Hands up if you enjoy Mexican food as much as I do! I’ve got great news for you if you’re avoiding gluten: Old El Paso is launching its first gluten-free meal kit, the Gluten Free Smoky BBQ Fajita Kit. It’s the most popular flavour in Old El Paso’s range and it’s now available for everyone. We’ve tried it (a few times already) and it’s epic!
Just to make sure it wasn’t just me who loved these gluten-free beauties, I asked my children (without mentioning the gluten-free element) as well as a few fellow foodies who’d tried them what they thought. We also had a bit of a ‘free from’ Mexican Feast with friends a few days ago. We made chicken fajitas, guacamole, vegan nachos and vegan fajitas. Check our little video below and scroll down if you’re after the recipes.
Our thoughts about the new Gluten Free Old El Paso Fajita Kit & Recipes
If I remember well, I first had Old El Paso fajitas when I was 16 or 17 years old. Since then, fajitas have become a staple for me and I really like making the flavoursome chicken wraps as a quick and easy Monday dinner using Sunday roast leftovers. It’s the kind of food everyone loves, so it means no arguments, moaning about dinner or hours spent by the stove.
Why we love the new Gluten Free Old El Paso Fajita Kit so much
The new gluten-free kit by Old El Paso means you don’t have to sacrifice your favourite meal choices even if you’re avoiding gluten. It’s refreshing to get a kit for everyone to sit together and enjoy a delicious allergy-friendly Mexican dinner, whether they be gluten-free, wheat-free, egg-free, nut-free or dairy-free. In fact, the kit is free from 13 out of the top 14 food allergens (contains soy).
Over the past five years, Jumpy and I have tried a lot of gluten-free food and the majority of ‘free from’ wraps and tortillas we tried were dry, brittle and tasted like cardboard. That’s honestly the best word I can think of to describe them. Not only do Old El Paso’s gluten-free flour tortillas taste the same as our regular ones when warmed in the oven or microwave, but they also fold without breaking, which makes the whole experience pretty enjoyable!
The Crossed Grain symbol on the kits is an internationally recognised seal of assurance for those who have to follow a gluten-free diet. “A recent Coeliac UK Membership survey indicated that Members actively seek out the Crossed Grain symbol as a source of trust and reassurance when making product choices.” Coeliac UK
Don’t just take my word for it!
Here is what a few fellow bloggers thought of the the new Gluten Free Old El Paso Fajita Kit:
“Having used Old El Paso kits before, the new gluten free version is a blessing, finally the whole family can sit down to a favourite family meal together without having to scour the shops for alternatives for our daughter.” Rebecca at ‘Glutarama‘
“My son (3 YO) is under a dietician as he has suspected Coeliac Disease. We are trying these on Sunday as a change from the classic roast dinner.” Jennii at ‘Life with Three and Me’
“Haven’t had a chance to actually cook with it yet, hoping to next week when I actually can use a kitchen. But impressed with the lack of allergens!!” Nina at ‘Eat Allergy Safe’
“We tried it this week and I was pleasantly surprised! I usually find gluten free alternatives taste quite different to the regular versions but this is utterly delicious and every bit as tasty!” “GF wraps are so cardboard like normally! I always think the true measure of GF success is when Gaz and the kids don’t notice it’s GF at all!” Laura at ‘Five Little Doves’
“I haven’t seen this in shops yet but have been hoping a gluten-free version would appear at some point!” Julie at ‘Pondering Parenthood’
“Ahhh! We literally JUST ate this tonight! I wanted to try it as I’m wondering what cutting gluten out would do for me. I thought they were great – we eat fajitas nearly every week [addict] and I’d gladly choose these over the normal kits.” Sara-Jayne at ‘Keep up with the Jones Family’
“Cooking with it again tomorrow! I was impressed with it, Jon couldn’t tell it was GF and it was all Callum safe apart from the salsa which is a big plus for me!” Nath at ‘The Intolerant Gourmand’
With no further ado, here are our recipes. If you cook it all, it will serve 4 adults. They’re pretty much ‘chuck it all in recipes’ so if you want to see how quick and easy it is all to make, watch our little video above.
