Help spicing up a recipe

[ketherian]

Hi - long time lurker, first time poster.
Last night I made up Southwestern Steak, Corn, and Black Bean Wraps (from the July 2005 issue of Cooking Light magazine, p210 by Barbara Seelig Brown Magazine or registration required).

The fajitas/wraps are filled with:

• lime juice
• cumin
• red onion
• black pepper
• corn

Comments

[ex_mthrtong]

I agree re: experimenting with chiles -- another thing to do, of course, is to just add some chili powder. I generally mix chili powder, cumin, black pepper, and dried red peppers for things like tacos and fajitas -- a pretty simple way to add some spiciness that is not one-dimensional.

[sylvie]

cilantro! If you take jalapenos and grill/roast them or something, then wrap them in a bowl with plastic wrap immediately to steam the skins off and then take the seeds out, they're much milder and really good. If you want to go for adventurous, try mango, diced fine.