Love the ease of a sheet pan? Your next dinner should be these sheet pan steak and shrimp fajitas. Slice up the vegetables and give them a slight head start in the oven, so everything will be cooked at the same time. Serve with Mexican rice or lime-cilantro rice.
Ingredients
- chili powder: 2 tsp
- smoked paprika: 1 tsp
- Mexican oregano: 1 tsp
- salt: 1 tsp (to taste)
- ground cumin: 0.5 tsp
- garlic powder: 0.5 tsp
- cayenne pepper: 0.25 tsp (to taste)
- green bell pepper: 1 piece (sliced)
- red bell pepper: 1 piece (sliced)
- onion: 1 piece (sliced)
- olive oil: 3 Tbsp (divided)
- sirloin steak, sliced 1/4-inch thick across the grain: 1 pound
- medium shrimp: 16 piece (peeled and deveined)
- lime: 1 piece (halved)
- cilantro sprigs: 0.5 cup (fresh)
- (8-inch) flour tortillas: 8 piece
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Line 2 sheet pans with parchment paper or aluminum foil.
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Combine chili powder, smoked paprika, oregano, salt, cumin, garlic powder, and cayenne in a small bowl.
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In a large bowl, combine green bell pepper, red bell pepper, and onion with 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil and 1/2 of dry seasoning mixture. Toss until evenly coated with seasoning mixture and spread out in a single layer on one of the prepared pans.
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Meanwhile, in the same large bowl, toss steak and shrimp with remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil; add remaining seasoning and toss again. Place steak on one side of second prepared pan, with shrimp on the other side of pan.
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Place steak and shrimp on a rack below vegetables and roast both pans for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, swap rack positions of the pans, bringing the lower pan up, and placing the other pan on the rack below. Continue roasting until shrimp is pink and tightly curled, steak is cooked to medium, and vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes more. An instant read thermometer inserted in center of steak should read 140 degrees F (60 degrees C) . If steak or vegetables require more time, remove shrimp to a plate and keep warm, while other ingredients continue cooking. Squeeze juice of half a lime over contents of each sheet pan.
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To serve: Place a few steak strips, onion and pepper strips, 2 shrimp, and some cilantro on each tortilla. Roll up tortillas and contents jelly-roll fashion, and enjoy! Cook’s Note Two pans are used in this recipe to avoid crowding food in the pans, allowing food to roast rather than steam.We like these fajitas with avocado slices, cheese, sour cream, and cilantro, but you may add any toppings you and your family like!