A ‘free from’ Mexican Feast
Ingredients
Chicken Fajitas
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 300 g chicken cut into strips
- 1 red onion chopped
- 2 sweet pointed peppers sliced
- 1 Gluten-free Smoky BBQ Fajita Kit
- Optional to serve: guacamole, soured cream, sliced vegetables and coriander
Easy Peasy Chunky Guacamole
- 2 avocados - peeled stones removed and sliced
- 1/2 red onion finely chopped.
- 1 clove garlic minced.
- 1/2 red chilli pepper seeds removed and thinly sliced
- 5 cherry tomatoes chopped.
- juice and zest of a lime
- Chopped coriander, salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- To serve: gluten-free tortilla chips, lime slices and crunchy vegetable slices.
Gluten-free Vegan Fajitas
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 3 peppers
- 1 red onion cut into thin half moons
- a dozen baby chestnut mushrooms stems trimmed, wiped clean and sliced
- 1 Gluten-free Smoky BBQ Fajita Kit
- To serve: guacamole, chopped vegetables and lime slices
- Coriander to garnish
Gluten-free Vegan Nachos
- 100 g gluten-free tortilla chips
- 4 tablespoons salsa
- 1/2 a finely sliced chilli
- 1/2 a red onion finely chopped
- 80 g vegan ‘cheese' grated
Instructions
For the Chicken Fajitas
- In a medium pan over a high heat, warm the oil for 30 seconds. Add in the chicken strips and cook for about 5 minutes, stirring every minute or so.
- Throw in the onions, peppers and sprinkle over half of the seasoning mix for a mild dish, or the entire sachet for a kick.
Cook for a further 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add in a tablespoon or two of water if it gets too dry.
For the Guacamole
Mash the avocado on a plate, using the back of a fork. Add all other ingredients on top and fold.
Serve with gluten-free tortilla chips, lime slices and crunchy vegetables.
For the Vegan Fajitas
- Heat a pan over a medium-high heat. Once it is hot, add the vegetable oil to the pan, then the onion and 30 seconds later, the peppers.
- Cook, stirring regularly, until softened and slightly browned, then add the mushrooms and half the seasoning mix. Stir and cook for another two minutes, stirring. Set aside and cover to keep warm.
For the Gluten-free Vegan Nachos
Tip the tortilla chips onto a baking tray. Drizzle the salsa over the chips and sprinkle the chilli, 'cheese' and onion.
- Place under the grill for a couple of minutes or until the ‘cheese’ is melted. Serve with guacamole.
Warm all the tortillas together in the microwave (pierce the pack & give them 35 seconds) or the oven (10 minutes at 140ºC wrapped in foil).
What’s your favourite Mexican dish?
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A few other members of the ‘Free From Gang’ have been trying the kit too. Check out their posts and recipes:
- Jenna at ‘A Balanced Belly’ went for Turkey Fajitas with Courgettes, Onions and Avocado.
- Nath at ‘The Intolerant Gourmand‘ particularly liked how allergy-friendly the kit is, and the soft tortillas.
- Lauren at ‘Dilan and Me‘ served them with vegan cheese and they went down a treat in her dairy-free household!
Disclosure: This blog post is sponsored by Old El Paso but all opinions and photos are my own. The Gluten Free Smoky BBQ Fajita Kits by old El Paso are available in Tesco and Morrisons (RRP £4.49).
Love Old El Paso kits – so chuffed that they’ve caught up and are catering for all! Fab post #FreeFromFridays
Me too! It’s amazing that they’re making their kits so inclusive, isn’t it?
I am sooo pleased we finally found this kit in our local Tesco, I know you quote me in the post but this really is a game changer for our family, I just want our 13yr old daughter to feel ‘normal’ and not have to have different plates in the middle of the table to pick from. We’ve always enjoyed Old el Paso and they’re now No1. for gluten free in my eyes … lets hope there more exciting developments on the horizon.
