Fajitachiladas – Sarah Bella

This is a recipe I made up one day when I was looking for something different for dinner. Luckily for me, it actually turned out and it’s one of my family’s favorites now.

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You’ll want to make the enchilada sauce first as it takes longer than the rest of the meal.

Ingredients:

· 1 ½ lbs chicken breasts, sliced fajita style

· 1 red bell pepper, sliced fajita style

· 1 green bell pepper, sliced fajita style

· 1yellow or orange bell pepper, sliced fajita style

· 1 small yellow onion, sliced fajita style

· 1 cup frozen corn kernals

· 1 can black beans – rinsed and drained

· ½ t Chili powder

· ¼ t Cumin

· ¼ t Garlic powder

· ¼ t Salt – I prefer sea salt

· ¼ t Fresh ground pepper

· 1 c. grated cheese – preferably cheddar or Colby

· 1 package taco sized flour tortillas

· Enchilada sauce – recipe below

In a large frying pan, combine chicken and veggies. Season when chicken is no longer pink on the outside. Cook until chicken is no longer pink in center and veggies are tender-crisp. Add corn and beans, continue cooking until corn is thawed.

Stir in ½ c enchilada sauce and cook until it thickens slightly. Remove from heat.

Spoon equal amounts of the chicken and veggie mixture onto each of the 8 tortillas and roll them closed. Place them in a 9x13 cake pan. Cover them with the remaining enchilada sauce and top with cheese.

Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes or until cheese and sauce are bubbling.

Enchilada sauce – I have a few different options based on how much time you have.

Ingredients:

· 2 tbsp vegetable oil (authentically you would use lard.)

· 2 tbsp flour

· 2 tbsp chili powder*

· 1/2 tsp cumin

· 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper, or to taste

· 2 cups chicken broth

· 1 8 ounce can tomato paste**

· 1 tsp garlic powder

· 1/2 tsp onion powder

· 1/2 tsp salt

Preparation:

Heat the oil, flour and chili powder together in a large pot. Allow to cook for a minute or two.

Add the remaining ingredients and bring to a slow simmer. Stir well to combine and dissolve tomato paste in broth. Allow to cook for at least 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add more spices as desired.  

**This is a skeleton recipe.  If I have time, I roast peppers onions and tomatoes then blend them together in a food processor and push them through a sieve to remove the tomato skins and seeds.  I use that instead of the tomato paste; If you have time it’s appreciably better.

*Use a dark chili powder such as ancho, or use a combination of different chili powders for a more complex flavor, chipotle - ancho - arbol for example.

 

 

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