This easy chicken fajita recipe is low calorie, and delicious. For only 71 calories, you get a full cup of these easy chicken fajitas recipe.
In this article, you’ll learn how to make chicken fajitas healthy, and delicious. We’ve included a fajita toppings guide, as well as a handy how to cook fajitas guide.
In this article, you’ll learn the best way to cook fajitas, what goes on fajitas after cooking them, and find the best chicken fajita recipe including a chicken marinade for fajitas.
This simple chicken fajita recipe packs a punch, not just with flavor, but with information on making fajitas healthy, and simple.
This is easy chicken fajita recipe is only 71 calories, for a full cup…
Easy Chicken Fajita Recipe
To make this fajitas recipe easy, we’ve included fajita ingredients in a shopping list form, a guide on how to make fajitas at home. And a fajita toppings guide to make this yummy recipe, even more delicious.
The best fajita recipe, is one that’s easy to make, and healthy to eat. This fajita chicken recipe won’t hurt your diet, it’s packed full of metabolism boosting ingredients, and lots of protein.
Along with the best fajitas recipe, you’ll find lots of sections to make this homemade fajitas extra easy to make. Here’s what you’ll find in this article.
Use these sections to make your fajitas easy, or skip ahead to the recipe card.
What You’ll Find in this Article:
- Chicken Fajita Ingredients (shopping list!)
- Chicken Fajita Toppings Guide (shopping list!)
- How to Make Fajitas
- Easy Chicken Fajita Recipe (recipe card!)
- Nutrition and Calories in Chicken Fajitas
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Chicken Fajita Ingredients
To make this chicken fajitas recipe low in calories, we packed it with metabolism boosting veggies. The onions, bell peppers, and jalapeños will all help boost metabolism, while filling you up.
I like to get red onions, yellow and red bell peppers, and green jalapeños. This way I have a very colorful skillet of fajitas. But you can use any color of onions, or bell peppers. This recipe is very versatile and will work with any color.
Special Tip: You can find all of the measurements for these chicken fajita recipes in the card below. There, you can choose how many servings of this easy chicken fajita recipe you want to make, and it will do all of the measurement math for you!
Shopping Lists for Chicken Fajitas:
Easy Chicken Fajita Recipe:
- Cayenne pepper
- Chili powder
- Dried oregano
- Garlic powder
- Salt
- Lime
- Chicken breast
- Olive oil spray
- Bell peppers
- Onions
- Jalapeño
Chicken Fajita Toppings Guide:
- Fresh cilantro
- Shredded cheese
- Sliced avocado
- Homemade guacamole
- Pico De Gallo Salsa
- Greek yogurt (in place of sour cream)
- Lettuce
- Tomato
- Sliced black olives
- Tortillas (corn or flour)
All of the chicken fajita toppings are optional, you could also use the easy chicken fajita recipe to place a top a salad, use it in a wrap, or add it to nachos.
Making the best homemade fajitas is easy, and family friendly. I like to place an assortment of toppings out, and let everyone create their own. Kids are always more open to trying new things when they have a bit of control over how you top it.
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How to Make Fajitas
Making homemade fajitas recipes is easy, with our how to make chicken fajitas guide.
We’ve outlined how to make fajitas and easy to follow directions. And we cut out several steps, saving you time, and still resulting in the best fajitas recipe ever.
Special Tip: You can also find this how to make chicken fajitas guide in the recipe card below. There you’ll also find measurements, nutrition, and more.
How to Make Chicken Fajitas:
- In a gallon freezer bag combine the cayenne, chili powder, oregano, garlic powder, salt, and lime juice. Mix well then add in the sliced chicken and mix again.
- Place the bag in the fridge to marinate for 1 to 12 hours.
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Spray with olive oil and add in the bell peppers, onions and jalapeño. Cover and cook for 5 minutes, mixing once.
- Push the veggies to the sides and add in the chicken and marinade. Cook for 10 minutes flipping the chicken once.
- Mix the veggies and chicken together and cook until the onions and bell pepper are soft and the chicken is cooked through, about 10 to 15 minutes.
- Serve hot with your favorite toppings, over corn or flour tortillas.
You can use this easy chicken fajita marinade on any cut of chicken. It goes great on the grill, and even over steaks. But as it has lime, using it over seafood will mean you’ll want to marinate it for no more than 30 minutes.
Now that you know how to make homemade fajitas, let’s move onto the easy chicken fajita recipe card. There, you can find a shareable recipe card that combines all of the information above. You can pin it to your Pinterest boards, and email it to yourself and your friends.
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Easy Chicken Fajita Recipe
Our easy chicken fajita recipe is only 71 calories per cup of homemade fajitas! The nutrition does not include the fajita toppings, as it’s difficult to gauge how each person will top their homemade fajitas.
This chicken fajita recipe serves four people, and in the recipe card below you can easily double or triple this recipe with the click of a button.
HEALTHY Chicken Fajita Recipe (71 CALORIES)
Ingredients
Easy Chicken Fajita Recipe:
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 lime juiced
- 1 chicken breast sliced in thin strips
- Olive oil spray
- 2 bell peppers, thinly sliced
- 2 onions, thinly sliced
- 1 jalapeño, all seeds and ribs removed and thinly sliced
Chicken Fajita Toppings Guide:
- Fresh cilantro chopped
- Shredded cheese
- Sliced avocado
- Homemade guacamole
- Pico De Gallo Salsa
- Greek yogurt (in place of sour cream)
- Lettuce
- Tomato
- Sliced black olives
- Tortillas (corn or flour)
Instructions
- In a gallon freezer bag combine the cayenne, chili powder, oregano, garlic powder, salt, and lime juice. Mix well then add in the sliced chicken and mix again.
- Place the bag in the fridge to marinate for 1 to 12 hours.
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Spray with olive oil and add in the bell peppers, onions and jalapeño. Cover and cook for 5 minutes, mixing once.
- Push the veggies to the sides and add in the chicken and marinade. Cook for 10 minutes flipping the chicken once.
- Mix the veggies and chicken together and cook until the onions and bell pepper are soft and the chicken is cooked through, about 10 to 15 minutes.
- Serve hot with your favorite toppings, over corn or flour tortillas.
Nutrition
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Nutrition and Calories in Chicken Fajitas
Not all fajitas are made the same, ours are extra low in calories, but still packed with flavor.
We did not include any of the toppings in this nutrition facts card, as it’s difficult to gauge how each person will top their homemade fajitas.
But if you’re looking to cut calories, I recommend choosing 2 corn tortillas, and skipping the cheese. While enjoying lots of salsa, a little bit of homemade guacamole, and Greek yogurt in place of sour cream.
The nutrition is based off 1 serving (1 cup) of the Healthy Chicken Fajita Recipe above, without toppings or tortillas.
Important Note: As a reminder, at Lose Weight By Eating it is our goal to make you healthier, all-natural versions of your favorite recipes… not all will be “diet worthy” depending on the diet you are on. But they will be healthier versions to help curb your cravings.
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