A recipe from ” The Hairy Bikers Everyday Winners” by Si King and Dave Myers.
Ingredients
- 400 g skinless, boneless chicken breast or thigh meat thinly sliced
- Zest of 1 lime
- Juice of ½ lime
- 1 tsp orange zest
- 2 jalapeños or other green chillies finely chopped
- 2 tbsp tequila
- 1 tsp triple sec optional
- For the fajitas:
- bunch of coriander
- Juice of 1 lime
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 onion sliced into slim wedges
- 1 green pepper thinly sliced
- 2 garlic cloves finely chopped
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
- 2 tsp chilli paste
- To serve:
- 1 red onion finely sliced
- juice of 2 limes
- 2 avocados
- Warmed tortillas
- green chillies finely chopped
- coriander leaves
- Lime wedges
- coriander leaves
- Lime wedges
Servings:
Instructions
- First marinate the chicken. Season the slices with salt and pepper. Put the lime zest and juice, orange zest, chillies, tequila and triple sec, if using, in a bowl and add the slices of chicken.
- Toss and cover, then leave in the fridge for at least an hour or overnight.Remove from the fridge half an hour before cooking.
- Roughly chop the coriander and put it in a food processor or blender with the lime juice.Process until you have a green-flecked sauce. Set aside.
- Put the sliced red onion in a small bowl and cover with half the lime juice and plenty of salt. Leave to stand until the onion has turned bright pink.
- Put a generous pinch of salt in a separate bowl and add the remaining lime juice.Mash in the avocado to make a rough guacamole.
- Heat the oil in a large sauté pan. Add the onion wedges and green pepper and cook over a medium-high heat until they have started to soften and brown. Add the garlic, cumin seeds, cinnamon and chilli paste and stir for a couple of minutes.
- Strain the chicken from the marinade and add it to the pan. Sauté over a high heat until cooked through. Add the coriander and lime sauce and toss to coat the chicken. Leave the pan on the heat until the sauce is just heated through.
- Serve the chicken with the warmed tortillas and guacamole, garnished with the drained red onion slices, chillies, coriander leaves and lime wedges.
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