Chicken fajitas with pineapple salsa and guacamole recipe
Ingredients
- 2 large skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1cm strips ⓘ
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil ⓘ
- 2 tsp chipotle paste
- 0.5 tsp cumin seeds
- 0.5 tsp fennel seeds ⓘ
- 1 pinch sweet smoked paprika ⓘ
- 3 red peppers ⓘ
- 12 salad onions, trimmed
- 0.5 lime, zest and juice only ⓘ
- 8 corn tortillas ⓘ
- 1 small red onion, finely chopped ⓘ
- 4 tomatoes, deseeded and finely diced ⓘ
- 1 green chilli (deseed if you want to), finely chopped ⓘ
- 2 avocados, cut into 2cm chunks
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 0.5 lime, zest and juice only ⓘ
- 3 tbsp coriander leaves, roughly chopped ⓘ
- 100 g (3.5oz) peeled pineapple, cut into 1cm chunks ⓘ
- 1 tbsp coriander leaves ⓘ
- 1 tbsp mint leaves
Instructions
- Toss the chicken with 1/2 tbsp oil, 1 tsp chipotle paste, the cumin and fennel seeds and the paprika; season and marinate in the fridge for at least 2 hours, preferably overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 220C, gas mark 7.
- Coat the peppers and salad onions in the remaining 1/2 tbsp oil.
- Put the peppers on a baking tray and roast for 25 minutes, until starting to blacken, then add the salad onions to the tray and cook for a further 10 minutes.
- Transfer the peppers to a bowl, cover with cling film and leave to cool; this continues the cooking process and makes it easier to remove the skin.
- Once cool, remove and discard the skin and seeds from the peppers and cut the flesh into strips.
- Halve the salad onions lengthways and then halve again.
- Heat a large griddle (or frying) pan over a medium-high heat.
- Cook the chicken (in batches, if needed), until piping hot and cooked through about 15 minutes.
- Toss in the peppers, onions, lime zest and juice and remaining 1 tsp chipotle paste; season and keep warm.
- Meanwhile, mix all the pineapple salsa ingredients in a bowl and season.
- For the guacamole, mix all the ingredients together carefully, making sure the avocado doesnt get too mushy.
- Griddle or heat the tortillas according to pack instructions.
- Serve everything in the middle of the table, with some soured cream, grated cheddar, shredded lettuce and extra lime wedges, if liked.
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
729
kcal
36% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).