This is a great easy dinner idea. The recipe came from a Southern Living cookbook. You’re supposed to marinate your chicken (and/or beef), grill it, cut it into strips and make fajitas. This is quite good of course, but if you’re not planning on firing up the grill, do what I usually do—cut the raw chicken into strips, toss it with the marinade, and cook it in the Crock Pot for about 4 hours.

Chicken Taco/Fajita Marinade

• 1 cup Italian dressing
• 2 Tbsp. chili powder
• 2 tsp. ground cumin
• 1 tsp. brown sugar
• 1 tsp. pepper
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. garlic powder
• 1/4 tsp. ground chipotle (optional, but if you don’t have some, get some!)

Half of the marinade recipe is plenty to do about 4 chicken breasts, so I usually make the whole recipe and pour half in a jar (before it has touched the chicken, of course) to use next time.

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