You’ve summed it up so beautifully, Rebecca. It’s always been the same with me for Jumpy. You just want them to feel exactly the same as everyone else, and most of all, you don’t want them to miss out on anything. I think it’s huge that Old El Paso recognised the importance of making a whole kit completely gluten-free. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy actually 🙂
Mine would have to be a good Mexican chilli, or enchiladas, or fajitas, or, or… all of it! I’ve never come across a dish I didn’t like. These look absolutely incredible x
Hahaha, I’m just the same! The more I think about it, the more yummy dishes come to mind! I love Mexican food, eating with my hands, the whole sharing dish kind of attitude.
Definetly has to be cheesy nachos, always goes down well with the whole family
Same here, especially if we’re having a cinema party 🙂
Butternut squash fajitas
Ooooh, that sounds like my kind of thing! Do you oven roast the butternut squash first or steam it?
love salsa and Nachos x 🙂
Oh yeah! I’ve made Nachos twice in a couple of weeks: it’s so quick and yummy!
You’re making me hungry! I could literally eat Mexican food all day (I have a bad habit of buying breakfast burritos at Kings Cross!!). It’s great that Old El Paso are now catering for gluten free diets too. They seem to be sold out everywhere!
I know! They’re so good people grab them as soon as they hit the shelves! I managed to grab 3 kits this week. I was feeling pretty smug when I got to the till, hahaha!
I love chicken fajitas
Me too! So so good. I love adding a few crunchy veg and guacamole in mine 🙂
It might be more of a Tex-Mex thing, but mine is a chimichanga. I used to live near a wonderful Tex-Mex takeaway, and I always ordered that. It’s difficult to go wrong with Mexican, though! It’s a wonderful cuisine.
I couldn’t agree more. You can’t go wrong with Mexican food!
I love veggie tacos. Mexican is my all time favourite food yum.
I love tacos too! What vegetables do you use in yours?
chicken fajitas thankyou
Me too! I just love fajitas. Makes me feel happy to make them in 15 minutes and eat with my hands 🙂
Good ol’ Chilli Con Carne
Oh I love a good Chilli Con Carne! Haven’t had it in a year or so!!
Old Del Paso chicken fajitas With guacamole!!!
Yes. THAT!!!
Chicken and steak fajitas with peppers and onion
Chicken and steak?
Would have to be breadcrumb fajitas
How do you make breadcrumb fajitas?
My favourite Mexican dish is definitely fajitas! 🙂
🙂
I love sizzling mushroom fajitas x
Anything with mushrooms in is a winner in my books!
Pulled jackfruit tacos
Jackfruit tacos?
chicken fajitas
I love chimichanga
Quesadilla with a side of cheesy nachos and loads of sour cream
Oh yeah!
nachos with lots of cheese and salsa
… and guacamole for me!!
I love fajitas they are a family favourite in our house
Tacos for us
Love tacos!
Nachos or chicken fajitas for me! Although I do feel like I need to try more 🙂
Mexican food is so good, isn’t it?
Loaded nachos with like beef/mince and guacamole!
Would love to try one of these kits
They are so good!
Chicken fajitas are my favourite
chicken fajitas or an enschelada
Big fajita fans in our house….
cheesy nachos heven
Definitely!
I love a ham and cheese quesadilla
I Love quesadillas 🙂
Me too!!!
i would love to try this my firend is allergic to alot and id finaly be able to make her dinner
They’ve really done an amazing job for people with allergies! The kit is free from so many allergens.
Enchiladas
I haven’t had enchiladas in years!
Chicken fajitas.
Cheeses Enchiladas
Enchilada topped with lots of cheese and served with soured cream and guacamole – DELICIOUS
Yum!
