Beef Fajitas
- 6 ounces flank steak
- 8 ounces whole onion or 7 ounces chopped ready-cut onion (1 2/3 cups)
- 16 ounces whole yellow and red peppers or 14 ounces ready-cut chopped peppers (4 cups)
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 18 teaspoon salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 4 whole wheat no-fat tortillas, if available, or white-flour tortillas
- 1/2 small avocado to yield 4 small slices
- 1/2 cup nonfat yogurt
- Salsa (see recipe)
- Grind beef and saute in its own fat in a medium-hot nonstick skillet.
- Stir often to break up.
- Chop whole onion and add to beef, cooking until onion softens.
- Chop whole peppers and add to onion with cumin.
- Continue cooking until all the vegetables are soft.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Wrap two tortillas in aluminum foil and heat in toaster oven for 3 to 5 minutes at 400 degrees.
- Chop avocado.
- To assemble, spoon 1/4 of beef mixture down the center of each heated tortilla.
- Top each with 1/4 of the yogurt, 1/4 of the avocado and a couple spoonfuls of salsa.
- Roll up and serve.
- Heat remaining two tortillas while eating the first two and repeat the filling with remaining ingredients.
- Serve any extra salsa on the side.
flank steak, onion, red peppers, ground cumin, salt, freshly ground black pepper, whole wheat, avocado, nonfat yogurt, salsa
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/9242 (may not work)