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Colourful Chicken Fajitas with chunky salsa

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Colourful Chicken Fajitas with chunky salsa Mexican food was always a temptation for us, therefore we decided to dig into this cuisine by preparing some simple, yet very tasteful Chicken Fajitas with colourful bell pepper. Fajita is a very popular Tex-Mex dish, consisting of grilled meat topped with vegetables and sauces served on a flour or corn tortilla.   Fajita is, also, easily customisable according to a particular need. In other words, you may use any type of meat you like, such as: chicken, pork, lamb, salmon, beef, as well as vegetables instead of meat, and of course, any mouthwatering topping, such as: lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, salsa, grated cheese and diced tomatoes. When using meat, the cooking includes red onions and colourful bell peppers.  The below ingredients are for 2 servings. Ingredients for Chicken Fajitas: 4 large wheat or corn tortillas 2 large chicken breasts 3 bell peppers (red, yellow and green) 100 g precooked black be...

Tortilla chips with Cheddar cheese and tomatos

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Tortilla chips with Cheddar cheese and tomatos Tortilla chips with Cheddar cheese and tomatoes (or simply called Nachos) are a delicious snack that goes very well with beer. Each time we meet friends in a pub in order to have a few pints, we like to order them. Frequently we are quite dissatisfied by the quality. Rosie McGee’s in Copenhagen used to have very good nachos until recently, but last time when we ordered, we noticed a significant drop in quality. Our own version if very easy to make. We used a large bag of tortilla chips (Santa Maria chips are our favourite), grated red cheddar, few tomatoes, a handful of black olives, pickled jalapenos, juice of half of a lime, a bit of balsamic vinegar and olive oil, cilantro, salt and pepper. You can cook the nachos in an oven proof dish or baking sheet. We prefer a taller one, so that we could stack multiple layers of chips. This time, we had 2 layers of chips and 2 layers of cheese. We added olives and jalapenos between the layers...