Fajitas - Awesome Four Meats Recipe

Do you like fajitas? Gosh, we sure do. We order them all the time at our favorite Mexican restaurant. If you do, I have a great fajita recipe you’ll love! I made it tonight for dinner, and it was a huge hit. My dish was like a combination of chicken fajitas, steak fajitas, pork fajitas, and shrimp fajitas – all rolled into one glorious dish. Two of the granddaughters were dining with us, so I separated the onions and peppers from the meats, as they don’t much care for onions and peppers. This recipe for fajitas is chocked full of flavors. It’s meaty, hearty, and savory, with a little heat and a little sweetness. I wasn’t sure how the sweetness would work with fajita recipes, but we loved it! Of course, you might not. If you don’t think you will, just leave out the sugar in the fajita marinade. You’ll still get some great flavors from the other ingredients. Our Mexican pals call these “fajitas Texanas,” but mine are a little different. They cook tomatoes with theirs, and I don’t. If you prefer, you don’t have to use all four of the meats that I used. You can mix and match, so to speak, depending on your personal preferences. I hope you like these fajitas!

In my opinion, a good fajita marinade plays an important part in making fajitas. It tenderizes the meat, and it adds lots of flavor to the flesh. I marinate my chicken, pork, and steak together, but I wait before adding the shrimp. Shrimp doesn’t need to marinate as long, as the flesh is more delicate. My fajita recipe doesn’t require a marinade, and it will be tasty without using one. Your final product will be better, however, if you use the marinade.

For this recipe, I used a fajita marinade made with citrus juices, olive oil, sugar, garlic, crushed red pepper, and chipotle powder. The citrus juices are acidic and help tenderize the meats. They also add flavor, as do the sugar, garlic, red pepper flakes, and chipotle powder. The olive oil helps keep the meats juicy. Here’s my fajita marinade:

Fajita Marinade Recipe

Ingredients:

½ cup orange juice

¼ cup olive oil

¼ cup lime juice

2 tablespoons sugar

1 teaspoon minced garlic

½ teaspoon red pepper flakes

Directions: Combine all ingredients in a glass or plastic bowl. Stir until sugar dissolves.

You can buy commercial fajita seasoning blends at practically any supermarket in the United States. Well, I’m assuming you can. Of course, I haven’t frequented every supermarket in the nation, but it’s readily available in all our local stores. It’s not usually expensive, but there’s no reason you can’t make your own. You just need a fajita seasoning recipe! It just so happens that I have one you can borrow.

Fajita Seasoning Recipe

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon chili powder

1 tablespoon sweet paprika

2 teaspoons Lawry’s garlic salt with parsley

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon black pepper

1 teaspoon brown sugar

1 teaspoon onion powder

1 teaspoon dried oregano, crushed fine

½ teaspoon cayenne

½ teaspoon chipotle powder

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Directions: Combine all ingredients. Store extra fajita seasoning in an airtight glass jar or plastic food bag.

This fajita recipe is made with four different meats, onion, bell pepper, and Serrano peppers. Serrano peppers are hotter than jalapeno peppers, so if you want less heat, use jalapenos, or omit using any hot peppers at all. For the beefsteak, I used New York strip, but you can use any type of tender steak. For the pork, I used thin-cut boneless center-cut chops.