Description
Delicious and easy chicken fajitas made with fresh bell peppers and a flavorful marinade.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 large boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1 orange or yellow bell pepper
- 1 green pepper
- 1 small onion
- 3 T fresh-squeezed lime juice
- 6 T olive oil
- 1 T Kalyn’s Taco Seasoning
- 1 tsp. salt (or less, to taste)
- low-carb tortillas for serving (optional)
- fresh lime pieces to squeeze on at the table (optional)
Instructions
- Trim chicken breasts so they’re an even thickness.
- Cut the chicken breasts lengthwise into about 4 strips.
- Cut those strips again lengthwise and then crosswise until you have thin strips of chicken about the same length as your pepper strips will be.
- Mix lime juice, olive oil, taco seasoning or fajita seasoning, and a little salt to make the marinade.
- Put chicken strips into a Ziploc bag, add slightly over half the marinade, and marinate chicken in the fridge for 4 – 8 hours (or as long as you can manage).
- When you’re ready to cook, preheat oven to 425F/220C. Put the sheet pan into the oven while it heats, so the pan will be hot when you put the chicken on.
- While the oven heats, cut bell peppers and onions into strips and toss with the remaining marinade.
- Arrange the chicken on the hot sheet pan and bake for 8 minutes.
- Remove chicken from the oven. If some chicken releases water when it bakes, tip the pan to drain off the water or blot the sheet pan with paper towels.
- Tuck the pepper and onion strips between the chicken pieces, trying to have ingredients arranged in a single layer as much as possible.
- Put the sheet pan back into the oven and bake about 15 minutes more (or until chicken tests close to 165F/75C and peppers are done to your liking).
- If desired, turn oven to broil and broil the fajitas for 4-5 minutes, or until lightly browned.
- Serve the chicken fajitas inside low-carb tortillas or just on a plate, but don’t skip the squeeze of fresh lime added at the table.
Notes
- This recipe can be adjusted for spice by adding more or less taco seasoning.
- For a complete meal, serve with a side of guacamole or salsa.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Mexican
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 fajita
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 800mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 15g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 15g
- Fiber: 4g
- Protein: 30g
- Cholesterol: 70mg