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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This is a grrreat recipe Holly I have made it twice.Actually I have now made 4 of your recipes,all are easy to follow and the results always turn out great.
So happy to hear that, Don! We are glad you are enjoying them :)
Just perfect! Thanks!
I fall back on this one all the time. Change up the veggies and meat if I have too. Always great!
Added garlic and salt. Thanks for a great recipe!
Made me some chicken faijita’s for dinner and they turned out great.
Very good!! I didn’t have a lime, but I’ll be sure to have one next time!
So easy and very tasty!! I will definitely be making this again!
We love this recipe! It’s on regular rotation at our house. :)
Love this recipe! My husband is mexican and said it tasted authentic! Will definitely be making again.
Very Good! Love quick and yummy recipes! Served with Mexican rice. Husband says IT’S A KEEPER!
Rewarm the day of
I want to make these for a as grad party , do u think I could make the chick ahead and freeze then reward on the day?
This recipe reheats perfectly. Freezing the chicken ahead of time would also work. I would suggest making the filling and then reheat when you’re ready to serve. Enjoy Peggy!
Delicious! Will definitely make this again!
WOWWWWEEEEE!!!! I made this last night and we (my husband and I) totally LOVED it! I added a splash of hot sauce to the mixture (we love spice) and we added halved cherry tomatoes, shredded taco cheese and sour cream as toppings.
I served it with mexicali corn -corn cooked with a little onion and some of the diced 3 colored peppers that I used for the fajitas. I started with frozen corn but I expect canned would have been fine and fresh corn would be even better.
I am definitely saving this recipe and expect to use it many times in the future. Thanks so much!
Sounds like a perfect dinner Marie! So happy to hear how much you and your husband love the fajitas!
Planning this tonight but not with tortillas. Will serve over Spanish rice and have corn on cob. Can’t rate till eaten but will give it 5 stars now because the recipe makes my mouth water.
How do I double recipe
No need to make any changes, simply double all ingredients. Enjoy Yvonne!
Excellent flavor. I always like your recipes.
Thank you Ellen!
How much of the homemade seasoning should I add for this recipe?
If you use homemade fajita seasoning in place of the seasonings listed in the recipe, you would use 1 Tablespoon. Enjoy Joanne!
Hi, Joanne, I used the spices in the original recipe when I made this recipe (we loved it!) and I plan to make the seasoning mixes to keep on hand.
Great tip, thak you for sharing!
Would this be 1 tortilla per person, or two per person.
Thankyou for the recipe, looking forward to trying it.
You can do as many as you’d prefer. One would be very stuffed, or two would be more regular-sized, even three if you add lots of other toppings in your tortillas! I personally do two. Enjoy John!
Hello
Make the recipe, and loved it. Thanks for your reply, we did do two each. Will make this recipe again for sure. Thanks for all your great recipes !!!
John
Just made this for the seventh time since May 2019 when I first tried it.
Just made this tasty fajita recipe tonight and the whole family loved it!! Given it was my first time I ever made fajitas, I found the recipe easy to follow & complete with delicious ingredients! We topped it with it olives, tomatoes, shredded lettuce, shredded cheese, & sour cream! Thanks for this great recipe!
You’re so welcome Kimberly! So glad your family loved these fajitas!