How to Use fajita in a Sentence

fajita

noun
  • This hot sauce would be the perfect choice for tacos, fajitas, and tamales.
    Jorie Nicole McDonald, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The tortillas for the fajita can warm for a few minutes on a lower shelf in the same oven.
    Linda Gassenheimer, Twin Cities, 10 June 2019
  • The steak-and-chicken fajita platter is the only dish on the menu over $10.
    Ron Hurtibise, Sun-Sentinel.com, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Stick with the gooey guy and learn how to make fajitas, Indonesian fried rice and lots of adorable creature bites.
    Kat Bein, Billboard, 2 Feb. 2018
  • From the grill, there are fajitas, steak and chicken entrees.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2023
  • This is an easy meal to transport, and Nueve’s fajitas go great with their Coconut Cheese Flan.
    Grubhub, Bon Appetit, 19 May 2017
  • This is an easy meal to transport, and Nueve’s fajitas go great with their Coconut Cheese Flan.
    Grubhub, Bon Appetit, 19 May 2017
  • Guests were treated to a fajita bar with all the fixings for dinner.
    Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Second later, a waiter brings in a tray of fajitas as smoke begins to waft across the stage.
    Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Made to inspire oohs and ahhs, the dish is the spiritual cousin of the Tex-Mex fajita served on a hot cast iron skillet.
    Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 2 Sep. 2019
  • Ditto for that other staple of the Tex-Mex space, the fajita platter.
    Andy Staples, SI.com, 29 Jan. 2018
  • Teams are required to make one of the following: chicken, ribs, brisket, fajitas and pulled pork.
    Houston Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2020
  • El Piquin offers chicken, beef or shrimp fajitas, or try the fish fillet ranchero or fish tacos.
    Bud Kennedy, star-telegram, 16 May 2018
  • The evening includes a fajita dinner, a dessert auction and dancing to the music of Password.
    Houston Chronicle, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Our fajita and fundido vegetables all get beer as part of the process.
    Kristine M. Kierzek, Journal Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Zei got tacos with fajita meat instead and then spent close to an hour sitting on the end of the bed, slowly assembling and eating them.
    kansascity, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Serve sheet pan shrimp fajitas at the table and let people fill their own tortillas or fill the tortillas as soon as the shrimp and vegetables are ready.
    Linda Gassenheimer, miamiherald, 4 June 2019
  • Beef fajitas were all sizzle and no spice, laid out on an iron platter spitting oil through billows of steam.
    Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 22 Aug. 2019
  • The menu is wide ranging from gyros, pizza and grilled chicken to salads, fajitas and tacos.
    Greg Morago, Houston Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Move on to making omelets, fajitas, and breads (which are surprisingly fun to make).
    Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 30 Jan. 2020
  • Stop into El Rincon, and kids 10 and younger eat free with the purchase of an adult entree like fajitas, tilapia poblano or tacos al carbon.
    Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 1 June 2023
  • Beef fajita puffy taco with peppers, onions, lettuce, tomatoes and cheese on a handmade masa shell from Taco House.
    Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Here outside Austin, where Fucarile lives about half the time, an armed diner enjoying a fajita is part of the tableau.
    Mark Arsenault, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2023
  • On a sizzling iron platter spitting oil and onions, beef bulgogi speaks to the fajita center of our brains.
    Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 3 May 2018
  • And if the fajitas don’t strike your fancy, more choices can be found next door at Sundowners or Cactus Jack’s Pub.
    Bob Rountree, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Even seemingly healthy dishes, such as chicken fajitas can, with all the trimmings, pack on the fat and calories.
    Ann Maloney, NOLA.com, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Go for undervalued cuts like hangar steak, skirt steak, and fajita meat.
    Natalie B. Compton, GQ, 31 May 2018
  • Their more bracing bitterness plays well in spicy foods, such as fajitas, or rich ones, such as pizza.
    Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2023
  • The bright yellow and blue walls, with green trim and orange accents, are obscured by the smoke wafting from passing platters of fajitas.
    Reid Wilson, chicagotribune.com, 26 Feb. 2018
  • There will be roast duck with flaky scallion tortillas in the style of fajitas and an onsite smoker turning out Chinese sticky ribs.
    Kate Kassin, Bon Appétit, 7 Sep. 2023

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