Junior Cycle Home Economics Recipe and Evaluation Handbook 31 Fajitas Learning Intentions


✰ Use a variety of preparation and cooking techniques to make this dish.


✰ Apply appropriate hygiene and safety rules when making this dish.


✰ Demonstrate creative skills in choosing accompaniments to serve this dish attractively.


✰ Evaluate the sensory attributes of this dish and its contribution to a healthy diet.


Equipment Serves: 2–3 45 mins Perfect dish for all class lengths. Ingredients


FOR THE MARINADE: 2 cloves garlic


juice of 1 lime 1 tsp chilli powder 1 tsp ground cumin 2 tsp smoked paprika 1 tsp ground coriander handful fresh coriander 1 tbsp olive oil


2 chicken fi llets/250 g stir-fry beef/12 prawns


1 red pepper 1 green pepper 1 yellow pepper 1 red onion


} OPTIONAL


ACCOMPANIMENTS: lettuce, salsa, sour cream, guacamole, grated cheese


just one pepper in a 1-hr class


OPTIONAL VEGETABLES: baby corn, mange tout, mushrooms


1 packet tortilla bread (preferably wholemeal)


Chopping board(s) (colour-coded), sharp knife, garlic crusher, meat scissors, juicer, mixing bowl, wok/frying pan, wooden spoon, tin foil, two large plates, lazy Susan or similar serving plate, cutlery, two large plates (for cutlery).


Method 1. HANDS, APRON, EQUIPMENT and SET UP UNIT.


2. Weigh and measure all ingredients. 3. Peel and crush the garlic. Halve and juice the lime. 4. Mix all the marinade ingredients together in a mixing bowl.


5. Cut the chicken/beef into small, even strips using the meat scissors.


6. Add the chicken/beef/prawns to the marinade and mix well to coat.


7. Cover with cling fi lm and put in the fridge.


8. Wash, halve, deseed and chop the peppers into even slices.


9. Top and tail, peel and fi nely slice the onion.


10. Optional ingredients: Slice the baby corn in half lengthways, wash the mange tout, wash and quarter the mushrooms.


11. Heat oil in the wok/frying pan. Add the chicken/beef and stir-fry until it has completely changed colour. If using prawns, stir-fry for 1–2 mins only.


12. Add the onions (baby corn/mange tout) and stir-fry for another 2 mins.


13. Add the pepper (mushrooms) and stir-fry for another 2 mins.


14. Heat the tortillas in the microwave for 1 min and wrap in tin foil to keep warm.


15. Serve fajitas with all accompaniments on a lazy Susan or just in the middle of the table. This is an ideal opportunity to make the salsa and guacamole you learned how to make in Recipe 12.


UNIT 5 119


TOP TIP


The meat is marinated to add flavour. In class, marinade for as long as possible, but at home the meat can be left in the


marinade overnight to further enhance the flavours.


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