Grammy's Kitchen · Fajitas · Chicken, Steak, or Shrimp Fajitas
One of 111 fajitas recipes we measured
from tastesbetterfromscratch.com
38 cooks on tastesbetterfromscratch.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 111.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 4% | 3% |
| protein add | 100% | 100% |
| salt | 1% | 0% |
| aromatics | 23% | 22% |
| vegetables and beans | 53% | 42% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 680 g | 1 1/2 lbs steak ((flank, rump or skirt), chicken or large shrimp (uncooked, peeled, deveined)) |
| 3 g | 1 teaspoon chili powder |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon ground cumin |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon Dried oregano |
| 9 g | 3 cloves garlic (, minced) |
| Juice from 1 lime | |
| 27 g | 2 tablespoon oil (, divided (canola or olive oil)) |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon Kosher salt |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper |
| 1/4 teaspoon liquid smoke ( (optional)) | |
| 360 g | 3 bell peppers red (, yellow, orange or green, seeded and sliced into strips) |
| 150 g | 1 large red or yellow onion (, sliced into strips) |
| Warm flour tortillas | |
| Salsa or pico | |
| guacamole | |
| Sour cream | |
| Cilantro (, for garnish) |
Method: 8 steps, published by tastesbetterfromscratch.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Absolutely delicious! Made the shrimp and chicken tacos for dinner and made chicken quesadillas for lunch the next day with the leftovers. WOW both were amazing, the seasoning on everything was point on!! Thank you Lauren for my new, easy and delicious Mexican” — a cook, 5.0★
“Made this for my Super Bowl Party with chicken and steak. (Basically did 4 times the recipe) I fried the onions and peppers early in the day and zapped them in the microwave while grilling the meat at half time. So, it worked well for a big crowd, as everythi” — a cook, 5.0★