Zesty Orange Chicken Fajitas for Cinco De Mayo

Easy Recipe for a Party of Picky or Food-Challenged Guests

Sheri Fresonke Harper, Yahoo! Contributor Network
Mar 20, 2009 "Share your voice on Yahoo! websites. Start Here."

Fajitas are a fun way to serve groups of guests with a variety of food challenges i.e. people unable to each meat, cheese, onions, wheat, while maintaining the very best Cinco de Mayo tradition. To prepare this recipe for a group of guests, do all of the prep work for your toppings of choice and have them in individual bowls similar to having a home salad bar. Prepare the tortillas and have them sitting in a warming bin, rolled in a towel or stored in a tortilla holder. After the meat is finished cooking, store it in a warming tray at the start of your salad bar along with the tortillas. Guests can either fill the tortilla, or eat the ingredients as a chicken salad with the tortilla as a bread roll.

Zesty Orange Chicken Fajita Ingredients for Your Cinco de Mayo Party

For every two people:

.8 lbs of diced chicken breast

1 jalapeno pepper

2 garlic cloves

½ tsp. orange rind

1 tsp. lemon pepper

2 T. olive oil (increase sparingly as needed for more people)

Stir fry minced jalapeno pepper and garlic in the olive oil over a medium high heat. When tender, add the diced chicken, lemon pepper, and orange rind and cook until lightly browned. Pour in orange sauce and simmer covered. After 5 minutes, remove the lid and cook until juice has cooked in. Stir occasionally. Chicken is done when the juices have simmered into the meat with very little liquid left over.

Preparation time 15 minutes, cooking time 30 minutes

Sauce for Zesty Orange Chicken Fajitas for Your Cinco de Mayo Party

1/3 c. orange juice

1/3 c. tequila

1 tsp. lime juice

1 T. sugar (optional)

Fill a bowl with these items and have it set aside while the chicken browns. Increase the sauce amounts sparingly for more chicken.

Preparing the Tortillas for Zesty Orange Chicken Fajitas for Your Cinco de Mayo Party

Heat flour tortillas under a broiler until warmed, just beginning to separate and bubble. Lightly butter and add a dash of garlic salt.

Prepare a variety of toppings before serving and place them in separate bowls as shown.

Toppings for Zesty Orange Chicken Fajitas for Your Cinco de Mayo Party

Tossed salad greens - lettuce, radiccio, cabbage, etc.

Celery, sliced

Tomato, diced

Sour cream

Guacamole

Cheese

Nuts

Dried or fresh fruit

Onions, presoaked in sugar water

Cucumbers

Tip for working with jalapeno pepper:

Slice in half, remove the seeds with a spoon for milder heat, then cover hand with a baggy to prevent any oil from getting on your hands.

Tip for selecting pepper - black pepper is the mildest, followed by jalapeno and then chili pepper. Most of the heat in fresh pepper i

Published by Sheri Fresonke Harper

Sheri works as a freelance writer, novelist and poet. She worked in the aviation industry at the Port of Seattle and Boeing Company for 20 years as a systems analyst/architect where she edited and wrote over... View profile

Zesty Orange Chicken Fajitas for Cinco De Mayo

Easy Recipe for a Party of Picky or Food-Challenged Guests

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