Chilli chicken fajitas

Chilli chicken fajitas

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 30 mins

Method

  1. Heat a couple of tbsp oil in a large pan. Throw in the chicken and quickly brown all over, then add the chilli powder and cook for a minute.
  2. Scoop out the chicken, then add the onion and red pepper to the pan and cook until softened.
  3. Tip in the green beans, tomatoes and the chicken, cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
  4. Stir through the coriander and roll in warm tortillas with a dollop of soured cream.
  5. Serve with green salad.
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GI Assessment

Wheat tortillas have a lower Gi than seeded bread. But eating two wraps will influence your blood glucose levels so load up on salad instead.

Per serving

526 kcalories, protein 38.7g, carbohydrate 44.2g, fat 22.8 g, saturated fat 6g, fibre 4.6g, salt 1.93 g

Recipe from olive magazine, December 2005.

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  • 25 November 2007

    Banoffee rated and commented on this recipe

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    Delicious! Our usual recipe is rather dry but the tinned tomatos did the trick. We added mushrooms, a yellow pepper and a small, simple stir-fry veg. packet for extra flavour.

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  • 11 December 2007

    IroN MaIdEn 4 EvEr rated this recipe

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  • 03 February 2008

    Beth rated and commented on this recipe

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    I found this recipe a bit too wet - but it was tasty!

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  • 13 March 2008

    Nique rated this recipe

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  • 01 April 2008

    Kerry commented on this recipe

    These were a bit too wet like Beth said but they were tasty i might try thickening them next time and season a bit more! Seemed like it was missing a flavour so will definately experiment with this one as i love to have freshly made food rather than jars feel like im cheating hehe!!

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  • 20 April 2008

    louise commented on this recipe

    These are very nice, very tasty. I would have preferred if they were slightly hotter so next time I'm going to use more chilli powder. Also I only used have a tin of chopped tomatoes and they turned out perfect, not too runny.

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  • 20 April 2008

    louise commented on this recipe

    *half a tin of chopped tomatoes

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  • 24 April 2008

    Annie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Mine weren't too wet, but I used tomatoes in the thick, rich juice rather than the watery juice. These were a huge hit with my kids, which surprised me because I expected them to moan about the grren beans, but they thought the meal was wonderful, so will definitely be doing again.

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  • 24 May 2009

    Nichola rated and commented on this recipe

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    The best fajita recipe I've ever used! They are delicious.

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  • 25 June 2009

    Phil rated and commented on this recipe

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    Left out the green beans and added about half a tsp of paprika and used 2 small chillies instead of the powdered chilli - will definetly use on a regular basis - very tasty

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  • 02 July 2009

    Woody rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Spot on for a midweek meal - and the green beans works surprisingly well :o)

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  • 07 January 2010

    Alex rated this recipe

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  • 09 February 2010

    Carol rated this recipe

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  • 13 March 2010

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  • 29 April 2010

    Iona Evans rated and commented on this recipe

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    I love these! I have made them lots of times now, although I reduce the amount of chilli powder after the first time as they were a bit too hot for me! They are a bit wet, but I don't mind too much. I serve mine with a bit of grated cheese and I don't use sour cream as I don't like it.

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  • 04 May 2010

    Camilamff rated and commented on this recipe

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    Great recipe! try to add chilli beans instead of green beans!

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  • 23 June 2010

    lindah736 rated and commented on this recipe

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    I cooked these for my chilli loving husband tonight and was disappointed when he said he only wanted one! I didn't have to wait long for him to do his Oliver impersonation. I had extra hot chilli powder so only used 1/2 tspn and took the advice of others and only used half tin of tomatoes, Perfect!!

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  • 15 July 2010

    JOOLES commented on this recipe

    A little tip for those finding it a bit wet, when i sometimes find my meat sauce for lasagne's etc is a bit wet i put it through a sieve, saving the juices in a bowl to use for something else (we don't like waste) this brings the wetness down considerably, it may work with this too. This was my fellas idea and Ive adopted it ever since he told me about it. Anyway back to this. This recipe sounds lovely i will definitely be giving it a try.

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  • 08 November 2010

    Dave rated and commented on this recipe

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    These are really good! I didn't find wetness a problem - serve with a spoon with holes in and you'll be fine. I bought the big tortilla wraps (the small ones were twice the price!), so put green salad and chopped tomatoes in the wrap with the food which gives a delicious 'fresh' element to the taste. That way you have to fold it like a burrito - put the food in a rectangle over the middle of the wrap, fold the bottom first and then the sides. I also used fresh chillies instead of chilli powder but ground coriander instead of fresh. Think fresh coriander would be better but ground works pretty well.

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  • 15 January 2011

    littlemissysunshine rated and commented on this recipe

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    Yummy! I added a tin of kidney beans to pad it out a bit and it was great. And so much cheaper and healthier to make your own instead of buying a jar of fajita sauce!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 30 mins

Ingredients

  • olive oil
  • 2 skinless chicken breasts , cut into strips
  • 2 tsp hot chilli powder
  • 1 onion , halved and sliced
  • 1 red pepper , sliced
  • 100g green beans
  • 400g tin chopped tomatoes
  • a handful of coriander , chopped
  • flour tortillas and soured cream, to serve
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Per serving

526 kcalories, protein 38.7g, carbohydrate 44.2g, fat 22.8 g, saturated fat 6g, fibre 4.6g, salt 1.93 g

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