Mexico is a country with a rich history and temperamental people. The proud and explosive nature of the Mexicans found their reflection in the culinary field. Fajitos with chicken is a national Mexican dish, having prepared which you can familiarize yourself with the vibrant culture and flavor of the country with year-round summer and numerous beaches.

Traditional recipe

Fajitos is traditionally prepared in a pan from:

  • 300 g filet;
  • large onions;
  • ½ kg of bell pepper;
  • 300 g of tomatoes;
  • 1 capsicum;
  • a piece of cheese;
  • greens;
  • 2 piles of sunflower oil;
  • the same amount of dry wine;
  • 1 lime (lemon);
  • cloves of garlic;
  • ½ pile of tequila;
  • salt.

Cooking method:

  1. The washed fillets are cut into thin strips, which are placed in a bowl where they are poured with wine.
  2. Meat is marinated for 2 hours.
  3. Prepared foods are fried in hot oil.
  4. The onion is chopped into thin half rings, bell pepper is cut into strips, and the tomato slices.
  5. From the hot pepper with the help of a blender, gruel is prepared.
  6. Onions are fried in a pan, where, after acquiring a golden color, both varieties of peppers are laid out.
  7. After 5 minutes, tomatoes and chopped greens are added to the fried vegetables.
  8. After another 5 minutes, the meat is laid out, after which everything is mixed.
  9. The dish is sprinkled with lime juice and crushed with garlic.
  10. Fajitos before serving watered with alcohol and set on fire.
  11. Cheese chips served separately.

With beans

Fajitos with chicken and beans is a dish that meets all the main characteristics of Mexican food - satiety, elegance and spiciness.

For execution you need:

  • 1 kg fillet;
  • 3 bell peppers;
  • 4 things.chili peppers;
  • 2 cans of canned beans;
  • salt and sunflower oil.

Stages of preparation:

  1. In hot oil, cubes of pepper are fried, to which, after 2-3 minutes, fillet and salt sliced ​​into pieces are added.
  2. Shredded peppers and beans are laid out in the pan.
  3. Fajitos stewed for 10 minutes under the lid.

Cooking in pita bread

Traditionally fajitos served with tortillas. However, in the absence of Mexican cakes, thin pita bread can be used.

The following components will be required:

  • 1 kg fillet;
  • 6 pcs bell pepper;
  • as many pods of hot pepper;
  • 2 onions;
  • several branches of rosemary;
  • ½ kg tomato;
  • 200 g of bacon;
  • lime;
  • wine vinegar;
  • salt, ketchup and mayonnaise.

The dish is prepared as follows:

  1. Cubes are prepared from meat, which are marinated in lime juice with sprigs of rosemary, salt, spices.
  2. The whole pepper is cut into strips, the tomatoes into cubes, the onions into thin half rings.
  3. Onions marinated in vinegar.
  4. Pepper straws are fried in hot oil until crisp, after which tomato cubes and salt are added.
  5. The meat is fried until golden brown, and the bacon until crisp.
  6. On pita bread, greased with a mixture of mayonnaise and ketchup, fajitos are collected - meat, fried vegetables and bacon.
  7. Pickled onions are served separately to the Mexican dish.

Fajitos with chicken and vegetables in a pan

If there is no grill available, then the meat for the Mexican dish can be prepared in a pan.

To immerse yourself in the atmosphere of a distant country, you will need:

  • chicken breast;
  • ½ lime;
  • bulb;
  • 2 pcs. bell pepper;
  • 2 garlic cloves;
  • 2 chili peppers;
  • coriander, cumin;
  • a stack of olive oil;
  • 6 cakes;
  • 70 ml of dry white wine.

Step-by-step cooking instructions:

  1. The breast is cut into strips, which are sent to a bowl where they are seasoned with juice.
  2. Dry spices are also poured into the meat.
  3. The garlic is chopped coarsely, the onion is cut into half rings, and the pepper is cut into strips.
  4. Garlic chips are fried in oil, after which strips of pepper are sent to the container.
  5. After 5 minutes, the onion is laid out.
  6. When the vegetables are soft, the meat pieces are in the pan.
  7. The dish is poured with wine.
  8. Fajitos served on tortillas with your favorite sauce.

With bell pepper

Mexican fajitos made from:

  • 300 g filet;
  • 2 onions;
  • Lemon
  • piles of olive oil;
  • 15 g of paprika;
  • 70 ml of soy sauce;
  • 2 pcs. Bulgarian pen;
  • chili peppers.

Basic cooking steps:

  1. The fillet is washed, dried and cut into strips.
  2. Onions are cut in half rings, and pepper in strips.
  3. Hot strips fried chicken strips.
  4. Shredded vegetables are laid out for meat.
  5. When stewing meat with vegetables, a dressing is prepared from lemon juice, olive oil, sauce and spices.
  6. The dish is poured with dressing and stewed for another 5 minutes.

In a slow cooker

An excellent Mexican multicooker recipe.

To execute it you will need:

  • 50 ml adjika;
  • 600 g filet;
  • 2 chili peppers;
  • 3 tomatoes;
  • 3 pcs. bell pepper;
  • head of garlic;
  • bulb;
  • a bunch of greenery;
  • can of beans;
  • salt and pepper.

Working process:

  1. Meat, onions and garlic are cut into slices, which are laid in a kitchen device, set to "Stew" mode for 30 minutes.
  2. The pepper is cut into strips, and the tomatoes into slices.
  3. Next, the device is switched to the "Frying" mode, after which strips of pepper are sent to it.
  4. After 15 minutes, tomatoes, chopped herbs, beans and spices are added.
  5. After a similar period of time, the dish is served at the table.

Fajitos with chicken and mushrooms

A spicy and spicy dish prepared in the best traditions of Mexican cuisine will cheer you up with bright colors and rich taste.

It’s enough to have at hand:

  • ½ kg fillet;
  • 1 red bell pepper;
  • onion;
  • 150 g of mushrooms;
  • ½ head of garlic;
  • hot pepper pod;
  • lemon juice;
  • a piece of cheese;
  • cumin, pepper, salt.

The sequence of actions:

  1. Cumin, pepper, salt, mixed in a bowl.
  2. The resulting mixture is rubbed with chicken.
  3. The fillet is fried in a cast-iron pan for 5 minutes, and then laid out in a deep plate.
  4. Onions, sweet peppers, garlic and mushrooms are chopped, and then fried until soft.
  5. 4 minutes before being cooked, hot pepper, lemon juice and meat are laid out in the pan.
  6. The dish is salted, peppered and served with tortillas.

So, when there was a desire to plunge into the summer atmosphere and feel the breath of a light ocean breeze, just taste Mexican food, the taste of which will give a lot of positive emotions and transfer to the atmosphere of endless beaches.

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