[Edit 2018: If you want a really good fajitas recipe, check out this recipe for Fajitas.]
When bell peppers were on sale, I decided to make fajitas.
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I didn't have a lot of inclination to look up a cool recipe for fajitas, so I went with the one in my 2000 Betty Crocker cookbook (affiliate link).
The recipe said to marinate the whole steak in the top ingredients and then broil it, but I actually sliced it into thin strips first. I let the beef marinate over 8 hours (from morning until after work). I sauteed the onions and bell peppers in a hot skillet for about 4 minutes before adding the beef to the skillet and cooking it that way. I figured that when I get fajitas in a restaurant, they come on cast iron, so they should be cooked on the stove, not in the oven. I could be wrong about this.
Now, this recipe took red wine vinegar and Mexican chili powder, so I didn't have particularly high hopes for it. Alex called it a "solid" recipe. It was perfectly fine, nothing to complain about, but I wasn't overly impressed. The red wine vinegar made the beef taste like any number of other things that aren't Tex-Mex or Mexican. That's why I'm calling this "American Fajitas." It's hard to mess up something with onions and bell peppers, but I know there are better, more authentic recipes out there. I might make this in a pinch, but I'd be more likely to toss together some spices with some lime juice to make a fajita marinade.
📖 Recipe
Adapted from the 2000 Betty Crocker Cookbook (affiliate link)
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- ¼ teaspoon sugar
- ¼ teaspoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- ⅛ teaspoon garlic powder
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- a dash pepper
- Beef sliced into thin strips
- 1 onion
- 2 bell peppers
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The recipe said to marinate the whole steak in the top ingredients and then broil it, but I actually sliced it into thin strips first. I let the beef marinate over 8 hours (from morning until after work). I sauteed the onions and bell peppers in a hot skillet for about 4 minutes before adding the beef to the skillet and cooking it that way. I figured that when I get fajitas in a restaurant, they come on cast iron, so they should be cooked on the stove, not in the oven. I could be wrong about this.
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