Beef Fajitas
Beef fajitas made with the Thermomix TM7: tender beef strips with peppers and garlic in a homemade Mexican spice mix, wrapped in fresh tortillas. The mixing bowl blends flour, lard and salt into tortilla dough and mixes the spice mix evenly. A flavourful Mexican main course the whole family will enjoy.
About this recipe
Beef fajitas Thermomix TM7 style bring the spirit of a Mexican street kitchen straight to your table. This recipe proves how versatile the all-in-one kitchen machine really is: plain flour, lard and sea salt are mixed into a supple tortilla dough, while the blades blend your own Mexican spice mix with baking powder and garlic for a fresher, bolder taste than any packet version. The peppers soften alongside the beef, and everything is finished with generously grated Cheddar. Searching for fajitas recipes or a quick weeknight dinner usually ends in jars of ready-made seasoning, but here every element is homemade. Serve the tortillas warm so they stay pliable, pile in the beef and pepper filling, and let everyone build their own wrap at the table. A guaranteed hit for family dinners, casual gatherings and Friday taco nights alike.
Preparation tips
- Rest the tortilla dough before rolling it out; this relaxes the gluten in the plain flour and makes each wrap much easier to roll thin without tearing or shrinking back.
- Slice the peppers and beef into even strips so they cook at the same rate; uneven pieces mean some stay crunchy while others turn soft before the Cheddar is even grated.
- Warm the tortillas in a dry pan just before serving and keep them covered under a clean tea towel, so they stay flexible enough to fold around the beef and pepper filling.
Recipe variations
- Chicken fajitas: swap the beef for chicken thigh strips and add a squeeze of lime with fresh coriander at the end; the Mexican spice mix works just as well with poultry for a lighter version.
- Vegetarian fajitas: replace the beef with Portobello mushrooms and black beans, and use butter or vegetable fat instead of lard in the tortilla dough for a meat-free taco night.
Thermomix TM7 Benefits
- Flour, lard and salt are combined into uniform tortilla dough in seconds, giving wraps a consistent texture without any hand kneading.
- Weighing the plain flour and water directly in the mixing bowl guarantees the tortilla dough has exactly the right moisture for pliable wraps.
- Grinding the Mexican spice mix from whole spices delivers a fresher, more aromatic seasoning for the beef than any shop-bought packet.
- Heating the peppers and garlic at a controlled temperature softens them evenly without burning the spices onto the bowl.
- Grating a block of Cheddar in seconds creates fine, even shavings that melt quickly over the warm beef filling.
Ingredients
- plain flour
- lard
- fine sea salt
- water
- baking powder
- garlic cloves
- oil
- stewing steak
- red peppers
- green peppers