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Recipe tags: Chicken, Mexican

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Meats and seafood

Chicken Fajitas with Pineapple Salsa

Recipe from “Cooking for David: A Culinary Dialysis Cookbook” by Sara Colman, RD, CSR, CDE and Dorothy Gordon, RN.
Recipe modified and submitted by DaVita dietitian Heather from Georgia.

Yield:   4 servings     

Serving size:    2 fajitas and 2 tablespoons salsa

Ingredients

• 8 six-inch flour tortillas
• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 12 ounces boneless chicken breast, cut into 1-inch strips
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 teaspoons chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoons cumin
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1/4 cup chopped green pepper
• 1/4 cup chopped red pepper
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 cup chopped cilantro 
• 1/2 cup pineapple salsa (see recipe under 'Sauces and Seasonings' category)

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 300° F. Wrap tortillas in foil; heat in oven for 10 minutes.
2. Place oil in nonstick frying pan over medium heat; add chicken, seasonings and lemon juice. Cook for 3 to 5 minutes.
3. Add peppers and onion to frying pan; cook for 3 to 5 minutes more or until chicken is no longer pink and juice run clear. Add cilantro to chicken mixture.
4. Divide chicken mixture between tortillas; fold tortillas over. Serve each with 1 tablespoon of pineapple salsa.

Nutrients per serving (2 fajitas plus 2 tablespoons pineapple salsa)

Renal and Renal Diabetic Food Choices

• 3 meat
• 2 starch
• 1 vegetable, low potassium
• 1/2 fruit, low potassium

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  wendy r. says:

YUM! YUM! YUM!!! Y U M.

Reviewed: Feb. 19, 2009, 6:54 PM  -  Inappropriate review?   

  Suzie B. says:

This had a great flavor and loved the combination of spicy and sweet. I would just substitute parsley for the cilantro since I'm not a cilantro fan.

Reviewed: Sep. 30, 2008, 1:12 PM  -  Inappropriate review?   

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