Chicken Fajitas

My family has a bit of an unhealthy love affair with flour tortillas. We adore them. Anything goes in them. We wrap pb&j's, we make sandwiches, we melt cheese and sprinkle green onion in them, we grill them, we make quick thin crust oven pizzas with them we have even used them in place of  hot dog buns if the need arises. Really I have about 10 other ideas for them, but tonight, we made chicken fajitas with them. Yum!





Recipe For The Marinade:                                        Dry Rub:


4 boneless skinless chicken breasts                        
juice of 2 limes                                                            1 tsp chili powder
1 tsp red wine vinegar                                                 1/2 tsp cumin
2-3 cloves garlic, minced                                            1/2 tsp salt                          
                                                                                     1/2 tsp pepper

  

Slice the chicken breasts into thin strips. Mix the lime juice, red wine vinegar and garlic. Pour the marinade over the chicken. I like to marinate in a Ziploc bag because I feel that it surrounds the meat better. This marinade won't submerge the chicken so mix it up  regularly.  This can be left for up to 4 hours, but no longer really.  Because there is so much lime juice in the marinade it can end up "cooking" the chicken breasts. It can cause them to turn a little mushy.

For the dry rub, simply combine all of those ingredients and mix then well. I some times like to double the rub, but it depends on whom you are feeding these to. Children might like it a little lighter on the  chili powder, although my 5 year old had no problem with these.  Remove the chicken strips from the marinade and rub them with the dry rub. Heat an oiled  grill pan or skillet  and cook until the strips are done.  This should take no more than 5 min. (depending on the size and thickness of the strips)              

With these, I didn't let my griddle get hot enough before adding the chicken so i didn't get a really good brown on the chicken.                                 

I served mine with some fried onion and red peppers seasoned simply with some kosher salt.












As  for toppings, I made my fresh salsa,  shredded some lettuce, and grated some cheese.

I like to warm up my flour tortillas in the microwave.  Place the tortillas on a plate and cover them with a damp paper towel. If you have a microwave lid, cover the plate as well. Microwave for about 30 sec.  Wrap and enjoy!