These chicken and chorizo fajitas are full of bold Mexican flavors and combine crispy browned chorizo with juicy, tender chicken.
Recipe ingredients and notes:
Chicken and chorizo make a great pairing. The intensely spiced chorizo adds delicious flavor and a crispy texture that provides the perfect contrast to tender chunks of chicken.
- I recommend this chili lime seasoning recipe as the fajita seasoning. The bright citrus flavor works great with the rich chorizo meat. But, you can use any fajita seasoning you like.
- Use 6-inch diameter tortillas for this recipe.
- Be sure to use Mexican and not Spanish chorizo for these fajitas. (Mexican chorizo is ground raw sausage meat while Spanish chorizo is dried and cured sausage.)
Full Recipe
Chicken and Chorizo Fajitas
These easy chicken and chorizo fajitas are full of bold Mexican flavors and combine crispy browned chorizo with juicy tender chicken.
Equipment:
Ingredients:
Method:
- Using a rubber spatula, toss chicken with fajita seasoning in a bowl until all the chicken chunks are coated. Set aside.
- Heat half of the oil in a cast iron skillet until shimmering.
- Add chorizo and the seasoned chicken chunks to the skillet. Cook, stirring often, on medium-high heat until browned and fully cooked (about 6 minutes). Use a wooden spoon or spatula to break up the bulk chorizo meat as it cooks.
- While the meat cooks, warm the tortillas (see notes).
- Transfer the meat to a bowl and set aside for a moment. Set the skillet back on the stovetop. (Don't clean it, the browned bits from the meat will add flavor to the vegetables).
- Add the remaining oil to the skillet, then add onion and pepper slices. Cook on high heat, tossing around a few times, until starting to soften (about 3 minutes).
- Top each tortilla with the meat, the vegetables, sour cream, and chopped cilantro. Serve immediately.
Recipe notes:
How to warm flour tortillas:
If you have a gas range, warm up each tortilla directly over the open flame of one of the small burners using kitchen tongs. (You only need a few seconds for each side.) Alternatively, heat an empty skillet on the stovetop, then heat the tortillas in that.Did you make this recipe?Please consider leaving a review- THANK YOU!
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More recipes with Mexican chorizo:
- For two great pasta dishes try this chorizo and bacon pasta sauce and this chicken, chorizo and mushroom pasta.
- These chorizo and shrimp tacos are spiced with smoked paprika.
- This creamy chorizo soup with sweet potato gnocchi makes great comfort food.
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