In the Kitchen With Mattie

Now, before I get a ton of emails telling me that these are not authentic fajitas, let me say………I am aware of that fact. That being said this is what we here at home call our version of fajitas and we like them just the way they are.

Hubby was in the mood for these tonight and asked me if I felt like making them for him and I agreed too, I would rather make them here at home for him than to have him go out and get something literally loaded with salt and other things that he shouldn’t be loading up on because of his blood pressure. His doctor has even mentioned that since I have tried to feed him more meals at home his BP has gone down to some great numbers for a man his age, they say 120/80 is good but his is a little lower than that so he’s really doing great! Yay!  for being a little more careful of the things we put in our mouths. Neither one of us is a fan of heavy cumin tasting foods and I found a nice Mexican spice blend that isn’t loaded with sodium or cumin but that has a nice mild taste, there is a picture of the bottle below. I found the spice in TJMAXX where I find a lot of things that the local grocery stores never seem to have.

                                                           Our Fajitas

1 pound flank steak, seasoned on both sides with 1 tablespoon of spice mix

1 red and 1 yellow pepper, sliced into 8ths

1 large onion cut into thin wedges

for garnish diced tomatoes, shredded lettuce, shredded cheese, sour cream

large flour tortillas, heated briefly in oven or large skillet

Heat a large skillet over medium heat for 5 minutes, when hot add 1 tablespoon oil, let oil heat and then add steak. Sear steak on first side for 5 minutes then turn to second side. Let steak continue to cook on second side for 5 minutes and remove from pan, let rest 10 minutes. To the same pan add 1 tablespoon oil and the peppers and onions, saute until the get some color and start to soften. While the peppers are cooking slice the steak very thinly on an angle, remove the peppers from the pan to a platter with the rest of the garnishes and add the steak back to the pan to heat it thru, place steak on the platter and serve with the heated tortillas for everyone to assemble their own fajitas.