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Thursday, April 16, 2015

Smoky Beef Fajitas

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 4
  • 2 canned chipotle chiles in adobo, seeded and minced
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 5 tablespoons olive oil, divided
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
  • 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
  • 1 lb skirt steak, sliced against the grain â¼ inch thick
  • 8 flour tortillas
  • 1 medium red bell pepper, cut into 1/3 inch strips
  • 1 medium yellow bell pepper, cut into 1/3 inch strips
  • 2 medium red onions, halved and sliced lengthwise 1/3 inch thick
  • 1 large avocado, coarsely chopped,tossed in the
  • 1/2 lemons, juice of or 1/2 lime, juice of
  • sour cream, for serving
  • pico de gallo
  • 1/4 cup loosely packed fresh cilantro leaves

Recipe

  • 1 in a large, sturdy plastic bag, combine the chipotles, garlic, 2 tblsps of the olive oil, the lime juice and worcestershire sauce.
  • 2 add the skirt steak and marinate for 1 hour.
  • 3 preheat the oven to 250f.
  • 4 heat a large, cast-iron skillet.
  • 5 working with one at a time, add the tortillas to the skillet and warm quickly over high heat, turning once, until softened and heated through, about 15 seconds per side.
  • 6 wrap the tortillas in foil and keep warm in the oven.
  • 7 heat 2 tblsps of the olive oil in the skillet until almost smoking.
  • 8 add the red and yellow peppers and cook over high heat, stirring, until starting to brown, about 3 minutes.
  • 9 add the onions and cook, stirring, until tender and lightly charred, about 5 minutes.
  • 10 season with salt and pepper, transfer to a large plate and keep warm in the oven.
  • 11 add the remaining 1 tblsp olive oil to the skillet and heat just until smoking.
  • 12 pat the steak strips dry with paper towels.
  • 13 add half the strips to the skillet in a single layer.
  • 14 season with salt and pepper and cook, turning once, until browned, about 2 minutes per side.
  • 15 transfer to a plate and cook the remaining steak.
  • 16 return all the meat to the skillet and cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
  • 17 mound the steak on a plate; serve with the tortillas, onions and peppers, avocado, sour cream, pico de gallo and cilantro.

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