Light Chicken Fajita Sandwich

Name: Light Chicken Fajita Sandwich
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 medium baguette; 2 chicken breast fillets, cut into slices; 200 g low-fat yellow cheese, grated; 1 green bell peppers, cut into thin slices; 2 onions, sliced into rings; 4 tablespoons barbecue sauce; 1 tablespoons vegetable oil; pepper; salt; Marinade:; 1/4 cup lemon juice; 1 tablespoon vinegar; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 2 cloves garlic, mashed; 1/2 teaspoon sugar; 1/2 teaspoon cumin; 1/2 teaspoon paprika; salt

Carole Makhoul Hani @cook_5061744

Beirut، Lebanon

Light Chicken Fajita Sandwich

Carole Makhoul Hani @cook_5061744

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Ingredients

20 mins

4 servings

4 medium baguette
2 chicken breast fillets, cut into slices
200 glow-fat yellow cheese, grated
1 green bell peppers, cut into thin slices
2 onions, sliced into rings
4 tablespoonsbarbecue sauce
1 tablespoonsvegetable oil
pepper
salt
Marinade:
1/4 cuplemon juice
1 tablespoonvinegar
2 tablespoonsolive oil
2 clovesgarlic, mashed
1/2 teaspoonsugar
1/2 teaspooncumin
1/2 teaspoonpaprika
salt

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Steps

20 mins

1

In a bowl, mix all the marinade ingredients together. Add the chicken pieces and mix to coat all the pieces. Cover the bowl and leave to marinate in the fridge for a minimum of 2 hours.
2

Heat the oil in a pan. Remove the chicken pieces from its marinade and cook them in the pan until almost done.
3

Add in the strips of green pepper and onion rings. Season with salt and pepper and keep on cooking until the vegetables are tender. Turn off the heat.
4

Open each sandwich roll and spread the insides with 1 tbsp of barbecue sauce. Distribute the cooked chicken and vegetables evenly among the 4 baguettes spreading them on top of the barbecue sauce.
5

Divide the cheese into 4 equal batches. Sprinkle one batch of cheese inside each sandwich roll on top of all the ingredients.
6

Close and heat the sandwiches on the grill or in a toaster until the cheese melts.
7

Serve hot.

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Carole Makhoul Hani @cook_5061744

on November 15, 2010 12:33

Beirut، Lebanon

I love food and have always enjoyed eating food from all kinds of cuisines!Becoming a professional dietitian has helped me enjoy delicious foods while maintaining good health and weight because it has taught me how to cook recipes in lighter healthier ways. Therefore, I can eat all kinds of dishes without feeling guilty about it!This is what i try to practice at home also for my family. I always cook and try new light recipes as my time allows. However, when eating out, i will not hide that we eat whatever we please :) And this is completely fine as long as a healthy overall balance of food intake is maintained.This is the nutritional knowledge that I love to provide and teach to all of you on Shahiya.com because it brings me great satisfaction to see people become healthier and lose weight while enjoying their life and eating what they desire.I will also try my best to provide you with diet recipes that are varied enough to help you enjoy all kinds of food without any compromise on your weight and health!For more information on my professional track, please check my personal page: http://www.shahiya.com/english/profile.aspx Favorite things to cook: Italian food like pastas and pizzas, more recipes of which are to come on shahiya.com so stay posted ;)