We have lots of company at our summer cottage and we love to cook out on the charcoal grill. Burgers are great, but sometimes we want something a little more fun. That’s when we make grilled chicken fajitas!
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The tortillas for the grilled chicken fajitas may be store bought, but I prefer to make my own. I absolutely love this recipe for homemade flour tortillas because it uses lard, although I use sprouted wheat flour.
And by the way, if you don’t have a chimney for starting your charcoal, you really should look into it. No starter fluid is required, so it saves money and starter fluid is so nasty. I recommend stainless steel because it lasts a lot longer than aluminum.
What’s your favorite thing to cook on the grill?
Grilled Chicken Fajitas
Ingredients
Marinade
Fajita
- the chicken that has been marinating
- 1 each red, yellow, and green peppers cored and cut in half
- 1 large red onion peeled and sliced into 1/2 inch thick slices
- shredded lettuce
- chopped tomatoes
- salsa
- shredded cheese
- sour cream
- 8 flour tortillas
Instructions
Marinade
- Combine the marinade ingredients.
- Cover the chicken with the marinade and allow to sit overnight, or at least 4 hours.
Fajita
- Sear the chicken on both sides on a hot grill. Move to an area of the grill that has medium heat to continue cooking.
- Place onions and pepper halves on the grill and close the cover. Cook the vegetables until they are browned and tender, turning once.
- Cook the chicken for approximately 10 minutes per side (for boneless thighs – breasts may cook more quickly) until the temperature has reached 160°F.
- Allow to rest for several minutes after removing the chicken from the grill and to allow the temperature to rise another 5 degrees.
- Slice the chicken, onions, and peppers into strips. Place on flour tortillas and top with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, salsa, sour cream and guacamole.
Notes
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Justyn @ Creative Christian Mama says
You’re making me drool! We’ll have to do these a lot this summer. Yum!!
I’d love for you to come share this recipe at the Weekend Whatever Link-up! 🙂
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Jenny says
I always like to use the boneless thighs too. They have so much more flavor. Thank you for linking up to the HomeAcre Hop! Look forward to having you back tomorrow: http://blackfoxhomestead.com/the-homeacre-hop/
[email protected] to the Basics! says
Sounds like a great recipe. I could easily replace the chicken for black beans and make it vegetarian.
Thanks for sharing at Tuesdays with a Twist! Hope to see you again this week!
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Rosalyn says
Oooh I’ll definitely give this a try! My husband loves chicken fajitas and I want to try giving the kids more choice in their meals, so I think allowing them to doctor up their own will encourage them to actually eat their supper for me. Thank you for posting this!
Nicole says
Hi Susan,
If I don’t have lard, what can I use for the tortillas?
Susan Vinskofski says
Hi Nicole! You MUST get lard. 😉
Well, I can’t answer from experience but I think that butter would work just fine.