Veggie fajitas with beans, peppers, avocado, coriander and lime, on a chopping board with lime wedges and a knife

Veggie fajitas

Name: Veggie fajitas
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: oil for frying; 1 onion halved and sliced; 1 red pepper sliced; ½ tsp ground cumin; ¼ tsp hot-smoked paprika; ½ tsp mild chilli powder; 400g tin black beans rinsed and drained; 4 flour tortillas warmed; 50g mature cheddar grated; 4 tbsp soured cream; hot sauce to serve; 1 small avocado diced; 2 small tomatoes diced; ¼ red onion finely chopped; 2 tsp of chopped pickled jalapeños (optional); a handful coriander chopped; ½ lime juiced

Janine Ratcliffe

Published: June 19, 2020 at 10:27 PM

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Serves 2

Easy

Total time: 30 mins

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Make it a fajita night with this speedy veggie dinner, perfect for the whole family to enjoy. Use a little mild chilli powder to give these wraps a kick, and hot-smoked paprika for colour

Vegetarian

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Alternatives

Complete the dish

Enjoy these veggie fajitas with homemade tomato salsa and guacamole, then check out our chicken fajitas, steak fajitas and halloumi fajitas.

Fore more meat-free options, try our vegetarian burritos, vegetarian enchiladas, vegetarian sausage rolls and other vegetarian recipes.

Ingredients

Nutrition

oil

for frying
1 onion

halved and sliced
1 red pepper

sliced
½ tsp ground cumin
¼ tsp hot-smoked paprika
½ tsp mild chilli powder
400g tin black beans

rinsed and drained
4 flour tortillas

warmed
50g mature cheddar

grated
4 tbsp soured cream
hot sauce

to serve

AVOCADO SALSA

1 small avocado

diced
2 small tomatoes

diced
¼ red onion

finely chopped
2 tsp of chopped pickled jalapeños

(optional)
a handful coriander

chopped
½ lime

juiced

Nutrition: per serving

kcal760
fat38.2g
saturates14.9g
carbs68.4g
sugars13.8g
fibre18.9g
protein26.1g
salt2.4g

Method

step 1

Toss all the salsa ingredients together with a good pinch of salt and leave to sit while you make the fajitas.
step 2

Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a large pan and cook the onion and pepper over a high heat until softened and starting to char at the edges. Turn down the heat and add the spices, tossing well. Add the beans with a splash of water and keep cooking until the beans are piping hot.
step 3

Serve the beans in warm tortillas with the salsa, cheese, soured cream and hot sauce, if you like.

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