What Do You Serve With??

Well, Fajitas are traditional Tex-Mex served in every restaraunt around here. Always with rice, beans, pico de gallo, and of course, chips and salsa.
Usually sour cream and guac are an add-on. The traditional Mexican places dont give you shredded cheese, but the Tex Mex ones do. You need Pico!

Pico De Gallo

small diced tomatoes, onions, cilantro, minced garlic and fresh jalapenoes if you like, and salt and pepper. A little splash of vinegar or squeezed lime juice to get the flavors to mingle. This is better if it sits a few hours, but no longer than overnight.

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You and this veggie roasting is cracking me up!! GOOD LUCK!

- add salsa to your list, and cheese of some sort

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Red rice & refried pinto beans (I usually do green rice and black beans with most of my other mesoamerican cooking, but for fajitas, I'm just "locked into" red rice and refrided pinto beans. NOT ONLY THAT...hehehe... but I don't make them It's cheaper for me to pick them up from the mexican restaurant down the block than to either make from scratch or buy canned. So I just jaunt down and do a 'family order'. Bueno!)

Pico de Gallo (chopped tomatoes, *white* onions, garlic, jalepenos, salt, PEPPER -quite a bit-, and 1/2 lemon juice, 1/2 lime juice).

Avacado slices (I make wicked guac, but prefer slices for fajitas)

Shredded cheese

Sometimes blue corn muffins. Habanero blue corn muffins for adults, sweet blue corn muffins for kids and "me" ;)

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I usually make beef fajitas.

- Skirt Steak (or flank steak, but skirt steak is better)
- Santa Maria Seasoning http://shop.scottsfoodproducts.com/Santa-Maria-Seasoning-... $3 from whole foods
- Lime juice (1 cup or more, enough to cover, adding a little water if I'm low)
- Chopped purple onion (1)
- Cilantro chopped INCLUDING STEMS (1/2 a bunch)
- Olive Oil (just a splash)

Season the steak, and marinate w/ the rest for 1-4 hours (I'll often buy 2 skirt or flank steaks, reserve one, and when I pull the first out, pour the marinade in a ziplock freezer bag, add the second steak, and toss into my freezer).

Grill or Broil until center is 125. Let rest for 10 minutes (comes up to 135 / medrare). Slice into thin strips.

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sounds great to me...an tried and true menu...love it. Add a margarita for me!!!

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Sorry everyone else has already suggested what I was going to.

BUT I know what we are having for supper. :) Yum Yum

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I LOVE fajitas!

What I made for kids before was the meat, salsa, guac, sour cream, strips of bell peppers, cheese, onions (cooked or not), lettuce, beans, rice. You can do corn, green onions, tomatoes, really anything =)

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we had fajitas last night.

Dad sautee'd green bell pepper, red onion, and garlic.
We also had:
black & pinto beans
fresh salsa
monterey jack cheese
tomatillo salsa
a little pico de gallo kind of made from diced zuchinni, fresh corn, black beans, tomato, salt & pepper with a little lime juice, served chilled

Mom made a side of hominy. Not sure what she put in it. It was warm, probably tossed with cheese and heavy cream. It looked like cream corn (yuck) but tasted wonderful.

I didn't even bother with the tortilla - I gobbled it all up with a fork so that the yummy flavors could touch my tongue first - not the boring tortilla.

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black bean and corn salad ~ yum!

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you could also roast some pototoes cut in quarters and mix with your veg.

Chicken breast and cous cous

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I just made roasted veggies last night.
We had it with grilled Steak.

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A recipe that my mom & I kind of threw together one time when we were a little bored of plain fajitas one night was:

1 cup cubed cooked chicken
1 small container sour cream
1 small jar salsa
1 8 oz pkg mexican cheese
2 cups cooked rice (white or spanish)

Mix it all up & serve it in fajita's - my mouth is watering just thinking about it - we have also made it w/steak & have added black beans - have fun adding anything you like to it. It was pretty good - we would sometimes eat it right out of the skillet w/nachos too!

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I serve pretty much the same things you are already making to go with it, but I would suggest (If you don't already) using lime juice on your veggies. It adds a layer of flavor that sends fajitas over the edge in my opinion. Chips and salsa also make great sides.

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Sounds yummy. Chop up some fresh cilantro to throw on the tortillas with everything, and also some Queso chihuahua if you can find it.

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I love the look and taste of red bell peppers. Also love to use yellow and orange ones in fajitas.

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Salsa, Salsa Verde, taco sauce, lettuce, tomato, thick cuts of avocado, corn, limes, taco seasoning, grilled onions...just about anything goes! :)