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Fajita Marinade

Rated as 4.65 out of 5 Stars
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"A great fajita marinade for chicken or beef! This is intended to be enough to marinate 4 chicken breasts."
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Ingredients

10 m servings 132
Original recipe yields 4 servings

Directions

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  1. Whisk lime juice, olive oil, water, vinegar, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, chili powder, beef bouillon paste, cumin, oregano, pepper, and onion powder together in a bowl.
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Footnotes

  • Cook's Notes:
  • I have used this on beef also, and it has turned out tasty!
  • The longer the meat marinates, the more tender the meat and more robust the flavor.
  • Editor's Note:
  • The nutrition data for this recipe includes the full amount of the marinade ingredients. The actual amount of the marinade consumed will vary.

Nutrition Facts


Per Serving: 132 calories; 13.7 3 0.4 0 182 Full nutrition

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Very nice marinade for fajitas. I made this with beef and marinated for 6 hours or so. I would probably double the cumin next time I made it, but otherwise I'd leave it as is. I think this...

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I was so excited to try this- and I am pretty disappointed. I marinated chicken and bottom round for about 10 hours. (Not together). I added cilantro. There wasn't anything really wrong with ...

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Very nice marinade for fajitas. I made this with beef and marinated for 6 hours or so. I would probably double the cumin next time I made it, but otherwise I'd leave it as is. I think this...

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I omitted the beef broth as we are on a special diet and it still turned out fabulous. My family raved and raved about this marinade.

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Perfect recipe. I marinated four pounds of chicken tenders for two hours. Then cooked in skillet for five minutes each side. FANTASTIC flavor!

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Yum! I left out the water and bouillon paste and marinated my sirloin steak for about 4 hours. Much better than my local Tex-Mex place!

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I used this on chicken and it was great! I had this in the marinade for about 5 hrs. and will shoot for longer next time and maybe add a touch of salt as well. Thanks Kitkat :)

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Love the flavor and tenderness. Used it on beef meat and it worked out pretty good (marinated for eight hours). Delicious

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Doubled chili powder. Used 1 t dried granulated garlic. Added 2 T dried onion flakes and 1/4 cup sliced yellow hot peppers. Sliced 1/2" strips and marinaded 3 Foster Farm skinned boneless chicke...

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This is amazing!! I was having a big group of people so I made this the night before and marinated chicken and beef. The only thing I did different was for one of them I used lemon juice inste...

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This is delicious! It makes the flank steak I used so tender and flavorful after only an hour or two of marinating. I omitted the vinegar, onion powder, and beef bouillon. And all the spices I j...

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