Take a break from war, war, more war, and The Great Reset, and get an insight on cooking.
No, this isn't expert chef stuff. This is one person introducing the other person in the house to Tex-Mex cuisine.
Ordinarily, you marinade the meat and vegetables ahead of putting them on the grill. With the f***ing time change, it gets too dark to early to grill. Thus, one shifts to stove top.
Now, A has eaten Tex-Mex forever, B has eaten reasonable facsimiles. A is transitioning B to the real deal.
Now, B was agreeing to grill, but...B weaseled out because dark, blah blah blah.
So, A stepped up to the skillet and discovered we had no orange juice! B went to town, got some.
For grilling, one marinades the meat and veggies. For stove top, just saute chicken, strips of bell pepper, slices of onion in olive oil, and get them softened and sort of caramelized, then add a mixture of orange juice, lime juice, a dash of cayenne, and a healthy sprinkle of cumin and garlic power, stir, and add to the pan. Stir, reduce the marinade, put the flour tortillas over a flame for a couple of minutes, load it with the mixture, top with sour cream, salsa, grated cheese,and jalapenos. From prep to table is 20 minutes or so.
So, the couple's aspect was slicing the chicken breasts. A didn't get it done quickly. A claims a bad knife. B had to come to the rescue, since A had the oil heating, and it began smoking, and B yelled, "You always burn shit, let me do this!" Thus, A resumed checking the internet for emails, slugged down a beer, which A wanted to do while B grilled, which didn't happen. A gave moral support. And sliced the veggies, grated the cheese.
The reason I didn't give amounts of orange juice, the main ingredient, or lime juice, or amount of garlic or cumin or red pepper, that is up to whomever likes whatever. To each his own on the amount of those essential ingredients. I can say, for a bell pepper, a small onion, and 2 chicken breasts, the marinade was just under 2 cups. heavy on orange juice, much lighter on the lime juice.
Hope you all try some of this, and remember: All you have to do to get out of cooking to go sit on the front porch and drink beer is to burn shit as soon as you start "cooking". LOL!
BTW, this marinade works for beef fajitas as well.
Let me know if anyone tries this.
Also, let me know if your Dear One yells at you, then eats and brags about "perfect! Just delicious! My compliments to the sort of chef!"
I hope you enjoyed a few minutes away from this cruel world and constant bad news, and got ideas for a future meal, and the trick to avoid cooking it.