One day, Mr. Parveez was gone in a meeting, and I was frantically trying to get lunch on the table in time. Looking at the uncooked chicken breast on my kitchen island, confused what to do with it, I asked my boys what they would like. The answer was “Can you make tacos”. I decided, tacos as fate would have it, with two kids hanging on my legs whining about how they were nearing starvation [not to forget the kids are 11 and 7]. And then, I realized I didn’t have any tortillas…. which makes for a pretty crummy taco lunch…. So now I had 2 choices. I could try to pack both of my starving children into the car for one package of tortillas, or I could try to come up with something using what I already had.
Dreading the prospect of trying to wrangle the rug rats into the car, I chose to figure something else out, which is when I came across this amazing recipe for homemade flour tortillas and I owe my undying gratitude to that website [which I forgot to save…ggggrrrr] because not only were these homemade flour tortillas deliciously amazing, it also saved me from dragging my lovely, but kind of crazy, children to the grocery store in pursuit of the store-bought kind of tortillas.
The recipe is delightfully simple. The hardest part for me was trying to roast them which has to be done on super low flame and should be rotated non stop. I found it was easiest to flatten the dough with my hands as much as possible before using the rolling pin. And even if you’re not like me and aren’t used to making chapattis and most of your tortillas come out kind of oblong or misshapen, that’s okay. The shape takes away nothing from the deliciousness.
You don’t have to be disheartened if you don’t have a stand mixer. Though, the directions call for one with the dough hook attached. And If you have a hand mixer you probably have dough hooks too! This recipe works for hand mixers too! And if you don’t have any, making dough with your hand isn’t that difficult either.
Making chicken is fairly easy and doesn’t require any marination or too much prep either. Treat yourself to something delicious and easy….
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Chicken Fajita
Chicken cooked with spices, with onions, bell peppers, salsa, avocado and cheese. Wrap it up in a tortilla and serve warm.
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Instructions
Put the onions and bell peppers together with chicken in a bowl.
Add salt, onion powder, black pepper, cumin powder, salt, paprika, garlic powder to the chicken and mix the all well.
Heat a skillet or a pan and add the oil to it. Add the mix of chicken, onion and bell peppers.
Cook and saute the chicken, onions and bell peppers. Cook on medium heat till they all are a little crunchy.
Assemble the burritos, by placing chicken, tomato or salsa, avocado and cheese.
Wrap as a roll, optionally toast.
ENJOY!!!
Recipe Notes
- Tomato can be sliced to replace salsa.
- Avocados can be sliced if you don't like them mashed.
