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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Recipe looks awesome
Everything was spectacular! The fajita seasoning was a huge hit– not spicy but flavorful. My kids enjoyed it, and my husband and I want to include this on our weekly rotation! Thank you so much!!
Easy and Delicious Dinner!
I was looking for something different to make. This recipe was a hit with the family and reminded me of some of the favorite Mexican food we would go out for.
Awesome, easy and delicious!
I am so glad this recipe doesn’t have Cilantro. I loved it. We didn’t put any other toppings on it and my family loved it as is.
I made these tonight and they were a hit! Used a frozen grilled pepper onion mix instead of fresh. Quick and delicious meal!
My family loves this recipe – in all the fajitas recipes I’ve seen, I really appreciate how quick and simple this recipe is. Nice work!
I make a lot of meals that aren’t quite as good as I imagined they would be, but this recipe turned out better than I imagined. These fajitas tasted just like fajitas from my favorite restaurant! This successful makes me want to stretch my cooking skills even further, thank you for sharing!
So happy you loved these Lisa! We love being able to help recreate yummy memories like that :)
Your recipes inspired me to try it with steak and another time with shrimp. Both were a big hit!
Hello. I am getting ready to try yhe fajaita recipe. I made your home made fakaita seasoning. How many tablespoons of the mix should I use on this recipe?
I would use about 1 tablespoon in this recipe.
I loved the shinny soup recipe and so did my husband! Never seen him eat all his veggies till I made this soup!!
Just made this- yum! Glad I didn’t have to wait an hour on the marinade like some recipes- easy and GOOD!
I am thrilled that you enjoyed the fajitas Barbara!
Hi,
I want to thank you so much for your website and all your lovely delicious recipes. I made your Chicken Fajitas for supper this evening. My family loved it! it was not spicy, just the right combination of flavours! Wow, I will be making this recipe for my family for many years to come! Loved it so much!
Yay! So happy to hear that Barbara! That is so sweet of you :)
New to 21 day fix. What is the container count for this recipe and serving?
Hi Crystal, this should 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.). But I would definitely recommend that you check your manual for the most up to date information on the container count.
Love the flavor. I do add a little more of the seasonings to my marinade, but the basic recipe is delicious also. I just like a lot more flavor.
So happy you loved it Celeste!
Simple, cheap, and wonderful taste. Beginner cook and will definitely make this recipe a staple. Thanks for sharing!
You’re so welcome! Glad you enjoyed these fajitas so much Adam!
Looks delish, AND healthy! I’ll definitely try this.
Enjoy Judy!!
I am making these tonight. Have a quick question, when I click on the highlight for homemade fajita season mix the recipe is totally different than the list spice ingredients in your actual recipe, why is that?
Thank you so much I will let you know how they come out
Patricia Hand
This is an easy chicken fajita recipe, and the seasoning here contains the main ingredients of the fajita seasoning recipe, but is a little simpler. Feel free to use either seasoning recipe. They’ll both be great!
Looks great!
Thanks Tammy!
Looks delicious will cook this for my son and myself this coming week
Enjoy Marie!
Look really delicious and I would use this to my family always
This is a great family meal!! Enjoy!
Looking forward to accessing the recipes. What I have seen so far they were looking pretty darn good.
Thank you so much Donna!
What kind of tortillas do you use?
You can use either flour or corn. While I love corn with tacos, I generally use flour tortillas with fajitas. Enjoy!