Fajitos is a Mexican dish that consists of fried meat and vegetables. As a rule, chicken breast, beef or pork is used as the main filling . The homeland of the original dish is considered the south of the United States of America and Mexico.
How to cook fajitos and what is it?
The whole charm of an unusual dish is that it is prepared in any conditions. Fajitos is healthy, nutritious food that should be served hot. Some chefs believe that cooking should be done using the grill. Others hold the idea that properly cooked fajitos is a dish heated in a pan. One thing is known that in the original recipe for a Mexican dish implies such an unusual process as burning.
Chili seasoning is suitable for the dish, however it is best to season the fajitos with sauce prepared on their own. The composition of the dish includes aromatic spices, spices, as well as hot sauce and various seasonings. In Russia, fajitos are used to comparing with the more popular and familiar shawarma for us. However, the use of Mexican fajitos is much more nuanced, which convey the special culture of this dish.
How do Mexicans eat fajitos?
This dish is usually eaten by hand. However, there are a few piquant moments during serving that you need to know about.
Cooked toppings can be served hot right in the pan. Some cooks pour tequila on meat with vegetables and set it on fire for a moment. Then, separately to the dough cake (tacos), sour cream with hot sauce is served. Mexican craftsmen also serve pre-grated cheese for the filling. Everyone wants to wrap the filling in tacos on their own and add to the taste sauce, sour cream or cheese.
In order to properly prepare fajitos, you should adhere to the main recommendations and recipes.
Chicken Dish
For someone who loves lean meat, this recipe will be most welcome. This cooking process will not require much time and labor, as instead of baking a cake, we will try to use Armenian pita bread.
You will need such products:
- chicken - 300 g;
- peppers (chili and sweet) - 2 pcs.;
- lime - 1 pc.;
- onion - 1 pc.
Practical part
To cook fajitos with chicken on your own, first you need to prepare a marinade for meat. To do this, chopped garlic and chili pepper into a cooked plate. Then season with salt and lemon juice, and add oil and a little vinegar to the contents. Chicken fillet should be cut into strips and immersed in the marinade for several hours.
After a certain time, the pickled chicken must be fried until cooked. After that, sliced sweet pepper and chopped onions should be fried for another 5-7 minutes.
Serve the filling for fajitos separately from pita bread in a pan. Sour cream, herbs, Tabasco sauce and Guacamole are also served on their own. If desired, in front of the eyes of invited friends, you can burn the cooked filling. To do this, sprinkle it with tequila and light it.
Fajitos with pork
To prepare a spicy and fragrant Mexican dish with pork, you will need such products:
- pork - 500 g;
- dough cakes - 6 pcs.;
- cheese - 100 g;
- onion - 1 pc.;
- green beans - 200 g;
- peppers (chili and sweet) - 2 pcs.
First you need to fry chopped onion strips for several minutes. Then add green green beans to the preheated pan and pass the contents for another couple of minutes. Next, to the fried onions and beans, add chopped sweet pepper, which is fried for a few more minutes. The last toss is chopped hot pepper and pressed garlic.
Prepared pork must be cut into thin slices, and then add to the stewed vegetables in a pan. The resulting mixture should be fried for 5 minutes. Then the filling, as a rule, is salted, pepper, seasoned with sage and rosemary. After adding seasonings, the dish must be simmered for about 3 minutes, constantly mixing the contents. Turning off the fire, the resulting filling should be sprinkled with grated cheese and herbs.
Thin cakes on one side must be smeared with hot sauce. After that put on them a stewed filling, consisting of pork and vegetables. Tacos is rolled up with tubes and hooked around the edges with toothpicks so that the laid out mixture of vegetables and meat does not fall out when eating. Cooked filling can be consumed separately without cakes. In Mexico, such a mixture is considered a familiar dish.
Beef Option
To prepare a dish with beef pulp, you will need such products:
- beef pulp - 400 g;
- onion - 1 pc.;
- peppers (chili and sweet) - 2 pcs.;
- tomato - 2 pcs.;
- cheese - 100 g.
To begin cooking, initially you need to withstand beef flesh in table wine. Then cut it into small strips and simmer in a pan or using a grill. Sliced onions, chili peppers and sweet peppers should be passaged in a pan for 5 minutes, then add chopped tomato and stew the contents for a few more minutes. Pressed garlic and lemon juice should be added to the resulting vegetable filling.
Stewed meat must be mixed with the vegetable mixture and can be served hot in a pan to the table, after adding sour cream, grated cheese and hot sauce to the resulting filling. If desired, the contents can be sprinkled with tequila and set on fire. Another option for serving fajitos is to spread a mixture of vegetables, meat, grated cheese and greens into a flat cake greased with sauce, then roll it up and be satisfied with an appetizing dish.