Absolutely love chicken fajitas 😀 xxx
Spicy Chicken Burritos
I love most Mexican good but fajitas and burritos are my favourites
Definitely fajitas, but i do love most Mexican food
I love enchiladas xx
Steak fajitas wverytine
Fajitas of course 😀
Love chicken fajitas
I love enchiladas!
Tacos!
I have been gluten free for over a year now and have missed fajitas would love to try these!
You won’t regret it! They’re delicious 🙂
Chicken fajitas.
Fajitas with loads of chillis
chicken fajitas
I love Chicken Fajitas
just had these for out tea they are lovely
has to be nachos, love them
We love Old El Paso fajitas in our house. Good to know they’ve launched a gluten-free version and that the wraps don’t break!! Will be giving these a try x
They are sooo good!
Chicken fajitas are my favourites
Chicken Fajitas
Chicken fajitas!
I love chicken fajitas!
Definitely fajitas!
I absolutely love chimichangas and always order those in any Mexican restaurant
Tasty!
Would love to try one of these kits
Nachos
Veggie enchiladas with loads of guacamole
Yummy!!!
Nachos is my favourite
we are massive fajita fans! All the family love when we have a fajita night x
My favourite Mexican dish has to be tacos
Chicke mole tacos
Love tacos filled with veggie bean chilli
nachos with guacamole sour cream and salsa
Burritos
my favourites are Enchiladas
We love fajitas and the thought of cooking one meal we all can enjoy is amazing
Fajitas!
I like nachos absolutely loaded with cheese.
My favourite Mexican dish is Cochinita pibil.
I love tacos and re-fried beans
My favourite Mexican dish is chicken fajitas! With lots of sour cream, peppers & avocado. Being coeliac I haven’t actually tried ‘proper’ fajita wraps yet, we use sweet potato gluten free wraps as a substitute. But, I will certainly hunt out the El Paso kit now!
You’re going to love them! They’re so much better than any other GF wraps we’ve tried before 🙂
Fajitas!
Fajitas.
Quesadillas
huevos rancheros for me! yummy, but simple
Beef fajitas
I love fajitas!
Enchiladas
Fajitas
I love fajitas
You can’t beat fajitas in my opinion! 🙂
I couldn’t agree more 🙂
My favourite dish has to be Fajitas! x
Love fajitas too!
I love chilli can carne x
Oh me too! Makes me want to eat it actually!
Quesadillas
I love burritos!
Chilli con carne with tacos
Love that too!
I love me some soft-shell tacos.
Definitely has to be chilli can carne with tacos
we love making tacos in our family. mexican food is so much fun for the whole family x
we love making tacos in our family. mexican food is so much fun for the whole family x
Spicy empanadas, a real treat!
Love a Mexican meal of chicken fajitas, with plenty of dips and wine
We love nachos with lots of dips to share as a snack or fajitas as a main meal.
I absolutely love quesadillas. I had some black bean quesadillas at a Mexican restaurant and they were incredible.
I love chicken fajitas and my husband does the best ones around!
tacos
Love just about everything provided not too much chilli, love the gluten free seasonings – so often a stumbling block.
i love fajitas chicken and veg and all that spice yummy
I like beef fajitas
Definitely nachos! I could eat them for ages!
Enchiladas are my favourite Mexican meal. So glad there is gluten free version as would love to make Mexican food forms brother who is coeliac and often misses out.
I love Nachos with lots of sour cream and guacamole!
Love tapas!
Tacos i love.but thanks for bringing this gluten free kit to my attentiin.gonna get one for family dinner Tuesday…..yay we can all eat the same
It really is amazing! We had fajitas again yesterday with leftover chicken roast 🙂
I really love quesadillas (hoping I’ve spelt it right!!)
They take a bit of preparing, but I really love pulled jackfruit tamales! <3
love nachos
I love tacos
I love Chilli Nachos with cheese
love enchiladas
Vegetable fajitas!
Hard to pick but I love an enchilada
I love Tacos, especially building them up with cheese and chilli.
i love enchiladas!
My favourite dish is crispy chicken tacos.
