Chicken Fajitas with Tomato-Coriander Salsa
Recipe
- Title:
- Chicken Fajitas with Tomato-Coriander Salsa
- Categories:
- Mexican, Sauces, Condiment, Poultry, Salsa
- Yield:
- 4 servings
Ingredients
- 1 c Quick Tomato Sauce
- 2 tb Oil
- 1
- Jalapeno pepper (OR 1/8 tsp
- 1 ts Ground cumin
- -red-pepper flakes)
- Salt
- 2 tb Fresh coriander, minced
- Pepper
- 1
- Lime
- 1
- Lime
- Salt
- 8
- Flour tortillas (8-inch)
- Pepper
- 1
- Ripe avocado
- 1 lb Chicken thighs, skinless and
- 1 c Sour cream
- -boneless
Directions
- TOMATO-CORIANDER SALSA:
Directions
- PREPARATION: Make the Quick Tomato Sauce.
Directions
- For The Salsa, split, seed and mince the jalapeno (use gloves).
- In a bowl, combine the Quick Tomato Sauce, Jalapeno (or hot red-pepper flakes) and coriander.
- Squeeze the lime; add 1 tablespoon juice to the sauce.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Set aside.
Directions
- Rub the chicken with oil and cumin and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Cut lime into 8 wedges.
- Recipe can be prepared to this point 2 hours ahead.
Directions
- COOKING and SERVING: Heat the broiler.
- Cook the chicken on a rack about 5 inches from heat, turning once, until browned and just cooked through, about 4 minutes per side.
- Set aside, covered, and keep warm.
- Heat oven to 375F.
- Wrap tortillas in foil and warm in oven for 10 minutes.
- Pit, peel and cut the avocados into 1/2-inch cubes.
- Cut the chicken into thin slices.
- Divide chicken among the tortillas.
- Top chicken in each tortilla with 2 tablespoons Salsa, 2 tablespoons sour cream and chopped avocado.
- Use 1 lime wedge per fajita to squeeze juice over filling.
- Wrap or fold tortilla around filling.
- Serve hot.
Directions
- Makes 4 servings.
Directions
- [COOKS; May/Jun 1988] Posted by Fred Peters.
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