Chicken Fajitas. Homemade Chicken Fajitas Making homemade fajita seasoning is a lot easier than you might think, and you probably already have the ingredients in your spice cabinet. Simply combine a mixture of chili powder, cumin, paprika, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, salt, and black pepper, and voila, you're ready to make fajitas. Fajitas are wonderful served on homemade tortillas.
Toss, adding more oil if necessary, until coated.
Poke chicken with a knife to allow penetration of seasoning and oil.
Season chicken with salt and pepper, then add to bowl and toss to coat.
You can cook Chicken Fajitas using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Chicken Fajitas
- You need 6 oz of chicken breast.
- It's 1/4 cup of shredded Mexican cheese.
- You need 2 of flour tortillas.
- It's 2 tbsp of sour cream (light).
- Prepare 2 of habeñero pappers.
- Prepare 1/2 of jalapeño.
- Prepare 1/8 of green bell pepper.
- Prepare 1/8 of red bell pepper.
- You need 1 slice of onion.
- It's 4 tbsp of taco sauce.
- Prepare 1/8 tsp of cayenne pepper.
- It's 1/2 tsp of garlic powder.
- It's 1/2 tsp of ground black pepper.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of lemon juice.
Add the chicken, bell pepper and. For a casual, fun get-together, set up a make-your-own-fajitas bar with the chicken filling, avocado cream, sour cream, and any other toppings you love, like pico de gallo, sliced fresh jalapeños, or crisp radish slices. Combine the oil, chili powder, cumin and salt. Drizzle over chicken mixture; toss to coat.
Chicken Fajitas instructions
- Slice chicken breast into 1/2" wide strips, by 1" long. Place strips in Zip-loc bag, add in 3 tbsp taco sauce, ground black pepper, and garlic powder. Shake, and let sit for 2 hours..
- Cut sections off bell peppers, and cut into 1/4" wide strips. Cut jalapeño and habeñero peppers into 1/4" slices. Core onion slice, and cut into four sections..
- Combine veggies in bowl, sprinkle with lemon juice, and set aside..
- Combine veggies and chicken strips in frying pan, cook on low - heat to soften peppers and cook chicken. Make sure chicken is cooked to 165°F..
- Take sour cream and cayenne pepper and mix..
- Steam tortillas over frying pan for 30 seconds. Plate tortillas, use 1/8 cup shredded cheese on each tortilla, and evenly split chicken/peppers between tortillas..
- Scoop sour cream mix into Zip-loc bag, cut corner off, and squeeze onto tortillas/plate as desired..
Easy Chicken Fajitas are one of our all-time favorite dinners. Tender juicy chicken breasts, fresh crisp peppers, and sweet onions tossed in an easy homemade seasoning and piled high in tortillas. Top these easy fajitas with cheese, sour cream, lettuce, guacamole, and Pico de Gallo! We love fajitas at our house! The BEST chicken fajitas are so quick to throw together.