Cooking with kids: Fajitas

PREP: 25 MINS
COOK: 10 MINS plus marinating
EASY SERVES A FAMILY OF 3-5 DEPENDING ON AGES

Ingredients 4 chicken breast, cut into chunks olive oil , for frying For the marinade 4 lime , juice only 2 tsp fajita seasoning 4 spring onion , finely sliced 1 fat garlic clove, crushed For the salsa 1 red pepper ½ jar roasted pepper  (we used Gaea Red Peppers Flame Roasted 290g) 1 small apple , peeled 4 ripe tomato ½ lime , juice only small bunch coriander, leaves picked chilli sauce, to taste (optional) For the guacamole 2 very ripe avocado , halved and stone removed ½ lime , juice only grated cheese, to serve To serve 6 - 8 tortillas  (you can now get mini tortillas for kids) soured cream (optional)

Method Grown-ups: Put the chicken and marinade ingredients in a bowl and cover. Put in the fridge for at least two hours. Children: If your children are 5 or over, you can get them to roughly chop the pepper, roasted pepper, apple and tomatoes for the salsa using a good quality firm plastic knife or cutlery knife. Otherwise do this yourself. Younger children can pick the leaves from the coriander and mix them into the salsa. Grown-ups: Tip the salsa ingredients into a food processor, along with the lime juice and a little seasoning and pulse until finely chopped. Take out 2 large spoons of the mixture for younger children, then add chilli sauce, if using, and pulse again to combine. Children: Squeeze or spoon the avocado into a bowl and use a potato masher to mash it. Stir in the lime juice and some black pepper with a spoon. Lime juice can sting so grown ups may want to squeeze them for younger children. Grown-ups: Heat a little olive oil in a frying pan and pour the contents of the chicken bowl into the pan. Cook for 5- 8 minutes or until the chicken chunks are cooked through. Children: Put the grated cheese, salsa (for grown-ups and children), guacamole and sour cream in separate colourful bowls to put on the table. Grown-ups: Heat the tortillas according to the pack instructions and put the cooked chicken in a bowl. Show children how to fill and roll their tortilla. Children: Lay out your tortilla, choose your toppings, roll them up and eat!

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