How to Use fajita in a Sentence

fajita

noun
  • Try them as a side dish for fajitas or eat them over rice.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 7 May 2026
  • This hot sauce would be the perfect choice for tacos, fajitas, and tamales.
    — Jorie Nicole McDonald, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Sausages that take their cue from the flavors of fajitas are filled with gooey cheese and taste of fresh cilantro.
    — Elazar Sontag, Bon Appétit, 9 Sep. 2024
  • From the grill, there are fajitas, steak and chicken entrees.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 12 July 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
  • Guests were treated to a fajita bar with all the fixings for dinner.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The menu includes chilaquiles, menudo, and fajitas and eggs.
    — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Customers can add chicken or steak fajita meat, green chile pork or brisket for an extra charge.
    — Imelda García, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Go for undervalued cuts like hangar steak, skirt steak, and fajita meat.
    — Natalie B. Compton, GQ, 31 May 2018
  • Choose between street tacos, sizzling fajitas, classic surf and turf, and much more.
    — Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 19 Jan. 2025
  • On Fridays, that means fajitas, which are of course sizzling.
    — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
  • 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
  • Our fajita and fundido vegetables all get beer as part of the process.
    — Kristine M. Kierzek, Journal Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2022
  • This make-ahead casserole tastes like fajitas minus the tortillas.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Pair with Asian cuisine or with fajitas and Las Cruces green chili.
    — Tom Mullen, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • El Piquin offers chicken, beef or shrimp fajitas, or try the fish fillet ranchero or fish tacos.
    — Bud Kennedy, star-telegram, 16 May 2018
  • Switch up taco night with this spin on fajitas that only requires 25 minutes of hands-on time.
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Top shrimp mixture with cilantro leaves with tender stems and serve with warm tortillas and lime wedges for building fajitas.
    — Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 May 2026
  • The steak-and-chicken fajita platter is the only dish on the menu over $10.
    — Ron Hurtibise, Sun-Sentinel.com, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Move on to making omelets, fajitas, and breads (which are surprisingly fun to make).
    — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 30 Jan. 2020
  • Add bell peppers when making fajitas.
    — Vanessa Caceres, Verywell Health, 10 June 2026
  • Store leftover steak fajitas in airtight containers in the fridge up to 4 days.
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 July 2025
  • The editors choose these fajitas for that reason.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Make the restaurant-style sizzling fajitas into a pasta with this dinner mash-up.
    — Amanda Favazza, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Fajita lovers also have a chance to get Taco Bell fajita merch.
    — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
  • The two restaurants are new in Benbrook, packing a full house at night for burgers, fajitas and drinks.
    — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 May 2026
  • This dish packs all the flavor of your typical fajita night, but with the bonus of also only using one-pot.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2024
  • This dish packs all the flavor of your typical fajita night, but with the bonus of also only using one-pot.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 25 Feb. 2026

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