Should I cut chicken for fajitas before cooking?

Slicing will save you cook time . You can avoid overcooking and drying out the chicken by slicing the peppers, onions, and chicken into 1/4-inch strips. For the chicken breast, cutting across the meat's grain will make for more tender fajitas.

What is fajita seasoning made of?

What Is in Fajita Seasoning? Most fajita seasoning mixes are made up of a few simple Mexican spices, like cumin and chili powder, plus some additional spices, like paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, and cayenne pepper .

Can I substitute taco seasoning for fajita seasoning?

Can I Use Fajita Seasoning in place of Taco Seasoning? The short answer is yes. Since these seasonings are similar, you can use fajita seasoning in place of taco seasoning if you're currently all out. They both have a great Mexican flavor that can be used in many recipes.

Do you cook meat or veggies first for fajitas?

Here's how to make fajitas easily (and quickly!) at home: Marinate your meat (or chicken) Fajitas start with the meat: You'll need 1/4 pound of boneless, skinless chicken breast, chicken cutlets or skirt steak for each person. ... Chop the Onions and Peppers. ... Sear your meat. ... Cook The Veggies. ... Slice and Serve. May 9, 2017

What cut of meat do Mexican restaurants use for fajitas?

"We use inside skirt steak ," he said. "It's already marinated when we buy it. Then we add our own seasonings."

What is fajita sauce made of?

Fajita sauce typically contains a blend of ingredients such as lime juice, olive oil, garlic, cumin, chili powder, and various other spices . These ingredients come together to create a flavorful and slightly tangy sauce that complements the grilled meats and vegetables in fajitas.

Do onions go on fajitas?

Onions are an essential ingredient in many Mexican dishes, and when it comes to making mouthwatering fajitas, they play a starring role .

Are fajitas better on grill or skillet?

The quick answer is all will work. If the weather is beautiful and you would like to cook your steak on the grill, that's awesome. If the weather is hot or rainy, or you want to get dinner on the table in a hurry, your grill pan, cast-iron skillet, or regular skillet all will work just fine.

How many pounds of chicken for fajitas per person?

I cook fajitas for my work (about 30 people) and I try to do 1/2 pound per person. I also do half pound per person. I do one pound of beans per eight people. Beans are cheap, so you can always throw in an extra pound to be safe.

Should I cut fajita meat before cooking?

While it's possible to cook the steak as a whole strip, I find it better to slice it with the grain into five- to six-inch pieces , which are easier to handle on the grill.

Should you cut chicken before or after cooking?

After your chicken breasts are done cooking, let them rest for at least half the time that you cooked them for before slicing into them . This will ensure that the breasts stay super juicy and flavorful, and that they're fully cooked. Trust me, waiting the few extra minutes pays off big time — every time.

Should I cut whole chicken before cooking?

One of the major benefits of cutting up a bird into 8 pieces before cooking is that it's much easier to serve a crowd . If we are just doing a family dinner, a whole roast bird is perfect. But when it comes to serving lots of people, it's nice to have individual pieces for easy and quick serving.

Should I cut chicken into pieces before marinating?

If you're short on time and need to marinate your chicken quickly, you can poke holes in the chicken or slice it thinly to help the marinade penetrate in as little time as possible .

Easy Chicken Fajitas Recipe (2024)

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Back to School with an Easy Chicken Fajitas Recipe

This Easy Chicken fajitasrecipe is perfect after those hectic days.

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Noooo not back to school yet! While I don't want summer to end the fact is that it's August and time is flying by! We're gong to enjoy what's left of our gorgeous summer but we have to face reality, back to school is coming. It's time start thinking preparations, school supplies, new clothes for the kids and all that fun stuff. To make things easier for those hectic times we like to have some delicious meals that are a breeze to put together like these easy chicken fajitas!

What I love about these easy chicken fajitas that you can also customize them to everyone's taste. Each family member can add whatever toppings they want. Don't like onions (like me) don't add them. Want extra veggies go right ahead. We usually stuff it with grilled chicken or any leftover chicken we might have. I'm not showing these ones as completely stuffed as I want you to imagine your own toppings.

Aboveis the start of these easy chicken fajitas. We've just added the chicken and veggies so far. My daughter does not like salsa or sour cream (Weird I know) so she would just add more cheese to this one and she would be good to go. That's okay like we said, easy and made to order, well they can put their own fajitas together, if the younger kids with some supervision for the hot foods.

