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soft tacos with fajita chicken, rice and beans
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🌮 Yummy Chicken Fajita Tacos

Did someone say flavor explosion?! These one pan chicken fajita tacos are seriously easy and seriously tasty! Plus, super moist chicken. Try them tonight!
Course Dinner, Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine Americanized Mexican, Mexican, Tex-Mex
Prep Time 13 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 28 minutes
Servings 6 fajita tacos
Calories 340kcal

Equipment

  • large pan

Ingredients

  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • ½ Tablespoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • ½ teaspoon chili powder
  • 6 chicken thighs boneless and skinless, cut into strips or chunks
  • 2 to 3 Tablespoon olive oil
  • ½ onion cut into strips or chunks
  • 1 green bell pepper cut into strips or chunks
  • 1 red bell pepper cut into strips or chunks
  • 1 Tablespoon tomato paste
  • 3 Tablespoon lemon juice
  • 6 tortillas

Optional Toppings

  • avocado
  • cotija cheese
  • cilantro

Optional Sides

Instructions

  • Combine garlic and dry ingredients in a medium bowl. Add chicken to bowl and mix together until all sides of chicken are coated with the seasonings. Heat a large pan on medium. Once heated, add oil and chicken. Cook for 5 mins, stirring frequently.
  • Add veggies to the chicken, lower heat, stir, and cover. Cook covered for 3-4 mins, stirring occasionally, until onion is translucent.
  • Uncover and add tomato paste and lemon juice. Cook uncovered for another 3 mins, stirring frequently. Remove pan from heat.
  • Scoop fajita mix onto tortillas and decorate with your fave toppings.

Notes

🌮 To plate...scoop some fajita pan mix into a tortilla and add your favorite toppings. To make it fun, set up a little toppings station.
🌮 Make sure you're cooking with a large pan to fit all the veggies and chicken.
🌮 Spice up your fajitas! If you and your family prefer more zest, increase the amount of chili pepper used to season chicken. Or add a little bit of cayenne.
🌮 There are many possible ingredient swap options here. Chicken can be thighs, tenders or breasts. Frozen is ok too. Use 1 t of garlic powder if you don't have fresh. You can use bottled lemon juice or fresh-squeezed. Any color bell pepper is fine!
🌮 Make it gluten-free! Buy some corn tortillas or gluten-free tortillas, or just ditch the tortilla and eat the fajita mix on top of rice. Yummmmmm!

Nutrition

Serving: 1 fajita taco | Calories: 340kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 27g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 107mg | Sodium: 1701mg | Potassium: 485mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 854IU | Vitamin C: 47mg | Calcium: 121mg | Iron: 4mg