BEEF FAJITAS
Prep time 10 minutes – Cook time 15 minutes – Total time 25 minutes
We lived in Mexico for a total of 3 years. Out of all of the great food that we learned about Beef Fajitas are at the top of the list. They are easy to cook up and SO good.
Ingredients for your Beef Fajitas
These amounts are for 4 servings
- Olive Oil
- 1 and 1/2 pound top round beef (or flank or skirt steak) sliced thin into strips
- 2 poblano peppers cut into thin strips
- 6 cloves garlic chopped
- 1 medium sized onion cut into strips
- 1 lemon or lime
- salt and black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ceyenne pepper
- 1 tablespoon dried basil 9 or 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil leaves
- 4 flour tortillas or 6-8 corn tortilla (the corn are always a little smaller)
- Salsa for serving
How to make your Beef Fajitas
Put a large skillet on at a setting between medium high and high. Add enough olive oil to fully coat the bottom the skillet. Use round beef steak or skirt steak or flank steak and cut it into about 1/2″ strips. The peppers in the pic are poblano peppers cut into strips. You might prefer red, green or orange bell peppers. We learned to like the poblanos because they add a little bit of spiciness. Cut a medium sized onion into strips and chop up the garlic. Cut the lemon – or lime – in half.
Put everything but the lemon in the skillet and toss it all together. Squeeze the lemon – or lime – juice all around on top of the mixture and toss in the rinds. Sprinkle the spices all over it and toss it all some more. Toss regularly as it cooks. When everything is starting to get a little crispy on the edges, it’s ready. About 10 – 15 minutes. About halfway through the grilling process drain off any liquid that has accumulated in the pan and add a little more olive oil.
Heat up the tortillas in between pepper towels in the microwave and enjoy your Quick Easy Beef Fajitas. Spoon the meat and veggies on the tortillas and top it off with some salsa (like in the pic) or sour cream or pico de gallo or all of the above.
No knife and fork. Just pick it up, fold it together and bite into it.
It was good!!
You can also make it with chicken breasts cut into strips instead of the beef.
Here are a few more Mexican dishes for you
- Mexican Poblano Chicken
- Mexican Stuffed Peppers
- Sautéed Shrimp Mexican Style
- Spicy Cilantro Lime Chicken
Quick Easy Beef Fajitas - No Marinade
Ingredients
- olive oil
- 1 and 1/2 pound top round beef sliced thin into strips (or flank or skirt steak)
- 2 poblano peppers cut into thin strips
- 1 medium onion cut into strips
- 6 cloves garlic chopped
- 1 lemon or lime
- salt and black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
- 1 tablespoon dried basil
- 4 flour tortillas or 6-8 corn
- salsa for serving
Instructions
- Put a large skillet on at a setting between medium high and high. Add enough olive oil to fully coat the bottom the skillet. Use round beef steak or whole skirt steak or flank steak and cut it into about 1/2" wide strips. The peppers in the pic are poblano peppers cut into strips. You might prefer red, green or orange bell peppers. We like the poblanos because they add a little bit of spiciness. Cut a medium sized onion into strips and chop up the garlic. Cut the lemon - or lime - in half.
- Put everything but the lemon in the skillet and toss it all together. Squeeze the lemon - or lime - juice all around on top of the mixture and toss in the rinds. Sprinkle the spices all over it and toss it all some more. Toss regularly as it cooks. When everything is starting to get a little crispy on the edges, it's ready. About 10 - 15 minutes. About halfway through the grilling process drain off any liquid that has accumulated in the pan and add a little more olive oil.
- Heat up the tortillas in between pepper towels in the microwave and enjoy your Quick Easy Beef Fajitas. Spoon the meat and veggies on the tortillas and top tit off with some salsa or sour cream or pico de gallo or "all of the above".
