Leftover Shredded Beef Or Chicken Or Shrimp Fajitas Recipes

LEFTOVER SHREDDED BEEF (OR CHICKEN OR SHRIMP) FAJITAS

Steps:

• Mix onion, pepper, and meat in a shallow dish and cover with teriyaki sauce. Marinate for several hours.
• Grill or pan fry until heated through or cooked thoroughly.
• Serve with tortillas, guacamole, sour cream, and salsa.
• Each person assembles their own fajitas by putting meat/vegetable mixture and topping with their choice of condiments, rolling up the tortilla and eating by hand. Be careful not to overload the tortilla.
• Tortillas:.
• Mix all ingredients.
• Form into golf ball size balls. Roll out flat into a circle.
• Cook on each side in a dry non-stick pan until starting to brown. DO NOT OVERCOOK. The tortillas cook quickly and it is easy to burn them if you turn away.

MAGIC CHICKEN, BEEF OR SHRIMP FAJITAS

Steps:

• Cut meat in strips (against the grain) and place in medium sized freezer bag.
• Drizzle enough oil over the meat to coat and shake bag.
• Add all all seasonings to bag, shake to coat meat.
• Add enough lime juice to coat meat, plus dash of tequila.
• Marinade (ideal time for steak or chicken-- 1 1/2 -2 hours, shrimp-- no more than 30 minutes).
• Heat cast iron skillet on medium-high until smoking, add approximately 1/4 of the meat plus onion and peppers and sear for approximately 3-5 minutes. If cooking just chicken or shrimp, you may need to add a small amount of oil (1 tsp). Do not overcrowd the skillet or you will not achieve a good sear.
• Continue cooking the rest of the fajitas in small batches. Serve with tortillas and accompaniments.

LEFTOVER CHICKEN OR BEEF FAJITAS WITH FRESH GUACAMOLE

Steps:

• In a shallow dish, whisk together soy sauce, vinegar, corn syrup, hot sauce, and pepper. Add leftover meat strips, bell peppers and onion and toss to coat.
• Set a large greased stove-top grill pan over medium-medium high heat.
• Grill meats and veggies 5 to 7 minutes, drizzling any remaining juices over the top, until vegetables are cooked to your liking and meat is heated through.
• Transfer mixture to a serving platter.
• Meanwhile, warm tortillas in the microwave or according to package directions.
• To make the guacamole, in a zip-top bag or medium bowl, mash avocado lightly.
• Then add tomato, garlic, lime juice and cilantro and combine.
• Season, to taste, with salt and black pepper.
• Serve fajitas with guacamole, some sour cream, and salsa on the side.

SHREDDED BEEF FAJITAS

Steps:

• cut flank steak into 6 portions, place in crock pot.
• combine tomatoes with juice, jalapeno, onions, green pepper, garlic and fajita seasoning mix in med bowl.
• pour over steak, cover and cook on low for 8 to 10 hours or on high for 4 to 5 hours.
• remove beef from crock pot, shred with two forks, return to crock pot and stir.
• To Serve:.
• place meat mixture evenly into flour tortillas, add toppings as desired and roll up tortillas.