Friday, August 8, 2008

Vietnamese Style Fajitas

I make this for Rachel and Mike when they come over because they flatter me with rave reviews for it, and I usually forget about it otherwise. We will be seeing them tonight, so Orion and Maia helped me mix up a batch of the dressing. This is from Cooking Under Wraps, and it's a great recipe as is, but here it is w/my changes:

Chile Dressing:

grated zest and juice of one lime
3 tbsp. soy sauce
2 tbsp. brown sugar
1 jalepeno
fresh ground pepper
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tsp. garlic

Make dressing ahead if possible and let it sit.

Chicken, pork or steak
2 bell peppers
1 large onion

Grill these. Blacken peppers, steam in paper bag and peel. Slice meat, onion and peppers fajita style and toss with the sauce. Serve on warmed tortillas with any or all of the following:

lettuce
mint
cilantro
tomatoes
avocado
sour cream
shredded cheese

I usually keep these separate since I have a couple people at my house with very particular tastes, but pre-kids I used to throw the lettuce, tomatoes and herbs in there with everything else.

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