Fajita Marinade for Beef, chicken or pork

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  • Number of Servings: 8
Ingredients
1/2 cup olive oil1/3 cup lime juice1 teaspoon slenda1/2 teaspoon salt1/4 teaspoon cumin3 cloves of garlic2 lbs of skirt steadk, chicken breast or pork tenderloin1/4 cup vinegar1 teaspoon oregano1/2 teaspoon black pepper1/2 tablespoon paprika12oz of beer1 large onion sliced1 large green, red or yellow pepper slicedflour tortillas
Directions
Mix all the spices together. Add beer to complete the marinade. Add meat, sliced green peppers and onions to marinade. Marinade for at least one hour. The longer you marinade it the better the flavor.

Take onions and peppers out of the marinade and put in foil. Preheat the grill or broiler. Cook the chicken pieces 6 or 7 minutes on each side on the grill, or 2 to 3 inches from heat source in broiler.

Heat tortillas according to package directions. For each fajita, put a pepper and onion slices on the bottom half of the torilla. Cut chicken pieces inot diagonal strips and add to tortilla. Fold top half of tortilla over filling.

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user LFUSSNER.

Servings Per Recipe: 8
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 172.4
  • Total Fat: 13.9 g
  • Cholesterol: 10.3 mg
  • Sodium: 162.4 mg
  • Total Carbs: 5.4 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.6 g
  • Protein: 4.6 g

Member Reviews
  • NRKEVO
    I tried this recipe with tofu. It smelled incredible while cooking, but the tofu didn't have the flavor I was expecting for a fajita. Perhaps next time I will marinade AND bread the tofu. I recommend this recipe only for meat; I'm sure it's quite wonderful! - 10/8/09