Tequila Chicken & Sweet Pepper Fajitas

tequila chicken fajitas

See that pretty cilantro leaf sitting on top of my fajitas? I grew that! In Minnesota! And it’s WINTER! Yes. This brown-thumbed girl is now growing herbs.

Before I show you how this came to be, you need to know that I can not be trusted with plants. Indoors, outdoors, it doesn’t matter. I’ve tried, and it’s just not a strength of mine.

But on one of my {many} internet rabbit-trails during the holidays, I started hearing about these indoor gardens that required no dirt, no daily maintenance, and no horticulture degree. Before I dedicated the spare bedroom to growing crops, I decided to start small.

Part of me felt guilty buying something for myself right before Christmas. But I justified it by adding up the number of times I jumped in my car to run BACK to the store because I didn’t have cilantro or basil and just couldn’t serve {or photograph} a dish without it. So really, I am SAVING money with this “investment.”

{FYI, I didn’t let myself open it until the day AFTER Christmas… just so I could feel a little bit better about myself.}

Meet my Aerogarden!

aerogarden

I am proud to say that I had this completely set up in less than 10 minutes, and it’s going on 3 months of production – in spite of me.

Disclaimer :: I just harvested the chives and one of the basil plants, hence the empty-looking spots on the right. Also, the curly parsley {front left} is not working for me. But all things considered, this is a huge personal victory. 

It’s been great to be just steps away from a few snips of basil, mint or cilantro. Especially cilantro.

Tonight, these Tequila Chicken and Sweet Pepper Fajitas are on the menu – and they scream for a few sprigs of my favorite herb.

A little prep before heading out for the day means you can pull this together fast. Marinate the chicken and slice the onion and peppers in the morning. When it’s time to eat, assemble the other ingredients as the grill heats up. {These are equally good sautéed on the stovetop in a cast iron skillet.}

I like to start off with some homemade guacamole… and sometimes I serve the fajitas with this spicy, cool-and-colorful Southwestern Slaw  to round out the meal. WHAT? Both of those call for cilantro! Coincidence? I think not…

Thank goodness I have my Aerogarden.

Hard to believe they aren’t sponsoring this post…

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Tequila Chicken & Sweet Pepper Fajitas
 
Ingredients
  • 3 tablespoons lime juice
  • ⅛ teaspoon cayenne
  • ¼ teaspoon cumin powder
  • 2 tablespoons chicken broth
  • ⅓ cup tequila
  • 2 teaspoons vegetable oil -- divided
  • 1 yellow onion, sliced
  • 1 yellow bell pepper, sliced
  • 1 red bell pepper, sliced
  • 1 green bell pepper, sliced
  • ¼ cup thinly sliced seeded jalapeño pepper (about 2 peppers)
  • ⅓ cup chopped fresh cilantro
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ⅛ teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast -- cut into 2¼-inch strips
  • 8 flour tortillas
  • light cream cheese
Instructions
  1. Mix together marinade ingredients (lime juice through tequila). Stir in chicken and let sit for at least ½ hour.
  2. Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onion, bell peppers, and jalapeño; stir-fry 6 minutes or until crisp-tender. Remove bell pepper mixture from skillet; stir in cilantro, salt, and black pepper.
  3. Heat 1 teaspoon oil in skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken; sauté 3-4 minutes or until done. Return pepper mixture to skillet; cook 1 minute or until thoroughly heated.
  4. Heat tortillas according to package directions. Spread cream cheese over each tortilla. Divide chicken mixture evenly among tortillas; roll up.

 

 

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