Christmas Cracker Festive Turkey Fajitas
Turn a classic family meal into a festive treat with these fun and easy Christmas cracker turkey fajitas! With a mild-child friendly marinade but plenty of flavour the whole family will love!
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- 3 garlic cloves
- small bunch fresh coriander
- zest and juice of 1 lime
- 2 Tbsp ground cumin
- 1 heaped tsp smoked paprika
- 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 Tbsp white wine vinegar
- pinch salt
- 3 turkey breast steaks
- 1 large onion
- 1 green pepper
- 1 red pepper
To serve:
- 6-8 to tortilla wraps
- 1 tube Primula cheese with chives
- handful baby spinach leaves
- ½ red pepper
- Colourful butchers twine or other food safe string.
Instructions
- Peel the garlic cloves and place in a small food processor or blender with the coriander (leaves and stalks). Whizz together until finely chopped.
- Add the lime zest, lime juice, cumin, paprika, 1 Tbsp of the vegetable oil, the white wine vinegar and salt. Whizz together again until you have a thick marinade.
- Slice the turkey breast steaks into thin strips. place in a shallow bowl or dish and pour over the marinde. Mix with a spoon until the turkey strips are completely coated in the marinade then cover and place in the fridge for at least 30 minutes to soak up the flavours.
- Meanwhile, peel and slice the onion, deseed the red and green peppers and cut into thin strips.
- Heat the remaining vegetable oil to a medium heat in a large frying pan. Add the marinated turkey strips and stir-fry for a couple of minutes until starting to brown. Add the onion and peppers to the pan and continue to stir-fry until the turkey and vegetables are cooked through.
- Heat the tortilla wraps according to pack instructions.
- Squeeze a swirl of Primula cheese with chives over each tortilla wrap then spread it over the wrap with a knife.
- Place a small handful of spinach leaves in the centre of each wrap. Top with a large spoonful of the cooked turkey, onion and peppers.
- Keeping the fillings in the middle of each wrap, roll up firmly and place edge side down.
- Tie up the ends of each wrap so that they resemble Christmas crackers. Decorate each Christmas cracker wrap with a star cut from red pepper.
- Serve immediately.
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Notes
Note: Be sure to remove the string before eating!