Mmmm...can you hear the lime fajita recipe sizzling?  I crave good, savory food this time of year, and this is such a simple, quick dinner with loads of flavor.   It's a nice change from sugar cookies and cheeseballs.   And it's *fast*...as in 'set the table before you start heating the pan' fast. 
And delicious.  It's definitely man pleasin' vittles.

Oh, and I've been playing around with a new way to do a printable recipe...check the end of the post for the link!

This is what you'll need to make this *easy* lime fajita recipe:

Fajita strips...or you can buy a flank steak or (my favorite) london broil...aka 'top round' steak, and slice it thin.
You'll also need an onion or two, some oil with a high heat point (not olive oil), freshly diced or granulated garlic, a few limes, and some salt.   Just a few, simple ingredients that pack huge flavor.

Oh, and I wasn't kidding about setting the table first.  Go ahead and slice up the avocado and get it ready to go.  We're on a mission.

First, turn the oven on low, and warm up a serving platter, and your tortillas.  I remove the tortillas from the package, and wrap them in foil, with a splash of water.  

Now, to prep all of your ingredients.  If you've bought a whole steak, you want to slice your meat thinly.  Sometimes, I will freeze the meat for an hour or two to make it easier to slice.   A little under 1/4 inch slices do nicely.  You want it to cook quickly.
Next, you can start heating up a heavy skillet on high heat, while you finish your prep work.  Slice 2-3 limes in half, and cut your onions into 1/4 inch slices...separate the onion slices out into rings.  Put all of your prepped ingredients, the warm serving platter, and your salt and garlic right at hand.  This comes together quickly.

Add a quick pour of oil to your pan, and keep it over a high flame.  You want the pan *HOT*. 
When it's smoking and shimmering nicely, carefully lay in onion slices to cover the bottom of the pan.  I like to use tongs to add ingredients into the pan and stir or toss them around.  As soon as you lay the onions down, start laying in the meat slices on top of them. 

You want the meat laying over the onion slices, so it's not really directly touching the pan yet...just steaming over the cooking onions.  Of course, parts of it will touch and sear, and that's just fine.  Let it cook for a minute, and then add in fresh or granulated garlic.  Immediately begin flipping it over and tossing it around sort of like a stir fry.  You want to flip it over, and then let it rest just a minute to get some browning going. 
It cooks fast.  As soon as the meat is cooked and just a bit seared, move it off onto the platter, and squeeze a lime over it, and sprinkle with salt.

Repeat these same steps...oil/onion/meat (pause) garlic/toss (pause) move to platter/lime/salt...

keep it going until the meat is gone...

and you've got a gorgeous stack of fajita meat, and drooling men swarming your kitchen.

Serve with additional lime wedges, and fresh cut avocado if desired.

Printable Lime Fajita Recipe