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Homemade Chicken Fajitas with Vegetables

How to Cook Peppers & Onions for Fajitas

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Jon Williams

Fajitas were born of necessity. Mexican ranch workers in the 1930s and 19040s were given tough cuts of butchered steer as part of their wages. They learned how to make the best of chewy skirt steak by grilling it, cutting it into narrow strips and rolling it into a tortilla along with piles of fried peppers and onions.