My favourite would be barbecued flavour chicken fajitas.
My favourite Mexican food is enchiladas.
Nachos with extra jalapenos
Enchiladas
I love Quesadillas.
I love nachos with sour cream and cheese
I love Nachos with salsa and soured cream
I love Nachos….real nachos with minced beef and salsa and jalapenos!! nom nom
Taco’s with soured cream and guacamole
Gotta love a turkey fajita mmmmmmm…
Nachos with all the toppings
We love tacos
Pulled pork nachos
Chicken Fajitas
I love fajitas and nachos xx
Tacos are my favourites
has to be chilli with nachos
I love chicken flautas
favourite Mexican food is enchiladas
Cheesy Nachos with jalapeños
I love a quesadilla, I wonder if they will bring out a GF version of that kit soon
another one for enchiladas
Nachos with cheese, thanks for the competition :)!
Fajitas and chilli
Cheesy nachos
Nachos with guacamole and jalepeños ♡♡ the best!!
Got to be fajitas and I’m rather partial to an enchilada!
Enchiladas 💖
It’s hard for me to say what my favourite Mexican dish as I’ve actually eaten very little Mexican food. I love Guacamole, does that count or is it too much of an accompaniment? Hopefully it counts, I could eat a whole plate of it anyway 😀
Huevos rancheros – a cafe near me does this and it’s amazing!!! Much better than a fry up
It’s got to be nachos with guacamole, salsa and sour cream!!
tacos!
burritos!
fajitas
Burrito
Oven Warmed nachos with melted cheese. A winter feast.
Fajitas – had some beautiful ones on holiday in Texas last month
My son likes Enchiladas, I’m not a great fan
Green enchiladas
I love cheese enchiladas. I’ve had to recently go gluten free and miss all the Mexican things my husband used to make so this would be great! Thanks. 🙂
I have never tried most Mexican food. I am Coeliac and would love to try fajitas
I’m love Pork Carnitas or homemade Tamales
Burritos
Guacamole
Fajitas
Tacos
It has to be Quesadillas!
Refried beans tacos
Favourite mexican dish would have to be a big vegetarian burrito with lots of beans, jalapenos and melted cheese.
I love Nachos
I love bean and cheese burritos
Nachos are my favourite. Thanks for the competition.
I love Nachos with all the trimmings!
awesome!!!!
I love chicken fajitas
nachos!!!!
anything inside a fajitas… still trying to find my favourite filling
My favourite is chilli-con-carne definitely a classic and my all time favourite family meal!
A big old bean burrito with lots of salsa and guacamole! And a side of vegan churros, of course 😉
Tacos with sour cream and tomatos
I love fajitas
Fajitas are my fave
I would love to try the gluten free version – we love mexican food, my fav is enchildas
Mexican flavoured we love a bit of spice
I love chilli con carne and nachos
we love mexican food as a family
there is so much choice we especially love Enchiladas with nachos and lots of dips
Quesidillas, could list lots hard to pick
Nachos with lots and lots of sour cream and home made salsa.
I love Enchiladas🙂
Anything with meat in it. Just stopped being a veggie and need my meat again :p
I love enchiladas
I love tacos!
fajitas
I absolutely love smokey bbq fajitas. It always has to be with 1 red pepper, 1 onion, chicken and creme fraiche! I craved these while I was pregnant and still can’t get enough 🙈
Enchiladas yummy
Chicken fajhitas
I love nacho’s topped with EVERYTHING
Veggie Fajitas
Chile relleno
Chicken Tostadas
Chilli
I love burritos! 🙂
Chilli con carne xx
Tacos x
Quesadillas for me
Fajitas with quorn chunks, red peppers, lettuce, grated cheddar, fresh sour cream and salsa. And a big plate of nachos on the side, smothered with melted cheese and jalapenos & dipped in sour cream…..washed down with an ice cold Corona. Yum!!
I love veggie burrito with refried beans, guacamole and Mexican rice.
Enchiladas
Fajitas are the favourite