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Mexican Fajita Roll

Tortilla stuffed with chicken stuffing cooked in Mexican style along with salsa, makes a perfect dinner.
Course Wraps & Rolls
Cuisine Mexican
Keyword Chicken Roll, Rolls, Sandwich
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 7 Fajita Rolls
Author Shanaz Rafiq

Ingredients

For Fajita Stuffing

  • 2 cups boneless chicken strips
  • 2 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoon oil
  • ½ teaspoon garlic paste
  • 1 teaspoon cumin crushed
  • 1 teaspoon green chili chopped
  • 1 onion thickly sliced
  • 1 capsicum sliced
  • 1 cup grated cheese

For salsa sauce

  • 3 medium tomatoes peeled and chopped
  • ½ cup onion chopped
  • ½ teaspoon garlic crushed
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon sugar
  • 1 teaspoon crushed dry red chili chili flakes
  • 2 tablespoon oil
  • 2 tablespoon chopped capsicum

For Tortilla

  • 2 cups flour
  • ¾ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 tablespoon oil
  • Warm water as required to knead

Instructions

For tortilla bread

  • In a bowl add flour, salt, baking powder, oil and warm water as required to knead, form into a dough and leave it for 15 min.
  • Divide into 10 portions, shape into balls. Roll out each ball into thin tortillas.
  • Cook on a hot griddle over medium heat

Fajita Stuffing:

  • Marinate chicken with lemon juice, garlic paste, salt, cumin, and green chili for 15 to 20 min.
  • Heat oil in a pan and fry marinated chicken till done. Then add onion and capsicum and cook for another 5 min.

Salsa:

  • In a blender add all ingredients for salsa except for oil and capsicum. Blend well to a smooth mixture.
  • In a saucepan, heat oil and add the tomato mixture, cook for 10 min or until sauce thickens and finally add capsicum.
  • Cook for 2 min and then set aside to cool.

To Serve:

  • Make individual fajitas by placing the chicken filling and grated cheese in the center of tortilla, top with salsa sauce roll up tight and serve.