Fajitas-style burgers in the oven: step-by-step recipe with photos

03 Mar 23:23

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In search of filling options for burger buns that are more interesting than the standard patty-iceberg-lettuce-cheese-onion-tomato-cucumber-sauce, we settled on a variant with chicken and vegetables. More specifically – on a variation of the Tex-Mex dish – fajitas. This choice was not accidental, as we had a spice mix with the same name in our spice supplies.

Fajitas – is a popular dish of Mexican and Tex-Mex cuisine. It consists of sautéed strips of meat with vegetables, mainly peppers and onions. All of this is served with soft wheat or corn tortillas, in which the filling is wrapped. Essentially, it is meat and vegetables served separately with tortillas, and everyone forms their own wrap
Fajitas originated in Texas. Its history began in the 1930s when Mexican ranch workers in the U.S. received less valuable cuts of beef, such as skirt steak. They marinated the meat to make it tender, then grilled it over an open flame and wrapped it in tortillas.

Fajitas seasoning – is a fragrant spice blend that adds a distinctive Mexican flavor to the dish. It combines spicy, smoky, and hot notes that wonderfully enhance the taste of the meat and vegetables. Its main ingredients are paprika, garlic and onion powder, ground cumin, coriander, black and cayenne pepper, Mexican oregano, and lime zest. Optional ingredients include salt and brown sugar. For the filling, we added a ready-made seasoning. So, we share our own recipe.

Time required: up to 1 hour
Difficulty: 2 out of 5
Cost: average

We will need:

Based on 6 burger buns:

500 g chicken fillet
½ sweet bell pepper
2 red onions
ready-made sauces (we chose “Paprika” and “Mexican,” but they can be replaced with cream or cream cheese)
12 slices of processed (toasting) cheese
ready-made fajitas spice mix (or make your own based on the description above)
4 cloves of garlic
optional – Tabasco sauce (if you like it spicy)
olive oil
burger buns.

Preparation

First, let's deal with the chicken fillet. We clean it from membranes and tendons. Cut it into large pieces, season with salt and pepper, and add a few drops of olive oil. We will cook it in a "Shaitan machine" air grill, as this significantly saves time. Set the temperature to 180 degrees and the time to 20 minutes. As an alternative method, you can bake the fillet in the oven or fry it in a pan with a little oil.

While the fillet is cooking, let's prepare the vegetables. Cut the onion into half rings and the pepper into strips. Heat a deep pan (we chose a wok), add a small amount of oil for frying. Sauté the chopped vegetables over medium heat and remove the pan from the heat for a while.

While the vegetables were cooking, the chicken was baked. We take it out of the air grill, let it cool for a few minutes (to work with it comfortably), and using either meat claws, two forks, or a combination of both, we shred the fillet into strands.

We return the pan to the heat. Add the shredded fillet, sauces, and fajitas seasoning. Mix thoroughly, taste for salt/pepper, adjust flavors if necessary, and simmer for 5-7 minutes.

Cut the buns in half and lightly toast them in the pan until golden brown. Now we can move on to forming the fajitas burgers.

We select a baking tray of appropriate size, line it with parchment paper. Place the bottom of the bun, then a slice of cheese, then the filling, then another slice of cheese, and cover with the top of the bun. We also made a garlic mixture that we rubbed on top of the bun. For this, we grate garlic and mix it with olive oil.