: a marinated strip usually of beef or chicken grilled or broiled and served usually with a flour tortilla and various savory fillings
—usually used in plural
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Family dinners featuring housemade tamales and chicken fajitas are a common affair at this East Sacramento restaurant, opened in 2021 by Maria Estela Munoz Martinez.
5100 Folsom Blvd., Sacramento; (916) 662-7099.
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Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 9 Apr. 2024
Cheesy, smoky, and so satisfying, this chicken fajita casserole is a wonderful weeknight dinner.
—Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2024
Entrées are chicken, shrimp or steak fajitas, crab and shrimp enchiladas or a Muy Grande Platter.
—Fielding Buck, Orange County Register, 5 Feb. 2024
Add green chiles with juices, fajita seasoning, garlic, and ½ teaspoon of the salt; cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant, about 1 minute.
—Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2024
The restaurant’s lushly landscaped garden is ready to seat as many as 1,000 customers, and the aromas of cheese enchiladas and fajitas—recipes perfected over 89 years—fill the air.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2024
Entrées include chicken, steak, or shrimp fajitas, a fajitas duo, lemon butter salmon, or a Macho Combo with four items.
—Fielding Buck, Orange County Register, 5 Feb. 2024
Dupree Wilson, culinary associate and Cohort 1 graduate, showing fellows how to prepare chicken fajitas.
—Maya Eaglin, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2024
El Tejano serves lots of different nachos, plus salads, bowls and fajitas.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 15 Feb. 2024
Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 9 Apr. 2024
Cheesy, smoky, and so satisfying, this chicken fajita casserole is a wonderful weeknight dinner.
—Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2024
Entrées are chicken, shrimp or steak fajitas, crab and shrimp enchiladas or a Muy Grande Platter.
—Fielding Buck, Orange County Register, 5 Feb. 2024
Add green chiles with juices, fajita seasoning, garlic, and ½ teaspoon of the salt; cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant, about 1 minute.
—Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2024
The restaurant’s lushly landscaped garden is ready to seat as many as 1,000 customers, and the aromas of cheese enchiladas and fajitas—recipes perfected over 89 years—fill the air.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2024
Entrées include chicken, steak, or shrimp fajitas, a fajitas duo, lemon butter salmon, or a Macho Combo with four items.
—Fielding Buck, Orange County Register, 5 Feb. 2024
Dupree Wilson, culinary associate and Cohort 1 graduate, showing fellows how to prepare chicken fajitas.
—Maya Eaglin, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2024
El Tejano serves lots of different nachos, plus salads, bowls and fajitas.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 15 Feb. 2024
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“Fajita.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fajita. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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