Beef Fajitas with Sweetcorn Salsa
These beef fajitas with sweetcorn salsa combine tender strips of beef, colourful peppers and Mexican-style spices, wrapped in warm tortillas and served with a fresh, zesty salsa. A quick, balanced and delicious midweek winner that the whole family will love.
Ingredients
- 400g thin cut beef steaks, trimmed of fat and cut into strips
- ½ each red, yellow and green pepper, deseeded, cored and cut into thin strips
- 1 small onion, peeled and sliced
- 2 garlic cloves peeled and finely chopped or 1 teaspoon garlic purée
- 2 tablespoons Fajitas or Mexican seasoning
- Juice of 1 lime
- 2 teaspoons rapeseed or sunflower oil
For the sweetcorn salsa:
- 1 x 165g can sweetcorn in water, drained
- 2 medium tomatoes, roughly chopped
- 1 red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped ( optional)
- 2 spring onions finely chopped
- Juice of ½ lime
- 1 teaspoon rapeseed or sunflower oil
- 1-2 tablespoons freshly chopped parsley
To serve:
- 4 corn or plain tortilla wraps
- Fresh coriander leaves, to garnish
- Reduced fat soured cream
- Grated cheese
Method
- Put the beef in a shallow bowl and add the peppers, onion, garlic, fajitas or Mexican seasoning, half the lime juice and oil.
- Heat a large non-stick frying pan and cook the beef mixture for 3-4 mins or until the beef and vegetables caramelise.
- Meanwhile, warm the tortillas in a hot oven.
- To prepare the sweetcorn salsa, mix all the ingredients together, season to taste and set aside.
- To assemble the fajitas, put some salsa on the base of each tortilla, then the beef and vegetable mix. Sprinkle over the herbs.
- Serve with the sweetcorn salsa and accompaniments of your choice.
Nutrition
Based on thin cut beef steaks, each serving provides:
| Energy | Fat | Saturates | Sugars | Salt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 452kcal | 16.2g (Medium) | 5g (Low) | 9.9g (Low) | 1.5g (Medium) |
| 23% | 23% | 25% | 11% | 25% |
% of the reference intake
Each serving also provides: 42.5g Carbohydrates | 30.6g Protein | 6.6g Fibre
Typical values per 100g: 121kcal Energy | 4.4g Fat | 1.4g Saturates
This recipe uses thin cut beef steaks. If other cuts are used then the nutrition information may vary.
