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Lime Fajita Recipe
 
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Lime Fajitas are super flavorful and easy, and they come together *fast*…as in ‘set the table before you start heating the pan’ fast.
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Recipe type: Main Dish
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients
  • 3 limes
  • 1 lb. flank or fajita steak
  • 2 T peanut oil (or other high heat oil like coconut)
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced (or can use granulated)
  • dash salt & pepper to taste
  • 2 onions, sliced into rings
  • 8 tortillas, warmed
  • 1 avocado
Instructions
  1. Slice your steak into thin slices. How thin, you ask? 3/16ths of an inch, if you wanna be picky about it. I'm not.
  2. Slice onions into ¼" rings, and separate.
  3. Chop limes in half, and mince garlic if you're using fresh.
  4. Set out an empty platter, your limes, salt & pepper, and get your tortillas warming in the oven on low.
  5. Heat a large cast iron skillet or flat griddle to high heat, and add a T of oil.
  6. Arrange the onions in a single layer on the pan, and let heat from just a minute, until beginning to sizzle and steam a bit.
  7. Lay the steak strips over the top of the onion, allowing them to steam and brown where they touch the pan.
  8. Cook for a minute or two, and then season with fresh or granulated garlic. Immediately flip the steak and onions. Continue to 'stir fry' until nicely browned, then transfer to the waiting platter.
  9. Squeeze a half of a fresh lime over the top of the meat/onions, and salt/pepper. (Please, please use fresh and not bottled lime juice!)
  10. Repeat with the rest of the ingredients until all of the meat and onions are cooked.
  11. Slice or mash avocado. Squeeze in a half a lime and a t. of salt for an amazing fresh guac.
  12. Serve on warm tortillas, with frozen adult beverage of your choice.
Notes
To make the pan clean up really easy, pour some water into the pan as soon as you're done cooking the fajita meat. It pulls (deglazes) all the sticky onion and meat juices off the pan, and it's MUCH easier to clean.
Recipe by Gwen's Nest at https://gwens-nest.com/fajita-recipe/