Fajita Sammies

I am always trying new ways of fixing old meals.  I am also a big fan of versatile ingredients I can make to have on hand.  Some of my favorites that work well for lots of different meals are:  rice (plain white), ground beef, stewing beef and chicken breast.  I like to make some of these and switch up what I make over the course of the week.

This week, I cooked up some stewing beef and had it in the fridge.  Besides the obvious use of making stew with it, my favorite use is for fajitas.  Normally, I have tortillas on hand, along with a packet of fajita seasoning mix.  Well, today I didn't have either of those.  I had the stewing beef, red bell pepper and onion.  But nothing to put it in.  So, with a little creativity, I came up with:  Fajita Sammies (which is just a fancy way of saying Fajitas on a sandwich).  So, here is my recipe:

Fajita Sammies

1 lb stewing beef, cut into bite size pieces
1 medium onion, chopped
1-2 bell peppers, sliced
2 Tbsp olive oil
1 Tbsp cumin
1 Tbsp chili powder
2 tsp garlic salt
12 slices of bread, toasted and buttered

In skillet, heat oil.  Add onion and saute until slightly caramelized.  Add stewing beef and cook as you like it (I prefer mine med well to well done).  Add the peppers and spices just before the meat is cooked to your liking.  Let simmer until the peppers are cooked through.  Make sure to coat all ingredients with the spices.

While the meat is cooking, toast or broil your bread and butter it.  For extra flavor, add a sprinkling of paprika to the buttered bread.

Once the meat is all ready to go, divide it up and serve it on the bread!  You can add the extras like guacamole and salsa, if desired.

When you are ready to take a bite, roll it like a taco shell around the meat filling.  Mmmmm!  Enjoy!