Game Day Steak Fajitas

I don't know why I never tried fajitas before - they were SO easy!!  I started from a recipe off the back of the Mission tortilla bag and went from there.  I didn't get a "before" ingredient picture because I prepared everything in stages.  Again, I did a quick freeze on the meat so that I could cut it into strips - this makes it SO much easier!  I even had some that defrosted a little too much so I just stuck it back in the freezer a little longer and once it firmed up, easy once again.  Start to finish, cooking time for this meal took less than 30 minutes.  It took about 15 minutes to prep the meat and slice the veggies, prior to that, but all in all, an easy meal!  You'll need:

• about 1 pound of sirloin steak
• Italian dressing
• chili pepper
• 1 green pepper, cut into strips
• 1 sweet onion, sliced
• 2 tbs olive oil
• tortillas
• tomatoes (optional, garnish)
• avocado (optional, garnish)
• sour cream (optional, garnish)
• shredded cheese (optional, garnish)

The original recipe said to marinate steak strips in Italian dressing for 6-24 hours beforehand.  This would be great if I had made time to do this that far in advance.  However, reality strikes and I marinated my steak for about 2 hours prior to cooking.  It turned out fine, but I'm sure the longer time in the marinade, the better.  Use enough Italian dressing to thoroughly coat all meat.

Before you get started cooking, wrap tortillas in foil and put in oven to warm.  I put mine in at 350 and then lowered it to 'warm' after about 15 minutes until we were ready to eat.

Cook marinated meat in 2 tbs olive oil, over medium heat until browned

Add onions and green peppers, cook to desired tenderness.  I covered the pan here and it worked well.  In the last few minutes of cooking, I added about 1 tbs chili pepper.  You can easily adjust any of these measurements to suit your own taste.  We like chili pepper at our house, so the more, the better!

This next step is only for mushroom-loving crazies like me.  I've decided that I have a love of mushrooms that parallels my love of garlic powder.  You get the idea.  Anyway, so I removed the meat/onion mixture and left the juices in the pan...and you know what comes next - I added the mushrooms right to that!  Oh, yummmmmy!  (I know for you fajita enthusiasts, this is blasphemy, but I'm telling you, I just wanted mushrooms on this night.  And let me tell you, it worked!)

Last step - load up your fajitas!!  We will be having these again!  I was initially skeptical about the Italian dressing marinade for the fajitas, but it totally works.  Everyone in the family made their fajitas differently and the way they wanted so it was fabulous!

What's your favorite fajita?