Chicken fajitas

Lunch or Dinner? Take your pick - it's just as tasty cold as it is hot!

Calories (per serving): 759

Carbohydrates: 58.6

Protein: 49.4g

Fat: 34.3g

High In:

1. Protein - protein helps you feel fuller for longer and in turn helps to curb your appetite and help control your body weight. It also helps with muscle recovery, and it can help reduce anxiety due to its role in synthesising dopamine and seratonin.

2. Vitamin C helps to boost immunity, improve heart health and is a brilliant antioxidant.

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 10-15 minutes

Serves: 3-4

Ingredients

The main dish:

100g Red bell peppers

100g Yellow bell pepper

100g Green bell pepper

1x red onion

3x good size chicken breasts (roughly 150-200g)

75g chorizo sausage

1tbsp extra virgin olive oil

8 wholegrain wraps

Sides:

100g bag of mixed leaf lettuce (i.e. butterhead, baby spinach etc.)

100g mixed colour tomatoes

100g grated cheese

1 avocado

Cajun dressing:

1tsp sea salt

2tsp garlic granules

3tsp smoked paprika

.5-1 tsp of cayenne (depending on how spicy you like it)

1tsp onion powder

1tsp ground black pepper

1tsp dried oregano

1tsp dried thyme

How to make it:

For the fajitas:

1. Slice the chicken breasts and put them in the frying pan on a medium heat for 5 minutes shaking the pan regularly to ensure that the chicken doesn't burn.

2. Chop the chorizo into thin slices, and add to the frying pan with the diced onion.

3. Slice the peppers thinly, adding them to the frying pan. Cook for 4-5 minutes before adding the spice mix.

4. Combine all of the Cajun ingredients into a small bowl and mix well.

5. Pour the Cajun seasoning over the mixture and stir regularly ensuring that it is all coated in the powder.

6. Split the mixture into 3 or 4 and serve with the lettuce leaves, grated cheese, sliced tomatoes/avocado and grated cheese.

Serve up and enjoy!

Tips and Ideas

Serve with lemon mayonnaise (see recipe) to help cool it down and add a citrus punch to your cajun! A sprinkling of cheese always helps too.

Chicken Fajitas

Ingredients

How to make it:

Tips and Ideas

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