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Yield: 3-4

Easy Chicken Fajitas Recipe

Prep Time25 minutes

Cook Time15 minutes

Total Time40 minutes

Ingredients

2 chicken breasts
1 table spoon of olive oil
½ lime
pinch of salt
pinch of pepper
2 peppers
tomatoes
cheddar cheese
sour cream (optional)
salsa (optional)
pinch of salt
pinch of pepper
1 table spoon olive oil

Instructions

Fire up your grill to a medium heat.
Add your chicken breast into a bowl and combine the olive oil, salt, pepper, lime. Mix up well.
Place the chicken on your grill and let it cook for about 5 minutes on each side or until the chicken is fully cooked through depending on your grill temperature and chicken breast thickness.
In a frying pan add your peppers sliced up, olive oil, salt, pepper. Have it on a medium/high heat and move the peppers around every few seconds.
Once the peppers are cooked turn off heat and let them cool.
Once the chicken is done let it cool for a few minutes.
Cut the chicken into thin slices.
Grab your tortillas and add in your chicken, peppers, tomato and whatever else you want in it

Notes

You can whatever toppings you like, we''ve just suggested some of our favourites. Feel free to add more than what we've shown, we usually stuff ours quite full but we adjusted this for our photos so you could see what was in it.
Instead of sour cream you can use your favourite salad dressing.

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By Powered by Mom on August 7th, 2017

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33 thoughts on “Easy Chicken Fajitas Recipe”

These look good.I love easy and I also like recipes that leftovers can be utilized. The colors in yours are so nice.
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I haven't had a fajita in so long. I might just try these this weekend.
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I love this recipe, its easy to fix and we all love anything Mexican
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These look so delicious! and I am loving that they are super easy to make, I know the children will enjoy these also.
@tisonlyme143
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These look delicious! We are vegetarian, so we usually substitute beans for the meat! We make fajitas, tacos, etc a lot! Its something everyone in our family will eat! lol
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Sounds so amazing! PINNED! 🙂
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These look absolutely amazing!
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My family would love this one. Thank you for sharing it! Im sure that I will be asked for seconds.
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This recipe will be perfect for tomorrow. I really needed a new idea and this has me inspired. Thank you so much for sharing it!
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I like to the colors and next time I'll make it for my family ty
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Thank you for sharing this! It looks absolutely incredible! I cant wait to try it.
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These look so yummy! My kids would eat the chicken and leave the peppers but that's OK - more for mom and dad.
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I am finding that recipes like this that can be customized to everyone's taste are some of my favorite to make. No muss or fuss and everyone gets what they like.
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These easy chicken fajitas look like just the thing for a quick easy lunch or supper! And what a great way to use up leftover chicken! Thanks for sharing!
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Your special Easy Chicken Fajitas Recipe looks especially yummy I will be making this over the coming weekend, it looks so delicious.
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What an amazing recipe for summertime! My family would love to have these for dinner one summer night 🙂
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What a simple recipe. I love the addition of tomatoes.
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I love chicken and fajitas. I also love the way you post ur recipes because they r pretty much guaranteed to be a winner. I normally dnt go out of my comfort zone but I have more thr past 6 months with some of your recipes
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- Awww thanks for sharing Tamra and so glad you like our recipes.
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I would like all that stuff on my fajita. I have to make them pretty plain for others.
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That looks so good. I love fajitas.
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Fajitas always please here. I like that they are healthy and easy to make.
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Wow these look so good and sound so much easier than I expected! We typically just use that frozen pack of veggies for fajitas, but that olive oil addition sounds so good, we may have to try it from scratch!
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These look so yummy!!
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always looking for a quick/easy recipe for using leftover chicken
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These fajitas are so good, and always so easy.
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Can't wait to make these! Yummm!
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I was in an Asian cooking phase, now I'm trying some Mexican / Tex Mex recipes so this is a timely post to me. I will add this to my list, it looks easy and I like that it has ingredients that I mostly always have on hand.
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Love chicken fajitas! Can't wait to try these!~
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That fajitas look delicious! I don't make these at home nor do I go out to buy them, but I should rethink this because am loving
the recipe you have here for them.
@tisonlyme143
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these looks a lot mire taster than why I do mines, definitely gonna change my recipe to yours
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These sound so good. What a great family meal. They sound easy enough to make. Thank you so much for sharing this. God Bless
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I made a much simpler version of this for dinner today. Whatever you put in them, they are always good, filling, and easy to make.
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Easy Chicken Fajitas Recipe (2024)

Back to School with an Easy Chicken Fajitas Recipe

This Easy Chicken fajitasrecipe is perfect after those hectic days.

Easy Chicken Fajitas Recipe

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