Fajitas are such a simple meal. Basically, you just need a grilled meat, sautéed or grilled peppers & onions & tortillas. Other toppings after that are up to you. We like a little sour cream (well, actually plain yogurt), some fresh tomatoes & Matt likes some sliced jalapeno.
For the meat we usually use beef or chicken. This time it was chicken & Matt decided to create a marinate with the flavors of a margarita. Sometimes I find you can't really distinguish the flavors of a marinade once the meat is cooked, but not so with this one. You really get the taste of tequila & lime. It was so good & fresh tasting a lot of the meat didn't even make it into the fajitas, our mouths just seemed to get in the way.
Tequila-Lime Marinade
1/2 c tequila
1/4 c lime juice
1 t onion powder
1/2 t cayenne powder
1 t garlic powder
1/2 t cumin
2 t salt
1/4 c canola oil
Put everything but the oil into a resealable plastic bag. Seal. Shake until the salt has dissolved. Add the oil & shake to mix. Add meat to be marinated. Reseal the bag removing as much air as possible. Massage the meat a little. Refrigerate for 4 - 6 hours.
Makes about 1 cup (Enough to marinate at least 4 - 5 boneless chicken breasts)
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8 comments:
Nice! Margarita-marinated meat sounds fantastic - if I make enough of the mix, this would be great for Bricken Chicken!
I'm envious of your poblanos but I console myself with a vendor at the Mpls Farmers' Market. I need to pick some up for mole-making!
You have such fabulous recipe ideas and I love that you are right here in the twin cities! I added your blog to a list of great sites on mine...hope that is okay! Looking forward to making the fajitas! They look delish!
So delicious! I made pioneer woman's T-L chicken a little while ago and have been craving it the past few days. I'm going to have to make it again soon!
mmm I want to eat this asap
Sounds like just the thing on a hot summer night, accompanied by margaritas, of course! Thanks for sharing the marinade recipe.
I bet that is one tastey marinade. Planting pablanos was a good idea. Where did you get the seeds?
fajitas are near and dear to my tastebuds, and this marinade rocks. incidentally, in that left pepper in the top photo, i can see a cartoonish face. is that weird? :)
Love that marinade. I really need to try one with tequila. I've been making fajitas with our colored bell peppers. I've not had many poblanos. Maybe I should look into growing them next year.
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