Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Fajitas!


Well, after sitting around for a few hours, going out to take care of some business, and coming back, one of my room mates suggested Fajita's since they had picked up a kit from the store. I though, hey! Great idea! Of course, I've never done it before, so let's see what I need...

  • Onion, okay..
  • Green or Red Bell Pepper, that's fine, I'll get both!
  • Chicken or Beef sliced into strips; Oh no!
I had gotten ground beef at the store as it's one of my usual items to pick up. We're always having food with ground beef, so it doesn't hurt to have it around.. but in this case, I'd like to have a change and try chicken. Unfortunately, I had only cooked chicken twice before, for mixed results. When I looked at the box this time, all the instructions for cooking the chicken was 'Cook Chicken or Beef in the skillet on medium-high heat for 3 - 5 minutes, or until no longer pink.' Well, that gives me some guidelines: heat setting, and minimum time.

After cutting the boneless chicken breasts into thin ( relatively :P ) strips, I put some oil in the pan and tossed in the chicken. It started lightening after about a minute, but really took about eight to ten minutes to fully cook, and after that, I tossed in the onion and peppers I sliced to the pan.

Well, it came out all right, I overloaded the frying pan with all the onion and peppers I chopped but it was still able to cook all right. Tasted good, and I got some more experience with chicken!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Chicken recipes always seem to underestimate the amount of time it takes to cook chicken. Same with pork.