Easy Chicken Fajitas are one of our all-time favorite dinners. Tender juicy chicken breasts, fresh crisp peppers, and sweet onions tossed in an easy homemade seasoning and piled high in tortillas.
Top these easy fajitas with cheese, sour cream, lettuce, guacamole, and Pico de Gallo!
We love fajitas at our house! Not only are they delicious and healthy, but they’re also one of my all-time favorite Mexican foods!
These Easy Chicken Fajitas are the perfect weeknight meal because they’re on the table in about 20 minutes from start to finish! I used a combination of red and yellow peppers and have also added in a sliced poblano pepper if I have it on hand!
A Healthy Meal
Are Fajitas Healthy? Yes, as written, these Chicken Fajitas are healthy. The fajita filling in this recipe is definitely healthy, lean chicken, fresh peppers and homemade seasonings with a dash of olive oil. I personally love to serve these with corn tortillas since I love the flavor.
I often top them with low-fat cheese and even Greek yogurt in place of sour cream. Load them up with crisp lettuce and juicy ripe tomatoes too and fresh jalapenos!
How Do I Season Chicken for Fajitas?
These chicken fajitas are flavored with an easy homemade fajita seasoning. While you can purchase fajita seasoning packets, I find combining my own spices not only adds more flavor but has less salt and additives.
In a pinch, you could use taco seasoning (but add a little bit of extra ground cumin if you have it on hand).
Marinade: I add a bit of olive oil and some lime juice to create a chicken fajita marinade. Starting with the chicken, I allow it to sit in the marinade while I prep the rest of the ingredients.
How to Make Chicken Fajitas
This chicken fajita recipe is a total breeze to make! The chicken is flavorful and juicy while the peppers are perfectly tender-crisp! You can have delicious chicken fajitas on the table in just 20 minutes, including prep!
- Mix seasoning blend.
- Cut veggies and chicken.
- Cook chicken in olive oil in a pan, add veggies. (You can make fajitas on the grill if you prefer).
- Fill your tortillas with your favorite toppings!
Be sure you don’t overcrowd the pan with your chicken or it won’t brown nicely (I do two smaller batches).
I usually soak the onions in cold water while I prep the rest of the ingredients to take a bit of the “bite” out of them for my kids. This step is optional of course!
My Favorite Fajita Toppings
We top ours with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, Homemade Salsa and sour cream… but you can get creative with the toppings making it a fun family meal! Olives, shredded veggies such as carrots or cabbage, guacamole or avocados, they all making amazing toppings!
We serve this with a side of Spanish Rice, Crock Pot Corn on the Cob and our favorite Mango Margaritas for a perfect meal!
More Delicious Fajita Recipes
- Crockpot Chicken Fajitas – set it and forget it!
- Oven Fajitas – super easy
- Grilled Steak Fajitas – beef is delicious!
- Skillet Shrimp Fajitas – one pan
- Grilled Chicken Fajitas – great for summer
Ingredients
- 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts approximately 1 pound
- 1 medium onion
- 1 lime
- 3 bell peppers red, yellow, green or orange
- 3 tablespoons olive oil divided
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- ¾ teaspoon salt divided, more to taste
- ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ teaspoon cumin optional
Instructions
- Cut onion into slivers & slice peppers.
- In a separate bowl, combine 1 tablespoon olive oil, juice of ½ lime, chili powder, paprika, onion powder, pepper, cumin and ½ teaspoon salt. Cut chicken into strips and toss with the spice mixture.
- Preheat 1 tablespoon olive oil over medium high. Add ½ of the chicken and cook until just cooked, about 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from the pan and set aside. Repeat with remaining chicken.
- Set chicken aside and add 1 tablespoon of oil to the pan. Drain onions well (if soaking per note below) and cook 2 minutes. Add in sliced peppers and season with remaining ¼ teaspoon of salt. Toss and cook for an additional 2 minutes or just until hot. Add chicken back to the pan and stir to combine.
- Squeeze additional lime overtop and serve over tortillas.
Notes
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Dinner
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Such an easy recipe and I loved it! I tweaked it a little and added more spice with extra chili powder and jalapeños but it was amazing! Thank you so much for sharing !
So glad you loved it!
I make this recipe all the time people would have never guessed that they were weight watchers approved!!so great! Even made a huge batch for a taco bar night and everyone loved them!
So glad everyone loved it!
Is this recipe a serve immediately recipe or is it okay to make and portion out and put in fridge until ready to eat?
I eat this as leftovers and it reheats perfectly. I would suggest making the filling and then when you’re ready to eat, just heat the filling portion and prepare your fajita.
What is the portion and container count for 21 day fix?
This would be 1 red (chicken), 1 green (peppers & onion) and 1 yellow (2 small corn tortillas). This excludes any toppings you may add (cheese, sour cream etc.)
I added butter and garlic to the olive oil to cook the chicken and topped the fajitas with cilantro, avocado, cheese, and corn! Yum!!!
Cheri, Oh. My. Yum!! That sounds really good! I will be trying that myself!
Do you think this would be ok in the crock pot? Thanks.
I wouldn’t recommend cooking this recipe in the crock pot.
This was sooooo good! The chicken was very tender. I cooked everything at the same time in different skillets. I topped it off with lime and cilantro and OMG I’m so happy. Thanks kindly…
I am so glad you enjoyed it Breeze!!
Hi Holly,
Was just curious as to why you cook the chicken in two batches instead of just all at one time. I’ve never seen that before in fajita recipe directions. I personally have had to when all I had was a small skillet. -ps-I like your tip about the onion and I’m going to try it. -Thanks!
I just find it cooks better and caramelizes a little better for me if the pan isn’t overcrowded. If you have a large enough pan, by all means do it at once!
Enjoy Ellen!! :)
One serving is how much of which containers?
This would be 1 red (chicken), 1 green (peppers & onion) and 1 yellow (2 small corn tortillas). This excludes any toppings you may add (cheese, sour cream etc.)
I will make this weekend!
Do you happen to know the container count per serving for 21 day fix?
1 red (chicken), 1 green (peppers & onion), 1 yellow (2 small corn tortillas), 2 oils
Just what I was looking for! Thanks for recipe!! Keep them coming!
Holly is my aunts name and that’s what were having tonight.
Excellent ! Definitely will be a repeat in my house !
How many calories per serving ?
I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
May I ask why the onions soak in cold water? I’ve never heard of doing that before and wondered what the benefit is? I’m always looking for tips!!
I just find it takes a little bit of the bite out, especially since they don’t cook very long. It’s completely optional but my kids prefer them if they’re a little bit milder. :)
Delicious!Made it today and it was so good, everybody enjoyed it :)
Will be a regular meal at home, thanks for sharing this recipe with us :)
Great recipe, i needed to look up a chicken fajita recipe for tomorrows lunch, this is perfect.
Many Thanks
Christopher
You’re so welcome! Enjoy!
I’m planning on making this recipe for my firehouse tomorrow on shift, should I cut the chicken into strips before adding to the pan?
Yes, you’ll want to cut the chicken and toss it with the spice mixture before adding to the pan.
My family went NUTS over this recipe! I made this for my boy friend’s dinner which we had with my family and everyone raved about how good this was! Comments I received from my family: ” it was the best fajitas they have ever had”. And it’s very easy!
I’m so glad they loved this recipe Jen!! :)
this recipe was so good!! Definitely a keeper!
I really wish you could tell us how many servings your recipes are.
This recipe serves 4.