How to Cook Beef Fajitas
Makes: 6 fajitas
Preparation time: 30 mins
Cooking time: 20 mins
Ingredients needed to make Beef Fajitas:
For the steak:
- 1 sirloin steak, cut into thin strips
- ½ yellow bell pepper, seeded and sliced into strips
- ½ red bell pepper, seeded and sliced into strips
- 5 fl oz tequila
- 1 tsp vegetable oil
For the tomato salsa:
- 2 tomatoes, diced
- ¼ red onion, diced
- ½ green bell pepper, diced
- 1 tsp pickled jalapeno peppers, chopped
- Pinch of salt
- Pinch of caster sugar
- 1 tbsp olive oil
For the refried beans:
- 14 oz pinto beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
- ½ red onion, finely chopped
- ¼ tsp ground cumin
To serve:
- 1 cup guacamole
- 6 flour tortillas,warmed
- 5 oz mature cheddar, grated
- 7 fl oz sour cream
- Handful of fresh cilantro, chopped
Cooking instructions for Beef Fajitas:
- To make the tomato salsa, drizzle oil in a saucepan to heat it over moderate flame and dump the tomatoes in it.
- Stir in the onions as well as bell peppers immediately and saute for about 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until they soften.
- Sprinkle the oregano, sugar and salt over the mixture and stir them well together to mix properly.
- Continue to stir fry for about 5 more minutes and turn off the heat.
- Stir in the chopped pickled jalapenos and set aside until it cools down.
- To make the refried beans, add the beans to a clean saucepan and pour in water so that the beans remain immersed in it.
- Add the garlic and onions, along with a dash of ground cumin and sprinkle the salt as well as black pepper over them to season.
- Give it a nice stir to mix well and bring the mixture to a boil.
- Lower the heat and reduce it to a simmer; continue to cook them for about 10 minutes before tipping the contents of the pan into a colander to drain off the cooking liquid.
- Mash the residues of the colander into coarse pulp and keep warm.
- To cook the steak, place the beef in a bowl and drizzle tequila all over it.
- Toss them several times to coat well with the alcohol and set aside, covered, for about 10 minutes to marinate; drain and set aside.
- Brush oil over the base of a hot griddle pan and throw in the peppers.
- Sear them for a couple of minutes, and stir in the marinated beef steaks.
- Continue to sear them for another couple of minutes, flipping them over once or more until they are charred at several places.
- Remove from heat and set aside.
- Arrange few beef-bell pepper mixture along the middle of each tortilla and top it up with tomato salsa, refried beans and guacamole.
- Add a dollop of sour cream on top and finish it off with final layer of grated cheese and chopped cilantro.
- Serve and enjoy!
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