Tex-Mex Chicken Fajitas

Bev's Note:

I discovered this recipe in Southern Living. Being the Beer Month, I thought I would post it. Preparation time includes time to marinate.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 22 mins
• Prep Time: 1 hrs 10 mins
• Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 cup beer
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon hot sauce
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 sweet onion, cut into 1/2 inch-thick slices
• 1 green bell pepper, halved
• 6 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
• flour tortilla

Toppings

• salsa
• sour cream
• shredded cheese
• chopped avocado

Directions:

1. Whisk together first 7 ingredients until well blended.
2. Place onion and bell pepper in 1 zip-top bag; add 1/2 cup beer mixture.
3. Seal, turning to coat.
4. Chill 1 hour.
5. Place chicken in remaining zip-top bag; add remaining beer mixture.
6. Seal, turning to coat.
7. Chill 1 hour, turning once.
8. Drain chicken, discarding marinade.
9. Grill chicken and onion, covered with grill lid, over high heat (400° to 500°) 5 to 6 minutes on each side.
10. Grill bell pepper 5 minutes.
11. Cut chicken into thin slices, and cut bell pepper into thin strips.
12. Serve chicken, onion, and bell pepper with flour tortillas.
13. Serve with desired toppings.
14. *1(1 1/2-pound) package flank steak may be substituted for chicken.
15. Marinate 4 hours.
16. Grill flank steak 10 minutes on each side.

Reviews

[sunny_day]

For pure simplicity, I choose to slice the chicken breasts and the veggies prior to marinating, left them to chill together for 2 hours and after draining, grilled them all together. The taste was still great. Although, in the future, after preparing the chicken, salsa, cheese and sour cream in the tortilla, I will put them in the oven a couple minutes to warm up because I found they cooled down quite a bit by the time they were placed on the table to be served. Otherwise, Prima!

[RecipeNut]

These are sooooooo gooood!! YUUUUMMMMMMMMM! I am going to use beef next time. Love the flavor of the marinade in this recipe. Thanks so much Bev ; )

[sdelynna]

We used chicken tenders and grilled them slow. They were very tender and had a little kick to them. One of my husbands favorite meals.