The Anti-Recipe – Chicken Fajitas

Now, I know what you’re going to say. Fajitas are literally the easiest thing to make ever ever. No one needs a recipe.

But, this is an Anti-Recipe! It doesn’t follow conventional rules of cookery, like using proper utensils (who said a plastic water bottle couldn’t be a rolling pin?) and licking the spoon (bloody Nigella). So here it is – my Anti-Recipe for everyone’s favourite ‘I’m-so-tired-and-can’t-be-arsed-with-anything-else’ meal, chicken fajitas.

You will need:
– Two chicken breasts
– Two peppers (avoid the green ones, they’re not as sweet)
– One onion
– Fajita paste

To serve:
– 8 small tortillas
– Salsa
– Grated cheese
– Guacamole
– Coriander
– Sour cream

Get cooking:
– Cut your chicken into thin strips, heat some oil in a frying pan and throw it in to brown. While that’s happening, cut your peppers and onion into similarly-sized strips.
– Add the peppers and onion to your pan and mix everything about a bit. Add two dollops of fajita paste (or those packet spice mixes) and a splash of water. More mixing.
– Wrap your tortillas in cling film and shove in the microwave for 2 minutes. If your microwave is broken (or you’re just feeling fancy), wrap ’em in foil and pop in the oven for 10 minutes.
– Chop your coriander, grate your cheese and decant salsa, guacamole and sour cream into pots. As an aside, I know it’s much better (and cheaper) to make your own salsa and guacamole, but I’m incurably lazy about such things.
– Serve your fajitas from the pan (use a heat-proof mat, kids!) and encourage the kind of ‘social eating’ they do in the Old El Paso adverts.

Ta-dah!

On the subject of Old El Paso, it is sometimes cheaper to just buy a fajita kit, which includes tortillas, salsa and spices. Generally I don’t like buying things in packets but as all the other ingredients are fresh and the packets are usually on offer, I often choose this option over buying it all individually. And I have zero guilt. Nigella can suck it.

What do you think – another Anti-Recipe triumph or a waste of time because you can read the back of the box?