Vege Fajitas

Check out this tasty, quick and healthy meat-free alternative to a traditional fajita recipe

Serves 4

Prep: 5 mins

Cook: 10 mins

Ingredients

400g can black beans, drained

Small bunch coriander, finely chopped

4 large or 8-12 small flour tortillas

1 avocado, sliced or 1 small tub of guacamole

2 tbsp soured cream or crème fraiche

For the fajita mix

1 red and 1 yellow pepper, cut into strips

1 tbsp olive oil

1 red onion, cut into thin wedges

1 garlic clove, crushed

½ tsp chilli powder

½ tsp smoked paprika

½ tsp ground cumin

1 lime, juiced

Method

Step 1

To make the fajita mix, take two or three strips from each colour of pepper and finely chop them. Set aside. Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the remaining pepper strips and onion until soft and starting to brown at the edges. Cool slightly and mix in the chopped raw peppers. Add the garlic, and cook for 1 minute, then add the spices and stir.  Cook for a couple of minutes until the spices become aromatic, and then add half the lime juice and season. Transfer to a dish, leaving the juices behind, and keep warm.

Step 2

Tip the black beans into the same pan, then add the remaining lime juice and plenty of seasoning. Stir the beans around the pan to warm them through and help them absorb the flavours of the fajita mix, then stir through the coriander.

Step 3

Warm the tortillas in a microwave or in a low oven, then wrap them so they don’t dry out. Serve the tortillas with the fajitas mix, beans, avocado and soured cream for everyone to help themselves.

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