Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas
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SHEET PAN DINNER! The quickest meal you can make with amazingly tender chicken + crisp-tender veggies with the easiest clean-up!
Hello best-ever-weeknight-dinner here.
No joke. We got one single sheet pan here. Okay, maybe one small bowl as well to mix the seasonings but that’s it. One sheet pan. One small bowl.
So you have the seasonings in your one small bowl and then you have your chicken and veggies all on the sheet pan. You toss them altogether directly on the sheet pan (because, hello, why would we dirty up another dish), throw it in the oven, and then serve immediately with warmed tortillas (corn or flour, your choice).
I like to serve mine with pico de gallo + guacamole but these are also fine as is.
And if you’re like Ben and trying to stay away from “excess carbs” for our wedding, you can totally cut out the tortillas.
If you’re doing that, I just ask that you eat this directly off the sheet pan – you know, so you can save on some additional dishes.
Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 ½ pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into thin strips
- 1 red bell pepper, cut into strips
- 1 yellow bell pepper, cut into strips
- 1 orange bell pepper, cut into strips
- 1 red onion, cut into wedges
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
- 6 8-inch flour or corn tortillas, warmed
Equipment
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Lightly oil a baking sheet or coat with nonstick spray.
- In a small bowl, combine chili powder, cumin, oregano, paprika, 1 1/4 teaspoons salt and 1 1/4 teaspoons pepper.
- Place chicken, bell peppers, onion and garlic in a single layer onto the prepared baking sheet. Stir in olive oil and chili powder mixture; gently toss to combine.
- Place into oven and bake for 25 minutes, or until the chicken is completely cooked through and the vegetables are crisp-tender. Stir in cilantro and lime juice.
- Serve immediately with tortillas.
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Smart, easy, and delicious. Adding it to my rotation. Happy palates and satisfying! I added Velveeta chunks for that cheesy, gooey goodness.
Followed recipe as written and it was delicious, served with flour tortillas and rice.
Omg, the easiest best way to make fajitas
Thank you
I just came across this recipe a week ago, and this is the second time I’m making it, so easy and so damn delicious thanks
Amazingly delicious and so easy to throw together. I will be adding this recipe to my weekly rotation.
OK, this was fantastic!!! Oh my gosh. It turned out SO good. I wish I could share my picture.
I did alter it a tad. I marinated the chicken in lime for an hour (next time I will do overnight). I also only had a pound of chicken. I used the same amount of spices. I also coated the chicken and veggies in oil in a separate bowl like 4 total table spoons and then added and mixed the spices. The extra oil helped keep it from burning.
Note, it was spicy so you might want to decrease it to one teaspoon.
This is a keeper, will definitely make it again.
I don’t recommend marinating meat any longer than 2 hours with any citrus. The acid starts to cook the meat and your meat will be very tough.
I seem to be in a bit of a cooking rut – making the same things over and over only because I couldn’t think of anything else to make. Decided to try these today and wow I’m glad I did! I cut the recipe in half, don’t have 6 hungry people living with me lol. I had my doubts the peppers wouldn’t be mushy from overcooking but they turned out great. Had it with some shredded cheddar, sour cream and salsa to dip into. This was so easy to put together it will definitely go on my to make again list!
So good. So easy. I only wish I tried it sooner. We used taco/chili seasoning we needed to use up and for simplicity. Will make this again! Thank you!
Made first time today. It was perfect, chicken was tender and all was so well spiced. Will be adding this to frequent flyer club
Thanks for posting this recipe
This is on repeat and been shared with nearly every friend who’s tried it. So easy and stress free to make, delicious flavour. Perfect
This was absolutely delicious and so simple and quick. Will be making again and again. Thank you!!
Love this dish. I made this with steak and it turned out great. The seasoning is very spicy so be careful if you are serving those who do not like spice you will have to adjust.
One of our newer go to’s for week night meals. Easy and perfectly seasoned!
GUUURRRRRLL! I have made this recipe over 50 times and finally leaving you a well deserved review. My entire family LOVES this recipe! I’ve cooked this for every vacation, holiday and get together. It’s so healthy and I can easily prep ahead. Wish I could forward you all the “Wow amazing!”s I got. Thank you so much! As for recipe I use both boneless skinless breast and thighs, mix everything in bowl because I usually double or triple recipe, half through cooking time mix and rotate pans, serve with rice, or soft taco tortilla, sour cream, shredded Mexican cheese, extra cilantro and limes
Excellent recipe… I make it almost weekly! Thank you for sharing!
Excellent! Made these last night and they were ssssoooo good. Thanks for a stellar recipe!
Made these once before and meant to leave a review. Making again tonight, so no time like the present. Everyone in the family loved these fajitas! Best recipe I’ve found. Perfectly spiced and easy to prepare. Thank you!
I mixed up chicken breast and thighs and marinated them with a little salsa verde along with the chili powder and smoked paprika, and added some dried chitpotle seasoning before cooking. Also roasted Poblano peppers along with the bell peppers and onions. Served with fresh guac, cotija cheese and fresh pico. Do NOT forget the lime! And we love cilantro! These are Damn Delicious!!
The sheet pan method is so much faster and easier than messing up skillets and dealing with the extra liquid from the chicken. I also did the wire rack over the veggies as another comment had suggested! WOW!! AWESOME! These come out perfect! And clean up is SO easy if you line your sheet pan with parchment!
Fantastic!
Totally doing this more often!
Thanks for this recipe. It was so easy and delicious! I didn’t have a red onion so used a yellow onion instead. The spice blend was flavourful but mild enough that everyone could just spice things up with optional hot sauce. Will be making again!
This was fabulous! The cooking technique was super simple. We really enjoyed the flavor combination, too. This was probably the best fajita recipe I have ever made. Note – I did not use all of the spice mixture since I was only using 3 chicken breasts.
We love these so much! Thank you for a great recipe!
This is the easiest most delicious recipe ever!! You must try this if you like chicken fajitas.