Recipe: Caribbean Chicken Fajitas

CARIBBEAN CHICKEN FAJITAS

4 chicken breast halves, skinned, boned, cut in long strips
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1/2 teaspoon seasoned pepper
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 large garlic cloves, minced
1 medium green pepper, roasted, cut in strips*
1 medium gold pepper, roasted, cut in strips*
1 medium red pepper, roasted, cut in strips*
1 medium yellow pepper, roasted, cut in strips*
1/3 cup julienne-cut jicama
1/3 cup chopped green onion
1/3 cup sliced red onion
10 flour tortillas (6 1/2 inch)
Orange Picante Salsa: recipe follows
green onions cut into daisies
cilantro

In shallow bowl, place chicken; sprinkle with garlic salt and seasoned pepper. Stir to coat. In frypan, place oil and heat to medium-high temperature. Add garlic; saut 1 minute. Add chicken and cook, stirring, about 10 minutes or until fork tender. Remove from heat. In large bowl, mix together green pepper, gold pepper, red pepper, yellow pepper, jicama, green onion and red onion. On warm serving platter, arrange in three parts, chicken, pepper mixture and tortillas with bowl of Orange Picante Salsa in center. Garnish with green onion daisies and cilantro. To serve, place in center of each tortilla, chicken strips and pepper mixture. Top with Orange Picante Salsa and fold both sides of tortilla over filling.

Makes 5 servings of 2 tortillas each.

Orange Picante Salsa:
In medium bowl, mix together 1 cup bottled picante sauce, 2 tablespoons orange marmalade and 1/4 cup fresh cilantro. Stir to blend.

*To roast peppers, place under broiler, turning until charred. Cool. With knife point, remove stem, seeds and skin.

Source: National Chicken Council