{"id":1046,"date":"2025-03-16T02:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T02:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/perfect-fajitas\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T03:11:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T03:11:54","slug":"perfect-fajitas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/perfect-fajitas\/","title":{"rendered":"Perfect Fajitas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1 teaspoon ground cumin<br \/>\n1\/2 teaspoon ground coriander<br \/>\ncoarse salt and ground pepper<br \/>\n1 pound skirt steak, cut crosswise into 2 equal pieces (if too large for skillet, cut into smaller pieces)<br \/>\n2 red bell peppers (ribs and seeds removed), halved and thinly sliced<br \/>\n1 red onion, halved and thinly sliced<br \/>\n1 to 2 jalapeno chiles (ribs and seeds removed), very thinly sliced lengthwise<br \/>\n2 tablespoons fresh lime juice<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nIn a small bowl, combine cumin, coriander, 2 teaspoons coarse salt, and 1\/2 teaspoon pepper. Rub steaks all over with spice mixture.<\/p>\n<p>Heat a large skillet over medium-high; add meat (if crowded, cook in two batches). Cook 2 to 4 minutes per side for medium-rare. Transfer to a cutting board. Tent steaks with aluminum foil, and let rest at least 5 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, reduce heat to medium; add bell peppers, onion, and chiles; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until crisp-tender, 8 to 10 minutes. Add lime juice, and stir, scraping up browned bits in skillet.<\/p>\n<p>Stack tortillas, and wrap in a damp paper towel or kitchen towel. Microwave on high 1 minute. Thinly slice steaks crosswise, and serve with tortillas, peppers, onion, and chiles, along with sour cream and lime wedges.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marthastewart.com\/336490\/seared-spicy-fajitas\">Original<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 teaspoon ground cumin 1\/2 teaspoon ground coriander coarse salt and ground pepper 1 pound skirt steak, cut crosswise into 2 equal pieces (if too large for skillet, cut into smaller pieces) 2 red bell peppers (ribs and seeds removed), halved and thinly sliced 1 red onion, halved and thinly sliced 1 to 2 jalapeno [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-favorites","category-main-course"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1046"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2484,"href":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046\/revisions\/2484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}