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Why It Works
- A baking metallic or stone is included as an selection for people who want to maximize browning.
- Hen thighs are tolerant of extreme heat and won’t dry out all through cooking one of the simplest ways hen breast can.
Tailor-made from Kenji’s grilled skirt steak fajitas recipe—with its rich and flavorful lime, soy sauce, and cumin-spiced marinade—this mannequin reworks the recipe using hen thighs instead of steak and alters the tactic so that each one you need is an oven and a single sheet pan. Because of it’s all cooked on an enormous half-sheet pan, it’s good for feeding a much bigger group, plus the prep and cleanup are saved to a minimal.
While you may use boneless, skinless hen breasts on this recipe (we’ve examined it; it actually works), our hottest selection proper right here is hen thighs. The darkish meat is way much less liable to drying out with extreme heat, which supplies you further time to accurately brown the hen beneath the broiler, with out having to worry an extreme quantity of about overcooking.
The recipe moreover supplies the selection of using a preheated baking metallic or stone to brown the hen from the underside on the similar time (a sheet pan, even when preheated, is just too skinny to brown the hen by itself, and on account of this truth needs the help from the mass of a baking metallic or stone). It’s fantastic in the event you should not have one, though, you probably can merely flip the hen to broil the second side until browned instead. (Don’t be alarmed in case your sheet pan buckles when on the brand new metallic or stone; in our experience, an outstanding aluminum rimmed baking sheet on a regular basis returns to its common type by itself.)
As with all sheet-pan recipes, it’s important to know your oven correctly and to manage accordingly. Some broilers are underpowered, throughout which case you could be greater off using solely a preheated baking metallic or baking stone with the oven at its highest heat setting. Others may be unusually sturdy, throughout which case you may need to lower the oven rack solely a bit (must you use a baking stone with an oven rack at its highest place, it’s doable you’ll not have the clearance to insert your sheet pan beneath the broiler facet; in that case, lower the oven rack as needed).
January 2020
Sheet-Pan Hen Fajitas Recipe
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For the Fajita Marinade:
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1/2 cup (120ml) I am willow
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1/2 cup (120ml) up to date lime juicefrom 6 to eight limes
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1/2 cup (120ml) canola or totally different neutral oil
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1/4 cup (55g) packed mild brown sugar
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2 teaspoons ground cumin seeds
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2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
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1 tablespoon chili powder (see observe)
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3 medium cloves garlicfinely minced (about 1 tablespoon)
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2 kilos (900g) boneless, skinless hen thighs
For the Fajitas:
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1 large pink bell pepperstemmed, seeded, and cut back into 1/2-inch-wide strips
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1 large yellow bell pepperstemmed, seeded, and cut back into 1/2-inch-wide strips
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1 large inexperienced bell pepperstemmed, seeded, and cut back into 1/2-inch-wide strips
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1 white or yellow onioncut back into 1/2-inch slices
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12 to 16 up to date flour or corn tortillasscorching (see notes)
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1 recipe guacamolefor serving, if desired
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1 recipe pico de gallofor serving, if desired
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Bitter creamshredded cheese, and salsa, for serving, if desired
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For the Fajita Marinade: Combine soy sauce, lime juice, oil, brown sugar, cumin, black pepper, chili powder, and garlic in a medium bowl and whisk to combine. Swap 1/2 cup (120ml) marinade to a separate vessel and put apart.
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For the Hen: Place hen in a gallon-sized zipper-lock bag and add remaining marinade. Seal bag, squeezing out as loads air as doable. Therapeutic therapeutic massage bag until meat is completely coated in marinade. Lay flat in fridge, turning every couple of hours, for at least 3 and as a lot as 10 hours.
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For the Fajitas: When in a position to prepare dinner dinner, preheat broiler and place over rack to highest place. You in all probability have a baking metallic or stone, set it on the best rack and allow to preheat. If using a baking metallic/stone, set a rimmed baking sheet on it to preheat as correctly; in every other case depart baking sheet at room temperature.
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Take away hen from marinade and blot dry with paper towels. Put together hen in a great layer on rimmed baking sheet. Broil, with out flipping, until hen is correctly browned on excessive side, about 5 minutes. Broiler power and oven designs vary vastly, so cooking cases will vary as correctly; protect an in depth watch. In case your broiler heats inconsistently, you may need to maneuver the sheet tray spherical for further even browning. Flip hen and broil until second side could be browned, about 4 minutes longer (hen cooked with the help of a baking metallic/stone will already have browned on the underside, so that you probably can flip it and proceed cooking to ensure it’s completely cooked through). Take away from oven and change hen to a platter to rest.
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Change oven from broil mode to 450°F (230°C). Add pink, yellow, and inexperienced bell peppers along with onions to baking sheet. Pour reserved 1/2 cup of marinade all through and toss until evenly coated; using a picket spoon, scrape up any browned bits on the baking sheet. Put together peppers and onion in a great layer that covers the baking sheet from edge to edge, then prepare dinner dinner, stirring typically, until greens are tender and browned in spots, about 25 minutes (in case your oven heats from the best, it will be greatest to prepare dinner dinner the greens on a middle rack to steer clear of excessive scorching and burning). Once you’re using a baking metallic/stone, you probably can prepare dinner dinner the greens on it, nevertheless protect a greater eye since they run the possibility of scorching on the underside; if this begins to happen, switch the sheet pan to a special rack.
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Slice hen into skinny strips, then add once more to sheet pan with any juices. Return to oven to warmth through.
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Serve immediately with scorching tortillas, guacamole, pico de gallo, and totally different condiments, as desired.
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Specific Gear
Rimmed baking sheet, baking metallic or stone (elective)
Notes
For most interesting style, grind your private chili powder from a mix of equal components ancho and guajillo chiles.
Chances are you’ll wrap the tortillas tightly in aluminum foil and pop them inside the oven 10 minutes sooner than serving to heat through, whereas the steak and greens are ending up.
Make-Ahead and Storage
The finished fajitas are most interesting liked immediately.