I hate throwing out food. Whenever I roast a chicken I usually have about a half a chicken left over. I found that I wasn’t eating the chicken because day old chicken has an odd off flavor. After too many times of throwing  out chicken I finally decided to do something about it. Now we eat leftover chicken fajitas. I remove the chicken from the bone, shred it, add some sautéed vegetables, salsa and spices and dump it into a wrap with avocado. For some extra flavor I add some mayo to the wrap. When I cook chicken now, I plan for two dinners. The chicken is already cooked so this meal comes together in ten minutes. It tastes great and no one will complain about leftovers.

The ingredients

Saute scallions and corn

Add fresh tomatoes and cilantro

Mix together until tomatoes soften and cilantro wilts

Leftover Chicken Fajitas

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 15 minutes mins

Servings: 4

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: South American

Ingredients Method

Ingredients

  

• 3 cups shredded chicken
• 2 cups frozen corn
• 5 scallions
• 1 cup chopped cilantro
• 1 1/2 cups chopped tomato
• 2 heaping tablespoons salsa any kind)
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1/2 tsp ground coriander
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 1 tsp hot sauce

Method

 

1. Saute scallions and corn until corn begins to brown
2. Add cumin cilantro, hot sauce and salsa and cook for 30 seconds
3. Add chicken and cook until warmed through
4. Add tomatoes and cilantro and cook for 2 minutes
5. Serve on wheat wraps with avocado and mayonaise