Fajitas?? To cut or not to cut??

[Burntorange Bowhunter]

If in a skillet it is not fajitas....more like chinese pepper steak.

I have never heard of anyone slicing fajitas before they cook them.

I know that it says fajitas on that package but the is actually carnitas. I guess you could make a carnitas taco and if on flour tortillas with bell pepper and onion you could call it a fajita. Most of the time pork carnitas are eaten on corn tortillas with onions and cilantro.

[twobittxn]

Grill then cut length wise.

[b.latiolais]

Well okay then! I assumed as much but when I was reading thru some of the discada threads and noticed the fajitas all cut up I started second guessing myself. Makes sense but I thought I would ask anyways!

Thanks for the quick replies.

[b.latiolais]

If in a skillet it is not fajitas....more like chinese pepper steak.

I have never heard of anyone slicing fajitas before they cook them.

I know that it says fajitas on that package but the is actually carnitas. I guess you could make a carnitas taco and if on flour tortillas with bell pepper and onion you could call it a fajita. Most of the time pork carnitas are eaten on corn tortillas with onions and cilantro.

Well they actually had a separate type of pork packaged as Carnitas. I guess maybe it had different seasonings?

[Smart]

If on the grill, cook whole then cut or they dry out.

If in a skillet or discada, sliced up.

[Leon County Slayer]

not sure how you could slice first then throw on the grill.
**give them 30 minutes in a combo of soy, pineapple and water and thank me later (oh, and Pappasitto's)

[SaltwaterSlick]

Like mine still pretty rare so I grill then cut. And I too use the HEB pre marinated stuff too. Works out pretty good. Before I put the meat on, I cut up bell peppers mushrooms and onions and put a little Allegro and butter in an iron skillet and put that on the grill first. When they have cooked down to almost ready, I put the fajita flank steaks on... take em all off at the same time and heat up a few tortillas on the grill and in no time, you've got a meal fit for a king!

[b.latiolais]

not sure how you could slice first then throw on the grill.
**give them 30 minutes in a combo of soy, pineapple and water and thank me later (oh, and Pappasitto's)

Wouldn't throw them on the grill if I sliced them first. I want them to be tender so if it is better to slice them and cook them in a skillet then I would do that.

So maybe that is a different question. Would you cook them whole on the grill or slice them and cook'em in a skillet? (I don't have a disc)

[Jamesl]

Cook then cut. HEB brand's quality has went going downhill imo. I see you hunt in Edwards County. If you drive through Uvalde, you should stop at Uvalde Meat Mkt and pick up some of their beef fajitas. You won't be disappointed.

[Burntorange Bowhunter]

Well they actually had a separate type of pork packaged as Carnitas. I guess maybe it had different seasonings?

Sales plot. The ones that say fajitas are for the yuppies that don't know what carnitas are. LOL.

[Brett C]

If doing in a disk cooker or cast iron skillet with the bell peppers and onions then yes I cut. If doing on the grill I cook first then cut.

This .

[b.latiolais]

Like mine still pretty rare so I grill then cut. And I too use the HEB pre marinated stuff too. Works out pretty good. Before I put the meat on, I cut up bell peppers mushrooms and onions and put a little Allegro and butter in an iron skillet and put that on the grill first. When they have cooked down to almost ready, I put the fajita flank steaks on... take em all off at the same time and heat up a few tortillas on the grill and in no time, you've got a meal fit for a king!

Our HEB makes fresh Tortillas right there in the store too. Got a couple bags of those as well. That place is awesome.

[Jaybo31]

Oh and slice up a couple three jalapenos, a yellow onion and some bell pepper. Wrap in foil with butter and a little garlic salt and set to the side on the grill while the fajitas are cookin

[J. Colwell]

I have never heard of anyone slicing fajitas before they cook them.

Well now you have and by the way, I have been told numerous times by many folks that my fajitas where the best they have ever ate thanks to the Ragin Blaze Fajita Seasoning. But I guess according to everyone else, I've been doing it all wrong.

[b.latiolais]

Sales plot. The ones that say fajitas are for the yuppies that don't know what carnitas are. LOL.

Who you calling yuppie?