Healthy Recipe For Chicken Fajitas

These chicken fajitas are especially good. This is one of my favorite weeknight dinners. It’s easy, intensely flavorful, and – just as important – ready fast. From start to finish, this recipe is ready in about 30 minutes, including chopping the vegetables.

If you use frozen sliced peppers, they will release water into the dish. You can thicken the cooking liquids by stirring in a cornstarch slurry – 1 tablespoon of cornstarch mixed with 1 ½ tablespoons of cold water.

Chicken

This dish comes from Tex-Mex cuisine. It refers to strips of meat (beef or chicken) that are marinated and grilled, then served on top of strips of cooked onions and peppers.

Quick Chicken Fajitas, Beans And Spanish Rice

You can, and it will make the chicken more tender. But you don't have to. Since making this recipe quickly is a top priority for me, I don't marinate the chicken, and it still comes out tasty and juicy.

Traditionally, fajitas are served in flour tortillas. But they’re just as good simply piled on a plate. Sometimes I serve them in lettuce cups or on top of cauliflower rice.

You can keep the leftovers in the fridge, in an airtight container, for 3-4 days. Reheat them gently, covered, in the microwave at 50% power.

Quick Chicken Fajitas Recipe

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Chicken fajitas are easy to make, and their seasoning is amazing. Simply pan-fry peppers and onions, cook the chicken, mix, and serve!

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Healthy Fajita Bowl Recipe With Chicken That's Low Carb

Vered DeLeeuw, LL.M., CNC, has been following a low-carb real-food diet and blogging about it since 2011. She's a Certified Nutrition Coach (NASM-CNC), has taken courses at the Harvard School of Public Health, and has earned a Nutrition and Healthy Living Certificate from Cornell University. Her work has appeared in several major media outlets, including Healthline, HuffPost, Today, Women's Health, Shape, and Country Living. Click to learn more about Vered.Best everHealthy Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas made on just one pan with juicy, Tex-Mex seasoned chicken, bell peppers, and onions. Customize with your favorite toppings to turn this lightened up favorite into a must-make in your house!

Simple recipes on one pan are hard to come by. Try Sheet Pan Teriyaki Chicken and Pineapple Fried Rice, Sheet Pan Balsamic Chicken with Potatoes and Carrots, and Sheet Pan Sweet Fire Chicken.

I love the flavors of the Southwest — cumin, garlic, chili powder, cayenne — and all the peppers, both the vegetables and the spices. By now, you are probably familiar with my penchant for tacos. (Take my Teriyaki Chicken Tacos recipe for example.) Not only do I love the flavor of tacos, but I love how versatile they are. You can put nearly any protein and combination of vegetables on them and they are delicious. If you don’t like something, skip it. If you really enjoy something, pile it on. Make them all the same, make them all different. It really doesn’t matter so long as you stick to the basic spices and other accoutrements.

Grilled Chicken Fajitas

However, even though tacos generally are a healthy food, sometimes I realize they can become bogged down with too many oils and creams and can get a little high up in the calorie counts, especially if you are watching what you eat and don’t have the luxury of piling on the cheese, sour cream, guacamole, and other high-calorie ingredients.

But there is an alternative to tacos — fajitas! Fajitas are another great Southwestern meal that my whole family enjoys. Plus, baking is a great way to cook fajitas in a healthy way, and chicken is a lighter, leaner meat than most other options. When you bake chicken especially, I feel like it really takes on the flavors of whatever you have added to it — which is why I also really enjoy making sheet pan chicken dishes (like my Sheet Pan Chicken and Asparagus, I am all about versatility these days). With this dish, you don’t need that much oil at all and the juices from the chicken and peppers help to keep the dish moist, while letting the flavors really shine through. Like tacos, fajitas are another great recipe in which you can really add or subtract the ingredients and spices to suit your tastes.

I can’t get enough of customizing my meals. I have made fajitas a whole lot of different ways, probably more than I can count. However, for this specific recipe, I think there are many ways to customize these fajitas while keeping them not only good but good for you:

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There are about 250-350 calories in one of these fajitas, including a flour tortilla. Of course, this count can fluctuate depending on the size and brand of your tortilla. Lower your calorie count by swapping the tortillas for more veggies or low-carb or low-fat options or use veggies as a base for a fajita bowl.

These chicken fajitas are very low in carbs — if you skip the tortilla or use a low-carb tortilla option. Other low-carb or carb-free vehicles for your fajitas include using lettuce to make lettuce wraps or making a fajita bowl and substituting cauliflower rice for white or brown rice. Add extra protein like tofu, beans, or lentils and a lot of fresh veggie toppings to fill up while keeping your carb count low.

Grilled

Calories: 187 kcal , Carbohydrates: 8 g , Protein: 13 g , Fat: 11 g , Saturated Fat: 2 g , Trans Fat: 1 g , Cholesterol: 36 mg , Sodium: 85 mg , Potassium: 425 mg , Fiber: 3 g , Sugar: 4 g , Vitamin A: 2674 IU , Vitamin C: 104 mg , Calcium: 19 mg , Iron: 1 mgHealthy Chicken Fajitas are the best easy dinner. Whole30, gluten free & made in under 30 minutes – you’ll love this chicken fajitas recipe!

Buddy's Chicken Fajitas

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Is Fajita Friday a thing? If not I think we should make it one. Cause Taco Tuesday has NOTHING on these Whole30 Chicken Fajitas.

Even if you’re not doing a Whole30 this is a delicious chicken fajitas recipe that regardless of your diet anyone will love!

Chicken Fajitas ⋆ 100 Days Of Real Food

When I was on a Whole30 – I was okay with letting go of some of my favorite things for a few weeks..(pasta, bread, cheese, etc) but one thing I was NOT going to give up was Mexican food.

No joke – we eat Mexican food (usually tacos) at least once weekly. We keep it pretty simple with a whole wheat tortilla, ground turkey, guac, cheddar cheese, salsa, and our ownhealthy taco seasoning.

Skillet

Veggies: Add more or less vegetables to this recipe. Mushrooms are also a great addition. If you’re looking for vegetarian fajitas – check out these Fajita Veggies!

Chicken Fajita Bowl

Spices: We love using the spices as written in the recipe or our Healthy Taco Seasoning, but you could use a premade taco seasoning. It would just increase the sodium content.

Yes, you can! We’ve included crockpot instructions below for you in the recipe. We also love this crock pot chicken fajita recipe!

Steak and shrimp tend to cook differently than chicken. I’d recommend checking out these recipes if you’re looking to sub out the chicken: Whole30 Steak Fajitas, Whole 30 Shrimp Fajitas, or Sheet Pan Shrimp Fajitas.

Healthy Chicken Fajitas

Important Note: This is not an authentic fajitas recipe. My goal is always to share recipes that are a bit healthier and made with affordable, accessible ingredients so everyone can enjoy them regardless of their food allergies or dietary restrictions. Click here for an authentic fajitas recipe.

These chicken fajitas are best served warm and are a complete meal on its own. Here are some of our favorite things to serve with them:

Here are some of our favorite toppings for healthy chicken fajitas (if you are following Whole30, be sure to check if your topping is Whole30 compliant):

Chicken Fajita Casserole

This Whole30 Chicken Fajitas Recipe is the perfect healthy, low carb dinner. Fresh lettuce wraps are loaded with veggies, lean chicken and guacamole for a simple gluten free, paleo dinner that is ready in under 30 minutes.Thank