Chicken Fajitas

"We all eat. It would be a sad waste of opportunity to eat badly."- Anna Thomas

I recently spent a week in beautiful Cancun. I went on Spring Break with some of my best friends and we were lucky enough to stay in a gorgeous time share (honestly, how many college kids get three rooms for 5 girls where everyone gets their own bed?). Major thank you to my beautiful friend who let us all come along. 

The view from our suite

Flowers & sunrise on the resort

 Anyway, we had a great time and made plenty of great memories...despite the Barra Libres (or perhaps because of the barra libres).

 However, once we got back to school I realized just how much I missed the food- especially since we actually ate guacamole with every single meal.

In all honesty, I eat mexican food at least once a week. When I learned I was going to school on the East Coast (where the mexican food isn't exactly up to California standards),  I decided to learn how to make one of my favorite mexican dishes--Chicken Fajitas! And now, I am going to share that recipe with you!

Chicken Fajitas

What you need (serves 2-3):

• 3 pieces of chicken breast
• 1/2 red bell pepper
• 1/2 orange bell pepper
• 1/2 yellow bell pepper
• 1/4 onion
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 2 cloves crushed garlic
• 3 tbsp limes juice 
• 6 flour tortillas

Optional:

• shredded cheese
• guacamole
• sour cream
• black/refried beans 
• salsa

How to Make:

• Marinate your chicken in 1/4 cup of olive oil, crushed garlic, and the lime juice (30 minutes)

• Chop up your onions and bell peppers into thin strips while the chicken is marinating

Cut into 1/2 inch strips

• Use 1/8 cup of oil on a medium sized pan over medium heat. Beware of the sizzling oil! 
• cook your chicken until completely white in the center (approx. 10 minutes)
• Wrap your tortillas in foil and place in your oven for 10 minutes at 350 degrees F

• In a separate pan, use the remaining olive oil over medium high heat and cook your peppers and onions (approx. 4 minutes) 

• Move your vegetables into the skillet with the chicken and toss the ingredients for two minutes
• Serve the chicken vegetable medley with whatever optional ingredients you enjoy 

Cheese, always cheese

• Wrap everything in a tortilla

Enjoy! Especially if you serve with a pitcher of margaritas! 

Also, I love to cook while blasting music, and today I started listening to a new group that I cannot get enough of. One of my good friends recommends music for me pretty regularly, and he is great at it. He emailed me a couple weeks ago about a band called The Oh Hello's and they are fantastic. I love having friends that totally get my musical tastes. Check them out and see if you're as into them as I am.

Cheers X