Fajitos is a traditional Mexican dish that reflects the hot temperament and fiery disposition of the people of this country. This dish is prepared from thinly sliced meat, vegetables and spices. The dish turns out to be spicy and aromatic.
Fajitos with pork
Ingredients:
- pork - 400 grams;
- thin dough cakes - 5 pieces;
- hard cheese - 80 grams;
- onions (onions) - 1 piece;
- garlic - 1 clove;
- string beans (green) - 200 grams;
- chili pepper - 2 pieces;
- red pepper (sweet) - 1 piece;
- vegetable oil (can be replaced with olive oil) - 4 tablespoons;
- hot sauce - 50 grams;
- dill, sage, rosemary, salt, pepper - to taste.
Onions, pre-cut into strips, need to be fried in vegetable oil for about 1-2 minutes. Next, add the bean pods to the pan. This mixture needs to be cooked for about 2 minutes more. After that, red pepper cut into strips should be put on the onions and beans. The vegetables need to be fried for another 2 minutes, then chopped chili and crushed garlic must be added to the pan.
The pork should be cut into very thin slices. Their width should be approximately 1.5 millimeters. Place the meat with the vegetables. The resulting mixture needs to be fried for about 5 minutes. After that, the dish must be seasoned with rosemary, sage, salt and pepper. Next, the meat and vegetables should be cooked for about 3 more minutes, stirring constantly. After removing the frying pan from the stove, sprinkle the future fajitos with grated cheese and dill.
The scones should be greased with hot sauce on one side. Then put a mixture of meat and vegetables on the dough. The cakes should be carefully wrapped in Easter cakes or tubes. To prevent the filling from falling out, the edges of the fajitos must be secured with toothpicks.
The vegetable / meat mixture can be served separately from the tortillas. In this form, this dish is traditionally consumed in Mexico.
Fajitos with chicken
Ingredients:
- chicken breasts - 500 grams;
- hard cheese - 120 grams;
- thin dough cakes - 6 pieces;
- red bell pepper - 1 piece;
- green bell pepper - 1 piece;
- guacamole - 200 grams;
- onions (onions) - 1 piece;
- hot sauce - 50 grams;
- olive oil - 4 tablespoons;
- pepper, salt, sage, rosemary, cilantro to taste.
The chicken fillet should be wrapped in foil and placed in an oven heated to 200 ° C for 20 minutes. Cut onions, red and green peppers into strips. Fry vegetables in oil for 3 minutes. Then this mixture should be seasoned with salt, pepper, rosemary and sage. After that, the onions and peppers need to be fried for about 5 minutes more.
Oven-cooked chicken must be cut into thin slices. They should be laid out with vegetables. This dish should be fried for about 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
Dough cakes should be greased with hot sauce on one side. Then you need to put a mixture of vegetables and chicken on them. Place a tablespoon of guacamole on each stuffed tortilla. After that, sprinkle the dish with grated cheese and cilantro.
Fajitos can be wrapped in dough or served with the filling open.
