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fajita

fa·ji·ta [ fə-ˈhē-tə]

fajita

noun

[fə-ˈhē-tə]

Definition of fajita

: a marinated strip usually of beef or chicken grilled or broiled and served usually with a flour tortilla and various savory fillings —usually used in plural

Recent Examples on the Web

//To that end, Chua Giac Minh also serves food to homeless people in Redwood City once a month, though the volunteers tailor the menu to their audience with a broader range of foods like spaghetti, fajitas and cookies.
— Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, "Where do you find amazing vegan Vietnamese food in the Bay Area? Look for this Buddhist temple in East Palo Alto," 11 Oct. 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, "Review: Aldaco’s Mexican Cuisine restaurant is mid-level Mexican food in San Antonio’s Stone Oak," 22 Aug. 2019
//The evening includes a fajita dinner, a dessert auction and dancing to the music of Password.
— Houston Chronicle, "SL Fort Bend Calendar 091819," 16 Sep. 2019
//Tex-Mex egg rolls, essentially a chicken fajita stuffed into a crunchy fried shell, are a stroke of genius.
— Los Angeles Times, "Review: The Cheesecake Factory is the restaurant America wants, deserves," 20 Aug. 2019
//Houston, brace yourselves for a new round of queso, fajitas and margaritas.
— Darla Guillen Gilthorpe, Houston Chronicle, "Seek out these hot, new & upcoming Tex-Mex and Mexican restaurants in Houston," 23 Aug. 2019
//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, "In fine dining, soup is the ultimate humblebrag," 2 Sep. 2019
//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, "Florida Keys: Road food landmarks on the Overseas Highway," 1 Aug. 2019
//The tortillas for the fajita can warm for a few minutes on a lower shelf in the same oven.
— Linda Gassenheimer, miamiherald, "Try the sheet pan dinner trend with these tasty shrimp fajitas," 4 June 2019

First Known Use of fajita

1971, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for fajita

American Spanish, diminutive of Spanish faja sash, belt, probably from Catalan faixa, from Latin fascia band — more at fascia

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