Mexican Fajitas!

Yields6 Servings
Prep Time5 minsCook Time20 minsTotal Time25 mins
This is a great meal to prepare early in the day and is one I often make on work days.
 500 g chicken breast or lean beef mince or extra firm tofu
 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
 1 onion, diced
 400 g tinned kidney beans, strained and rinsed
 1 cup passata or 400g tinned tomatoes
 1 tbsp paprika
 2 tsp cumin, ground
 2 tsp coriander, ground
 pepper to taste
 ½ cup water
Serve with (whatever you feel) options include:
 Lettuce (shredded), tomato (diced), capsicum (diced), carrot (grated), low fat cheese (grated), avocado or lite sour cream, fresh coriander leaves , brown rice, avocado and lime juice
 1 cup brown rice
1

Cook brown rice as per packet instructions.

2

Prepare all salad vegetables, cheese and avocado and put into the fridge until you are ready to eat.

3

Mix together all of the spices and passata.

4

Thinly slice chicken breast/lean red meat into strips, put into a bowl and cover with the tomato mixture.

5

Heat oil in a large frying pan, add the onion and brown for a minute or two, then add the chicken/beef or tofu. You might need to add the water while cooking depending how wet or dry you like your mixture.

6

When chicken/beef or tofu is cooked, rinse kidney beans and gently add them while continuing to cook for a further minute or two, you just want to heat the mixture up (and avoid mashing it).

7

Put the chicken/beef or tofu and bean mix in a bowl and place everything on the table so everyone can dive in and serve themselves.

DF and LF - serve without cheese and sour cream and use lots of guacamole instead. GF
Press the tofu – this helps to remove excess water and helps the Tofu hold its shape when cooking. Remove the tofu from packaging and place it on a cutting board with a piece of paper towel over top. Then, place something heavy on top (I usually use my cast iron pan with a couple cookbooks on top) and leave for 15-30 minutes.