Give your picnic extra sizzle with chicken fajitas in the grill basket. Peppers, chiles and salsa lend mucho flavor to this low-fat main dish.
Grilled Chicken Fajita Stir-Fry
- Prep Time 40 min
- Total 40 min
- Servings 8
- Ingredients 11
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup thick & chunky salsa
- 2 teaspoons honey
- 2 teaspoons chopped (not drained) chipotle chiles in adobo sauce (from 7-oz can)
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 pound chicken breast tenders (not breaded)
- 1 medium green bell pepper, cut into 1-inch strips
- 1 medium red bell pepper, cut into 1-inch strips
- 1 medium onion, thinly sliced
- 8 flour tortillas (6 to 8 inch)
- 1 medium ripe avocado, pitted, peeled and sliced thinly
- Additional thick & chunky salsa, if desired
Instructions
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Step1Heat coals or gas grill for direct heat. In large bowl, mix 1/4 cup salsa, the honey, chipotle chilies and chili powder. Add chicken, bell peppers and onion; toss to coat. Place mixture in grill basket (grill “wok”).
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Step2Cover and grill chicken and vegetables over medium heat 15 to 18 minutes, shaking basket or stirring mixture occasionally, until chicken is no longer pink in center and vegetables are crisp-tender.
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Step3Spoon mixture onto center of each tortilla; top with avocado and additional salsa. Roll tortillas around filling.
Nutrition
200
Calories
7g
Total Fat
16g
Protein
20g
Total Carbohydrate
4g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Fajita
- Calories
- 200
- Calories from Fat
- 60
- Total Fat
- 7g
- 11%
- Saturated Fat
- 1 1/2g
- 7%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 35mg
- 11%
- Sodium
- 190mg
- 8%
- Potassium
- 360mg
- 10%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 20g
- 7%
- Dietary Fiber
- 3g
- 11%
- Sugars
- 4g
- Protein
- 16g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 20%
- 20%
- Vitamin C
- 40%
- 40%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 1 1/2 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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