano chilies and chopped fresh cilantro to serve
Preparation:
Heat the grill to medium.
Puree the limejuice, ancho chili powder, cumin, olive oil, and cilantro and season this marinade with salt and pepper. Place the chicken in a 13 x 9 x 2 inch-baking dish and pour 2/3 of the marinade over it, turning to coat. Sprinkle salt and pepper over the top and chill for an hour.
Reserve the rest of the marinade.
Grill the chicken until cooked through. This will take about 7 minutes per side. Grill the asparagus, zucchini, and bell pepper at the same time, until they are tender.
Grill the tortillas for one minute per side.
Transfer the chicken to a chopping board and slice it crosswise into large pieces. Arrange the chicken and grilled vegetables on the plates, add a portion of Mexican rice to each plate if you are using it and drizzle the remaining marinade around the outside of the plate and on the chicken.
Serve the warm tortilla wraps on the side as well as the guacamole, salsas, sliced green onions and other toppings so people can make their own fajita wraps how they like them.
(Serves 6)
Photo Description:
You can see from the picture that this grilled chicken fajitas recipe is very elegant looking and if you are looking for dinner party meal ideas, what about making a traditional Mexican dish? The Mexican rice goes beautifully with the chicken and makes this recipe more filling and satisfying. Grilled chicken fajitas served with rice, grilled vegetables and Mexican condiments is a nice dinner for any occasion and this recipe might look impressive but it is really not hard to make at all. You can use different vegetables if you like but the combination of zucchini, red bell pepper, and asparagus is deliciously different and goes nicely with the grilled chicken.
