chicken

chicken fajitas with home-made guacamole and salsa

servings
2

method

A griddle pan gives the nice, charred effect you want with fajitas, but you can also use a large pan or wok. If you use a griddle pan, keep the ingredients moving about so that nothing burns or sticks to the bottom. Normally I wouldn’t recommend adding extra oil to a hot pan, but in this case it’s good to give everything a drizzle now and then so the chicken and peppers stay nice and shiny.

1. Put your griddle pan on a high heat.

2. Halve and deseed your pepper and cut it into thin strips. Peel, halve, and finely slice your onion. Slice your chicken lengthways into long strips roughly the same size as your pepper strips.

3. Put the peppers, onion, and chicken into a bowl with the paprika and cumin. Squeeze over the juice of half a lime, drizzle over a lug of olive oil, season a good pinch of pepper and mix well. Put to one side to marinate for 5 minutes or so while you make your salsa.

4. Finely chop your chilli. Roughly chop your tomatoes and the coriander, stalks and all.

5. Put the chili and tomatoes into a second bowl with the salt and pepper and the juice of 1 lime, then stir in your chopped coriander.

6. Use a pair of tongs to put all the pieces of pepper, onion, and chicken into your preheated pan to cook for 6 to 8 minutes until the chicken is golden and cooked through. As the pan will be really hot, keep turning the pieces of chicken and vegetables over so they don’t burn – you just want them to lightly chargrill to give you a lovely flavour. Give the pan a little love and attention and you'll be laughing.

7. To make the guacamole, squeeze a handful of cherry tomatoes onto a board. Finely chop up the flesh with ½ -1 red chili and a handful of coriander leaves, including the top part of the stalks.

8. Halve and stone the avocado, then squeeze it over a board so the flesh comes out of the skin. Discard the skin. Squeeze over the lime juice and chop everything together until fine. Taste and adjust the flavours, if needed.

9. Warm your tortillas up in a microwave or a warm dry frying pan. Divide your warmed tortillas between your serving plates. Halve your remaining lime and squeeze the juices over the sizzling pan.

10. At the table, carefully help yourselves to the chicken and vegetables straight from the hot grill pan. Just be sure to put it down on top of something that won’t burn, like a chopping board.

11. Serve with bowls of plain yogurt and guacamole alongside your Cheddar, a grater, and your lovely fresh salsa.

• from Ministry of Food

ingredients

• 1 red pepper
• 1 medium red onion
• 1 skinless, boneless chicken breasts, preferably higher welfare
• 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
a small pinch of ground cumin
• 2 limes
• olive oil
• freshly ground black pepper
• 4 small, or 2 large flour tortillas
• 1 x 150ml tub of good-quality low-fat natural yogurt
• 50g Cheddar cheese

For the salsa:
• ½–1 fresh red chilli, to your taste
• 15 ripe cherry tomatoes
• a small bunch of fresh coriander
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 lime
• extra virgin olive oil

For the guacamole:
• a small handful of mixed-color cherry tomatoes
• ½-1 fresh red chilli
• a few sprigs of fresh coriander
• 1 ripe avocado
• 1 lime

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1. by Brian Derulo on Fri 04 May 2012 @ 09:52

its an absolute beauty. cheers jamie for the experience - first time in the kitchen!!!! was insane bro, cheers so much. but folks, please, be careful not to use too much coriander in the guacamole!!!!!!!!! its disgustin''' i tell ya!!!!!cheers. I cant wait till food revolution day!!! buzzin, gonna be siccckkkkkk!!!<br /> follow me on twitta - @brisangofficial

2. by Brian Derulo on Fri 04 May 2012 @ 09:51

3. by Ritchie and keir on Fri 04 May 2012 @ 09:47

i think this recipe was awsome, i felt like a boss man,cherrs jamie - ritchie x<br /> this recipe was insane maaan, how do ya do it!!!? dude a was mind blown and am buzzin for when its ready!!!! cant wait man cheers jamie bro cheers, i feel fantastic!!! <br /> any bros up for scheme jumpin at jumpin jacks glasgow?

4. by Ade on Sat 31 Mar 2012 @ 09:56

Awesome. I would say be careful not to use too much coriander in the guacamole.

5. by felis on Fri 30 Mar 2012 @ 08:59

sounds delicious, looking for fantastic recipes that are great for these warm days

6. by P on Wed 15 Feb 2012 @ 01:10

This is amazing!!! I felt like a pro, super tasty and easy! Thanks Jaime x

7. by Tamara on Wed 01 Feb 2012 @ 20:10

This has become one of my "go to" recipes on week nights. So easy and quick and really good!

8. by carol on Wed 25 Jan 2012 @ 07:45

the best ever !! messy but reall tasty fun :)

9. by Felisya on Sun 02 Oct 2011 @ 13:20

Super easy and taste very nice. Thanks for sharing this Jamie

10. by David on Tue 06 Sep 2011 @ 18:44

I am gay.

11. by Linda on Wed 24 Aug 2011 @ 09:55

Super easy to make and tastes wonderful. Took about 35 mins from start to serving. Heaps better than buying a packet of mix! Made enough for 4 people - just increased the amounts. Fresh and satisfying! Thanks Jamie - such an inspiration.

12. by layla on Wed 06 Jul 2011 @ 12:02

the lovely thing about Jaimie's recipes that you fee llike he's home with you, he knows that you have this and you don't have that. He's like friendly Casper! one thing I don't get about this recipe is the avocado thing. In the photo it looks like a paste but in the method it doen't say anything about blending the avocado with the other ingredients for the guacamole. Please explain.

13. by Gina DeFiore on Tue 07 Jun 2011 @ 22:51

I have made this recipe quite a few times now - its for 2 people which suits me, there are only two in our family since I got divorced so it has been difficult trying to cook for just two. This is a great recipe, its so easy, very tasty and the homemade salsa is fantastic - although I don't use as much chili as Jamie would use, my son who has his own place has made many of the recipes from the Ministry of Food - his burgers are fantastic and he has become very good at cooking - he is also very health conscious and the recipes are just great.!

14. by Sarah on Sun 29 May 2011 @ 15:00

This has got to the best chicken fajita recipe ever! We've tried a few recipes and tried Jamie's for the first time yesterday and it is fabulous! The flavors are just right, not too overpowering and just keeps you wanting more. So yummy!! And so healthy too! Thank you, Jamie Oliver!

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