I've been using my slow cooker more and more lately. I guess my laziness has increased? Who knows. What I do know is, fajitas are pretty easy to make. And fajitas in the slow cooker are so easy a two-year-old could manage (you might not get your vegetables cut into neat little strips like mine, but I bet they'd make it into the slow cooker eventually).
By the way, it's fa-hee-tas, not fa-ji-tas. Just in case you were wondering.
(I know you weren't, but I wanted to elbow that reference in somewhere. Sorry)
By the way: what's the difference between fajitas and tacos? I literally have no clue. I know tacos are often eaten in hard shells, so I guess that's one difference, but you can get soft tacos too, right? Which are surely just fajitas? I don't know. Maybe what I've made here are actually tacos. It's all a mystery to me. I don't really mind though, because it all tastes amazing. If I was on death row (which... hopefully will never happen, especially since capital punishment doesn't happen in the UK), my last meal would definitely involve some sort of Mexican food.
Soft flour tortillas, vegetables, cheese... you really can't go far wrong.
If only I'd had some sour cream to dollop on top, these would have been perfect.
Remember, the filling of a fajita (/taco? I don't know, I've confused myself) is just the beginning - make sure you get loads of toppings on there too. I was pretty restrained with my fresh coriander and grated cheese, but I'm thinking you could go for some big slabs of avocado, maybe some salsa... yum.
You can totally make these vegan by the way, just forego the cheese or use a vegan substitute (I'd recommend the latter, since fajitas without cheese are like pizza without cheese, i.e. probably fairly tasty, but a bit pointless in my eyes).
- 1 onion, halved and then thinly sliced
- 3 peppers, cut into strips (I used one red, one green and one yellow)
- 1tbsp oil
- 1tsp hot chilli powder
- 1tsp smoked paprika
- ½ teaspoon ground coriander
- 200g cherry tomatoes, halved
- To serve: 6 mini flour tortillas, and your choice of toppings - grated cheese, fresh coriander, sour cream, salsa, avocado, etc.
- Place the first 6 ingredients (onion to ground coriander) in the slow cooker, and mix. Cook on high for around 1 ½ hours. Then add the tomatoes and cook for a further 2 hours.
- Serve in tortillas with your favourite toppings - I used fresh coriander and grated cheese.
If you'd prefer an alternative simple taco / fajita recipe, try my easy lentil and black bean tacos:
(yes, apparently I serve all Mexican food on the same plate now)
Jennifer Johnson says
I love making meat for tacos in the crock pot I never even thought of doing my veggies!! Sounds great when I don't feel like firing up the grill.
LittleMonsterx14 says
oh i love that you made these in the crock pot! looking delicious!
miss messy says
Becca you genius! and don't even talk to me about lazy, I have a multi cooker and it fries as well, I made chips the other day so filled it with oil and haven't used it since because I can't be bothered to take the oil out to use it as a slow cooker again. These might be the reason I do!
Also thank you so much for putting my recipe on Reddit (I have tried in the past, and have absolutely no idea what i'm doing!)
Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche says
Haha I love that, definitely my level of laziness ;)
And no worries with the Reddit thing - it's one of my best referrers :) You have to put quite a lot into it but you get a lot back too! It's a massive time suck though haha
Ansh | Spiceroots says
Oh what a great idea for a weeknight meal! thanks.
Michelle Lahey says
This is such a great idea for an easy - and delicious - weeknight meal!
Christine @ Cooking with Cakes says
those peppers and onions look gorgeous!
Corina says
I love fajitas. I've never tried them in the slow cooker before though but I'm always willing to give it a go.
cheri says
These look so colorful and fresh. Beautiful!
Lynne Gill says
Never used my slow cooker for these particular veggies, in fact haven't used it at all for ages. Is the result as droolworthy as slow roasted veggies? I can see the probable time benefit of using the slow-cooker but think I'd prefer to roast mine- you get all that gorgeous olive oil and veg juice sauce..(I'm dribbling as I type!)
Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche says
Yeah it's basically the same idea - the vegetables cook in their own juices and it all mixes with the spices to make a gorgeous silky, juicy sauce :)
Lynne Gill says
I'll give it a go!
Timaree says
The confusion comes in because of going meatless I think. Fajitas were traditionally grilled steak strips and veggies to enhance along with spices and wrapped in a soft flour tortilla. Tacos were ground or shredded seasoned meat in a corn tortilla which was usually a fried one. Fajitas usually don't have lettuce while that is a big part of a taco.
I think I'll try this recipe but I'll change out the coriander for cumin. That's the second to chili powder seasoning in my family. Your smoked paprika ought to give these the grilled essence,
Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche says
That makes a lot of sense! Thanks! :)