Easy Chicken Fajitas

This super easy Chicken Fajitas recipe features marinated chicken breast sautéed with peppers, onions, and spices. The best part? It’s ready in only 20 minutes! This is an easy weeknight meal the entire family will love.

If you enjoyed this Chicken Fajitas recipe, then try my Chicken Shawarma and my Chicken Biryani!

Homemade Skillet Chicken Fajitas

I absolutely love fajitas! They’re a simple 20-minute meal that’s loaded with flavor from the onions, peppers, and dry seasonings. I marinade the chicken breasts in a mixture of spices, lime juice, and oil to create a blackening concoction for the chicken. It’s the perfect amount of spice and seasoning for the fajitas. I like to do a combination of green, red, and yellow bell peppers. I also toss in onions and garlic.

These fajitas are made in a super hot skillet to give them a good char. I sear the chicken and peppers over high heat. I used a cast iron grill pan to cook the chicken and peppers. Using a cast iron grill pan also adds a nice smokey flavor to the chicken breast. Once the chicken is browned I take it out of the pan and let it rest for a couple of minutes before slicing. This ensures the chicken will be extra juicy! Then sauté the veggies in the same pan as the chicken (aka flavor central!), and use the reserved marinade. While the peppers are cooking slice up the chicken. Serve over rice or in a tortilla with fresh chopped cilantro, lime juice, sour cream, lettuce, salsa verde, and guacamole! You can also whip up some margaritas too! Enjoy!

Key Ingredients

• Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts: I love using chicken breasts because they’re perfect for flavorful recipes like these fajitas that uses a variety of bold flavors. Plus, with the high cooking heat, they stay juicy and tender. However, you can use thighs or even tenderloins, if you prefer.
• Lime Juice: This helps cut through the concentrated dry spices in the marinade and offers some bright bursts of fresh acidic flavor for the spiced chicken.
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil: To marry the spices in the marinade together and adhere them to the chicken and veggies.
• Garlic: Minced fine so they almost melt into the chicken breasts, vegetables, and spices.
• Veggies: I liked the combination of green, yellow, and red bell peppers along with some onion because of how colorful the fajitas turn out, but you can use any peppers you like and really any vegetables!
• Dry Seasonings: Garlic powder, onion powder, chipotle powder, chili powder, ground cumin, paprika (smoked, if possible), and salt are all you need to get the bold flavor of chicken fajitas at home!
• Chopped Cilantro and Lime Wedges: To garnish before serving, if desired.

How To Make Skillet Chicken Fajitas

Making Skillet Chicken Fajitas at home is simple! You only need a few minutes of prep time and a handful of pantry staples.

This recipe all starts with an awesome marinade comprised of olive oil, lemon juice, and lots of fragrant spices. The chicken can be marinated overnight or for at least an hour. Once the chicken has marinated, I preheat the oven to 425 degrees. A hot oven helps to crisp up the chicken and makes it perfectly golden brown.

Can You Grill This Chicken Fajitas Recipe

Absolutely! This recipe can easily be made on the grill as full breasts or skewered, after marinating of course, for kebab-style. Grill until golden brown, and cooked through (about 10-15 minutes). You can also throw some sliced veggies like red onion, bell peppers, and mushrooms into your marinade and grill them, too.

Can You Make Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas with This Recipe?

Of course! Assemble the marinated chicken and veggies on a prepared baking pan (or leave in your oven-safe skillet), and bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes until golden brown and charred. Then slice the chicken, serve, and enjoy!

How To Serve Chicken Fajitas

You can serve these chicken fajitas with my cilantro lime rice, salsa verde, fresh chopped cilantro, and lime wedges for an easy weeknight meal or meal-prepped lunch. I like to serve my fajitas with flour tortillas and all the fixings — sour cream, lettuce, salsa, extra cilantro, and guacamole!

Variations

• More of a steak person? Swap the chicken breasts for ribeyes or a flank steak! Even cuts like beef tips or steak bites for kebabs would work. Just marinade them as you would the chicken and cook to your liking, but slightly under as they’ll continue to cook as they rest.
• Swap the chicken breasts for chicken thighs (still boneless and skinless) if you prefer dark meat and more chicken flavor!
• Looking for a vegan- or vegetarian-friendly version? Just add more veggies! Sliced portabella mushrooms or white buttons would be a great meatier vegetable-based alternatives. Squash, zucchini, eggplant, and even plantains would also work. This is a great way to clean out your fridge!

Storage, Freezing, and Reheating Instructions

This Chicken Fajitas recipe is perfect for meal prepping ahead of a busy week or freezing to eat later.

• Store leftover cooled fajitas in an airtight container in your refrigerator for up to 4 days.
• Freeze cooked and cooled fajitas in a freezer-safe, airtight container or plastic bag for one month. You can also freeze the raw chicken and veggies with the marinade for up to 3 months. Allow cooked or raw frozen chicken to thaw in the fridge overnight or on the counter at room temperature.
• Reheat thawed or chilled cooked chicken fajitas in the microwave for 2-3 minutes, until warmed through. Allow raw fajitas to thaw completely before assembling to cook in your skillet.

More Delicious Chicken Recipes To Try

• Chicken Katsu
• Easy Chicken Marsala
• Baked Teriyaki Chicken
• Grilled Chicken Caprese
• Crispy Oven Fried Chicken Thighs
• Chicken Shawarma

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