Easy chicken fajitas with roasted corn and avocado cream

You know those days where you just don’t want to get out of bed? You don’t want to do anything but laze around and be as sloth-like as possible? Well, I’ve had an entire week of that. I have been feeling so meh. No inspiration, no will power. I just want to lie down and eat. I think it’s this time of the year though. I always have a slump in energy during September, even though this is my favourite time of the year. A few months of solid working catches up with me and my mojo tank is pretty much empty. But I just have two weeks to go before a long weekend on the Kwazulu Natal coast with my little family. Hopefully that will boost my creativity a bit. *holding thumbs*

For now though, I’m relying on shortcuts and quick cheats which is what I did when I made these easy chicken fajitas last week. I used a rotisserie chicken bought from my local supermarket which I shredded and jazzed up with spices and other flavourings. Along with quickly fried onions and peppers, this makes the perfect filling for a tortilla wrap. I added a dollop of smooth avocado cream to sooth the burn from the smoked chillies and this resulted in a really great, casual dinner. This one will be pulled out whenever I am too lazy to stand in the kitchen for longer than, oh, 15 minutes? Easy? Check? Delicious? Double check!

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Easy chicken fajitas with roasted corn and avocado cream

Course Dinner, Easy, Healthy

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Author Alida Ryder

Ingredients

• 2 ears of corn
• 1 red onion thinly sliced
• 1 red bell pepper de-seeded and sliced
• 1 yellow bell pepper de-seeded and sliced
• 2 garlic cloves crushed
• 1 rotisserie chicken shredded (bones & skin discarded)
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
• 1/2-1 teaspoon smoked chilli flakes
• juice of 1 lemon
• salt & pepper to taste

for the avocado cream

• 1 ripe avocado
• 2 tablespoons sour cream
• salt to taste

to serve

• tortilla wraps warmed
• fresh coriander

Instructions

• Roast the corn under a hot grill or in a griddle pan until cooked through.
• In the meantime, Heat a large frying pan over high heat then add a splash of oil.
• Sauté the onions until they start to brown then add the peppers.
• Cut the corn off the cob and set aside.
• Fry the vegetables for 5-7 minutes until they start to soften then add the chicken, corn, garlic, spices and lemon juice.
• Fry for another 30 seconds then season to taste.
• To make the avocado cream, blend all the ingredients together and season to taste.
• To serve, spread a generous dollop of the avo cream on the warmed tortillas then top with a generous spoonful of the chicken and peppers. Add a sprig of fresh coriander and serve.