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| Fajita spiced chicken wings, peppers and salsa in tortilla wraps |
Chicken fajitas is another popular chicken dish which is rarely made (if ever) with the meat from chicken wings. I'm not really sure where I got this idea from but it worked really well and like so many other chicken wings recipes, can easily be tweaked and adapted in any number of ways, perhaps simply by varying the spice mixture.
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| Fajita seasoning spice and chicken wings |
Ingredients Per Serving of 2 Wraps
4 whole chicken wings
2 teaspoons Mexican fajita seasoning mix
Vegetable oil for roasting tray plus two tablespoons for stir frying
1 medium tomato
2 inch piece of cucumber
1 garlic clove
4 basil leaves, rolled and finely sliced
Generous pinch chilli powder
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper
Handful mixed sliced bell peppers
2 10 inch tortilla wraps
Soured cream
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| Fajita spice is scattered over and rubbed in to chicken wings |
Directions
Sit the chicken wings on a large plate and scatter with the spice powder. Carefully rub it in to the meat, ensuring every bit is coated. Cover and leave to marinade for a couple of hours - remembering of course to wash your hands very thoroughly after having touched the raw chicken meat.
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| Principal ingredients for simple salsa |
Seed and finely dice the tomato and cucumber. Add to a bowl with the basil, chilli powder, peeled and grated garlic clove and the extra virgin olive oil. Season with salt and pepper, stir well, cover with clingfilm and refrigerate until required.
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| Combining salsa ingredients |
When the wings have marinated, preheat your oven to 400F/200C/Gas Mark 6. Lightly oil a roasting tray and lay the wings on it, skin sides up. Cook for thirty to thrity-five minutes until done.
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| Fajita spiced chicken wings ready for roasting |
Sit the wings on a suitable clean plate and let them cool and rest for ten minutes.
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| Fajita spiced roast chicken wings |
When the wings are cool enough to handle, carefully pick the meat and skin from the bones. Whether you use or discard the skin is entirely up to you.
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| Fajita spiced meat is removed from bones of chicken wings |
Pour some vegetable oil in to a small non-stick frying pan. Stir fry the bell pepper slices for a minute or two until well heated and slightly softened.
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| Starting to fry mixed bell peppers for fajitas |
Add the chicken wings meat to the frying pan and (carefully) stir fry for a further minute until the meat is fully reheated.
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| Spicy chicken wings meat is added to bell peppers |
You may wish to season further with salt and pepper but I find the spices sufficient.
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| Chicken wings fajitas mix |
Heat your wraps as per the instructions on the pack. These ones required ten seconds each side in a hot, dry frying pan. Arrange some pepper/chicken combination on the first wrap as shown.
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| Chicken wings fajitas added to tortilla wrap |
Spoon some salsa on top of the chicken.
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| Salsa is spooned on to chicken wings fajitas |
If desired, squeeze/spoon some soured cream on the wrap before folding over the back flap and rolling to serve. You could if you wish also include guacamole in the wrap or even serve some alongside for dipping purposes.
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| Soured cream is added to chicken wings fajitas and salsa |
