Home of Fajitas

Here’s a quick and easy midweek meal or a crowd-pleasing dish for entertaining over the weekend. With our guide to our favourite fajita recipes, top tips on how to make them, suggestions for what to serve with them, and favourite fajita toppings you’ll be able to whip up a delicious meal in no time.

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Fajitas
RECIPES

Requiring only a few ingredients, fajitas are surprisingly easy to make at home. From crowd-pleasing chicken fajitas and saucy steak fajitas to tasty vegetarian and vegan options, we have some of the best fajita recipes you will find!

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For something extra spicy, try seasoning your meat and veg with Gran Luchito Chipotle Fajita & Taco Mix and Gran Luchito Ancho BBQ Fajita & Taco Mix. If you have time to marinade, then a dollop of our Gran Luchito Chipotle Paste with a squeeze of lime and splash of olive oil is the way forward.

If saucy fajitas are your thing then our Pineapple Chipotle Sauce is for you. It’s made in Mexico with fresh ingredients from a traditional recipe.

Gran Luchito Fajita Wraps and Gran Luchito Soft Taco Wraps are perfect for making epic fajita wraps and for a final flourish, be sure to add some of our Gran Luchito Jalapeño and Pineapple on top of your fajitas – the perfect balance of sweet heat.

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Fajitas
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With lots of toppings laid out for everyone to make their fajita wraps just as they would like, fajitas definitely have that Friday fun vibe but they are super easy and perfect for anytime you want to get hands on and stuck in! There are so many different options when it comes to fajitas recipes. We have chicken, steak, veggie, halloumi and more adventurous ones such as prawn fajitas for seafood lovers.

THE DEFINITIVE MEXICAN

GUIDE TO
Fajitas

The Gran Luchito Guide to Fajitas provides everything you need to know about this tasty Mexican favourite. First you need to learn how to cook fajitas to perfection. Once you’ve got the basics, you can refine your skills by mixing up what to serve with fajitas and what ingredients to put in them. You’ll be a fajita pro in no time!

How To Make Fajitas

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Fajitas are a sensory experience and a beloved Mexican dish that is actually surprisingly easy to make at home and so much better than what you can make from a meal kit. Here we will show you everything you need to know about fajitas including how to make fajitas and our tips for making the best fajitas.

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What To Serve With Fajitas?

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Fajita recipes are always guaranteed to go down a treat. But what to serve with fajitas? Well, here is our round-up of some authentic Mexican dishes, perfect for your fajita feast. Of course, any leftovers can be kept in the fridge for the next day!

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Our Favourite Fajita Toppings

There’s no doubt about it, fajitas are fun food. Whether it’s fajita Friday or any other day of the week, they’re a great excuse to get everyone around the table for a Mexican feast. The finishing touches for your fajita feast have to be the toppings. Here are our top three favourite types of toppings to put on fajitas:

Add a creamy element with Homemade Guacamole, smoky Chipotle Crema or a fresh Avocado Crema.

Add some freshness with a jar of Gran Luchito authentic salsa. We love smoky Chipotle Salsa or zingy Tomatillo Salsa.

Add a burst of flavour with Gran Luchito Jalapeño and Pineapple or Fire Roasted Serranos.

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Fajitas FAQs

Want to continue your fajita education? We got ‘ya! We’ve put together some FAQ answers below. If you want to learn even more be sure to check out the Gran Luchito Youtube Channel.

How do you make Fajitas

1. Thinly slice the meat, peppers & onions.
2. Fry peppers & onions in a large frying pan for 5 mins.
3. Add the meat. Continue to fry for 5 mins.
4. Place 2 spoons of meat filling into the centre of a warmed tortilla.
5. Top with sour cream, guacamole, grated cheese & salsa.
6. Roll & enjoy!

What to eat with Fajitas

Lots of toppings! We think shredded cheese, sour cream, guacamole, one of our authentic Mexican salsas and some of our Jalapeño & Pineapple are great choices. Mexican rice, beans (either refried or black beans), nachos or even a simple chips and salsa combo all make for great accompaniments to fajitas.

How are Fajitas and Tacos different?

A fajita can be a taco but a taco is not necessarily a fajita – confused? You’re not alone! The main difference is that fajitas are strips of grilled peppers and onions with meat that you roll into tacos yourself (or other items like burritos). They’re meant to bring a more interactive eating experience. In contrast, a taco is served with the filling and toppings already put together and encompasses all sorts of meats and veg with different cooking techniques including stewed and roasted.

Where do Fajitas come from?

Although Texans certainly popularised fajitas and would like to take credit for them, they did not invent them. Mexican ranch workers working along the Rio Grande in West Texas did. They were often paid with what were considered the throwaway cuts of meat from a steer, including the tough cut skirt steak nicknamed “fajas” which roughly translates to “belt”. In the UK we call this cut of meat a Hanger Steak..

What is your Fajita sauce made of?

Our Mild Fajita Cooking Sauce is handmade in Mexico using roasted red peppers blended with tomatoes, garlic and mild chillies and is perfect for adding flavour to fajitas but mild enough the whole family can enjoy.

What Are Fajitas

Typically, fajitas are a filling of sizzling strips of meat with peppers and onions which you can wrap up in a taco, quesadilla or burrito, or as a topping for nachos and tostadas. Nowadays, you will find fajitas with every sort of variation of protein.