Yesterday, I picked up 40 pounds of chicken breasts. Yes, that was a little crazy, but it’s the farm-raised, organic, etc. for super cheap from a farm out here and they only sell it in units of 40 pounds. Thank goodness for my chest freezer! So, while I was cleaning it all, I decided to make a bunch of marinades to put the chicken in once I baggie them all for the freezer so that when I pull them out, I have the chicken and marinade all at the same time! Here’s one of those!
Being a Texan, fajitas are one of my favorite dinners. They’re great for when you have a bunch of people over, because you can mix up a batch of guacamole, pico de gallo, grill some onions, grill some chicken, and you have a fun, interactive dinner that everyone can make just the way they like it. This is the marinade I use for my chicken fajitas.
Recipe – Makes enough for 1 lb chicken breasts
1/4 c. olive oil
1/3 c. lime juice
1 tsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. cumin
3 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 c. vinegar
1 tsp. oregano
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/2 tbsp. paprika
1 1/2 t onion powder
2 t chili powder (for spicy)
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a quart-sized baggie (the easiest way to do this is to use my easy way to baggie sauces). Make sure to label the baggie beforehand so you know which marinade is which!
- Take off the plastic container, and make sure any lumps of dry ingredients get incorporated into the liquid.
- Add two to three chicken breasts.
- Let marinate in the fridge for a couple of hours (or longer) or freeze and defrost in the fridge whenever you’re ready to use them!
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Hello, Pretty as a Peach! I just started a blog on eating whole foods, and would like to feature your fajita chicken marinade on my blog. Would you be ok with that? I am going to try this recipe tonight. So excited – it sounds delicious!
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Hi! Confused about the last two ingredients. Does “t” mean tsp or tbsp? Sorry. New to cooking. Maybe that’s obvious to others.
Little “t” means tsp, big “T” means tablespoon 🙂
Once the chicken is marinated, how do you cook the fajitas?
Heather, I cooked mine on the grill. You could probably cook them in a skillet as well.
What kind of vinegar do you use?
This Was delicious,will definitely make again!
Where did you get the chicken? I know you said it was from a local farm, but wondering which and where. I live in tx and would love something like this.
Looks like you posted this recipe a few years ago, but I just stumbled across it. I made it the other night and my husband and I both LOVED it. Thank you!
Made this tonight for my family, it was a hit! I will be making this again soon. The only thing I did different was I didn’t add sugar and I used smoked paprika.
I live in Texas tOo, would love to know where you get your chicken from!
👍👍👍👍from the Buckley family. Grilled the chicken then sauteed peppers and onions with Adobo to complete the fajitas… This is a keeper
I love this marinade!! I used it a few weeks ago. I was wondering if it would be good for meat as well. Thanks!!
I made this a week ago and froze it until tonight. I made some cilantro lime rice and threw it in a bowl for a homemade burrito bowl and it was amazing!!!
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What kind of vinegar?
I used the vinegar found on pickled jalapeños. White vinegar.
Can you use this marinade on steak and shrimp.
I would say yes. Recipe is very similar to carne asada. Use flank steak. Add 1/2 cup orange juice.
Don’t have lime juice, can lemon juice be used?
My go to fajita marinade recipe. My picky two year old loves it! As does the rest of the family (:
Good marinade. I have used it several times and usually marinade overnight.
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Do you have to use olive oil. Can u just use vegatable oil?
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Hi,
I am so sorry but I made this and it had the strongest vinegar taste. I don’t want to be rude, but I had to mix in brown sugar and spices after it was marinated a day and cooked. I just thought someone should have a heads up if they wanted more of a savory marinade.
I’ve never used sugar or vinegar, but typically I do about the same mix and use 2 T olive oil, and 1 T soy sauce, the soy sauce is such a game changer!