Giant 4 Dollar Homemade Fajitas Meal | But Cheaper

so if you've ever gone out with your friends or family and you go get fajitas and then you look at the menu you're like when you see that price why deal with that when you can have them for this price right here that is much [Music] cheaper [Music] so okay so today we're making fajitas this is commonly served at tex-mex restaurants i live in texas i eat it all the time big fan of it but it is insanely expensive for what you actually get it's meat vegetables some tortillas but at the end of the day if you make it from home and you're conscientious of the ingredients that you use you could have something arguably significantly better for a significantly lower price we're doing the meat with all the accoutrements that means vegetables beans rice tortillas everything and that's all for this price per person so with all that said let's make this shall we wait a minute papa what are the components that even make up a fajita meal well my child of course you have the meats the classic fajita vegetables then some dope beans mexican style rice and i guess you know avocado work wok is optional oh and cheese oh and also tortillas always tortillas now let's begin with the mexican rice first wash off your rice we're using two cups of basmati rice submerge it in water drain then submersion in water again and drain again this is a standard rule for any kind of steam rice and hopefully you know this by now and once that's done get a small saucepan and stay calm we're not cooking the rice in here okay to that you're gonna add three tablespoons of vegetable oil heat that over medium heat once that's hot add in four cloves of minced garlic let that cook swirling occasionally until you get a light golden color then add one teaspoon of chipotle powder one teaspoon of ground cumin give that a swirl and let that cook until the spices get a little toasty about 20 seconds now add your two cups of rinsed basmati rice give that a stir and let that lightly toast in the pan for about one minute stirring often then pour all of your rice into a rice cooker base along with eight ounces of crushed tomatoes one and a quarter cup of chicken stock give it a light stir and pop it into your rice cooker press the on button and let it work its see it's sort of a similar process to the chicken rice okay so while that's cooking we gotta get the beans on start with three plump roma tomatoes and either under your broiler or with a kitchen torch char those bad boys all over i mean really blast these brothers once you've blackened just the skins let those sit for five minutes then peel all their skins off cut them in half squeeze their seeds out and give those beauties a nice dice for a good old-fashioned geese from papa now get a medium sauce pot and begin heating it over medium high get six ounces of chorizo oh real nice josh oh wow okay oh wow dang he really doing that squeeze it out of the casing that looks nasty let that cook and sear stirring occasionally until fully cooked and starting to get some nice browning next up you're gonna add one finely diced yellow onion two medium jalapenos sliced and if you're a little baby and you don't want it spicy then first say i'm a little baby and add one green bell pepper instead little stinky baby poopy bit give that a stir season the taste with salt and let that continue to cook and sweat for two to three minutes stirring occasionally until the vegetables begin to soften then add your fire roasted diced tomato from earlier one and a quarter cup of chicken stock increase the heat to medium-high and bring to a boil then immediately reduce to low and simmer for about five to eight minutes or until reduced by a quarter add two cans of drained pinto beans and let that continue to simmer until everything is hot and those are papa's beans let's talk about grilling meats grilling meat meat grilled papa's fat meat right to keep the cost low we're going to use two pounds of boneless skinless chicken thighs in a small bowl combine one tablespoon of chipotle powder one tablespoon of ground cumin one teaspoon of ground cinnamon and one tablespoon of kosher salt give that some whiskey business and season all your chicky thighs on both sides generously with your seasoning give your thighs a light pounding just until they're flattened so they're even in thickness all the way through we don't need to be paper thin all right relax with the pounding now ideally you would place these in a container or a bag to cure in their seasoning over night obviously in the refrigerator or you can use them right away but you know which one do you think i want you to do of course overnight maximum flavor now fire up a grill of some sort and because this is a butt cheaper you can also just use what you got worst case scenario you can see these in a cast iron pan or grill pan here i'm using a japanese conroe grill which is traditionally used for yakitori always flexing now you're gonna want a hot side and a cool side of the grill lightly spray your grates or even the chicken with cooking spray place your thighs onto the hot side of the grill and let those bad boys get some nice grill marks in half turn if desired see the beauty of these conroe girls is you actually get grill action all over the chicken now once you have some good color and a touch of char about three to four minutes flip the chicken and repeat on the other side by the time both sides are nicely colored they should be fully cooked to an internal temperature of 165 fahrenheit but if not you can just toss those on the cooler side of your grill to finish cooking from the residual heat while you grill the rest of your chicken homies now as they finish place them on a tray covering with foil to keep your juicy moist thighs nice and hot for papa and optionally you can also add a nice squeeze of lime juice on top of your thighs for a very beautiful time okay we have all of our good good except our most important fajita peppers and onions guys why am i not seeing you make this more often it's too easy to continue saying no for any longer you're gonna need one large sweet onion julienned which is just cutting the top and the bottom off slicing it in half and then slicing it thinly across the grain like so to get lovely little half moons one large red bell pepper sliced into batons and one large green bell pepper also sliced into batons then just heat a large skillet over medium high and add 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil once that oil is hot hot oh my god add in your veg and let that sear to get some color about one to two minutes season it with kosher salt give it a good toss and continue to cook over medium high tossing often until you get some nice caramelization and charring on the vegetables and listen carefully texturally they should be soft but still have a little bit of bite to them then turn off the heat add three cloves of minced garlic stir that in and place it in a bowl to the side you can adjust the salt levels as needed you know i don't even know why these vegetables are so good because i feel like they shouldn't be considering the ingredients but uh anyway we're almost done don't forget to heat up enough corn or flour tortillas for four people i use my flour tortilla recipe which will save you a little money and they're about 10 times better and of course you can add guacamole or pico de gallo but that adds extra cost and in my opinion is fully optional but i do really love a good avocado or guac with this just to be honest now let's see if our fajita meal price to this per serving holds a candle to the rest fajitas we got the meat we got the lime this is beans rice vegetables tortillas and cheese now we forgot to buy cheddar cheese but it would cost this much to have cheese for your vaginas i had no block cheese but what i did have was this giant wheel of conte solid everybody says it's meat and followed by other toppings i would disagree beans are something soft or something that'll squish out you want that on the bottom followed by rice your chicken your fajita veg and finally you're gonna hit it with your cheddar cheese which should be cheddar cheese and a fat little juice of lime hello fold it up you got a taco you have all this for this much per person the chicken assuming that you grilled it it's got that smoky flavor the spices are spicy the rice is punchy tomatoey rich these beans are rich they're anxious there's just like a deep meatiness about them and that chorizo with a little bit of spice and then fajita vegetables you can't go wrong with peppers and onions sweet oniony peppery all wrapped up in a nice tortilla and for a cheap price now that's a fajita meal but cheaper you want to know what else is full of hot juicy thighs and beans b-roll [Music] all right guys and that is it so we made our fajitas and for a shockingly good price and at the end of the day it comes down to technique that's what the series is all about we make stuff cheap by using technique and paying attention to the flavor you love each and little ingredient give it a little kiss put a little blanket over it tuck it in go to bed and then you know devour its entire body we'll not talk about that this was inappropriate but cheaper we've got cinco de mayo coming up if you're watching it right now as it's being uploaded unless you're watching it in the future future yeah that's all i have to say i mean we made some pretty freaking good fajitas so with all that said if you enjoyed this video or you learned something leave like subscribe [Music] you

Channel: Joshua Weissman

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Length: 8min 51sec (531 seconds)

Published: Sun May 02 2021

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