'Fajita' spice mix

Cheap lazy bugger like me? I know you are. Here's a recipe that'll get you some delicious fajitas without paying a premium for certain branded powdered mixes

Ingredients

• 500g chicken, sliced into small strips
  
• two-three peppers, sliced into short strips (the more colourful the better)
  
• three small onions, quartered and chopped (I like to add a red onion, both for colour and because they're my favourite!)
  
• two red/green chillis (or use 2tsp crushed chilli instead)
• four cloves garlic, crushed

Fill a small bowl with the following spices and things:

• 5tsp paprika
• 4tsp black pepper
• 3tsp cumin
• 3tsp salt
• 3tsp dark muscovado sugar
  
• 1tsp oregano
• 1/2tsp thyme

And don't forget!

• 200ml cold water
• lime juice, freshly squeezed
• heaped tsp cornflour, placed in a ramekin with a little water added to form a thick paste
  

Get a NON-STICK pan or wok and preheat to a high temperature with a little olive oil. Season the chicken with salt and black pepper, then fry for 6 minutes. If it sticks to the pan, this is GOOD - it's going into the sauce later.
Add the peppers, onions, chillis and crushed garlic, and fry it all for a few minutes more. Add all the spices and mix well. Pour all the cold water in - this will release the fond, or stuck bits of meat, from the pan and into the liquid. Add the lime juice and cornflour, stir well, and reduce for a few minutes.

Serve with wraps and enjoy.



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