Sheet-Skillet Chicken Fajitas
Sizzling chili-lime chicken with peppers and onions in warm flour tortillas.
dinnerdairy-freehigh-proteinkid-friendly
Serves 4 · Prep 10 min · Cook 15 min · Tex-Mex
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lb chicken breast, sliced into strips
- 3 bell pepper, sliced
- 2 yellow onion, sliced
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp chili powder
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 3 tbsp lime juice
- 8 flour tortillas
- 1 avocado, sliced
- 1/2 cup salsa
Instructions
- Mix the chili powder, cumin, paprika, garlic powder and salt, then toss with the chicken and 1 tablespoon lime juice.
- Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over high heat. Cook the chicken 6 minutes until browned and cooked through. Transfer to a plate.
- Add the remaining oil, peppers and onions to the skillet. Cook 5 to 6 minutes until charred at the edges but still crisp.
- Return the chicken, add the remaining lime juice, and toss for 1 minute.
- Warm the tortillas in a dry skillet or the microwave. Serve the fajita mix in the tortillas with avocado and salsa.
Nutrition facts (per serving)
| Calories | 680 |
| Protein | 49 g |
| Total carbohydrate | 67 g |
| Dietary fiber | 9 g |
| Total sugars | 11 g |
| Total fat | 25 g |
| Saturated fat | 4 g |
| Cholesterol | 125 mg |
| Sodium | 1690 mg |
USDA FoodData Central (Foundation Foods 2026-04 and SR Legacy 2018-04): ingredient grams from FDC foodPortions, energy = protein/fat/carbohydrate × the food's specific Atwater factors (general 4/9/4 when FDC lists none), rounded per FDA 21 CFR 101.9(c).
USDA FoodData Central sources
- 1.5 lb chicken-breast → 680 g of Chicken, broiler or fryers, breast, skinless, boneless, meat only, raw (SR Legacy, FDC 171077); lb (exact)
- 3 each bell-pepper → 357 g of Peppers, sweet, red, raw (SR Legacy, FDC 170108); FDC portion "1 medium (approx 2-3/4" long, 2-1/2 dia.)" = 119 g
- 2 each yellow-onion → 220 g of Onions, raw (SR Legacy, FDC 170000); FDC portion "1 medium (2-1/2" dia)" = 110 g
- 2 tbsp olive-oil → 27 g of Oil, olive, salad or cooking (SR Legacy, FDC 171413); FDC portion "1 tablespoon" = 13.5 g
- 1 tbsp chili-powder → 8 g of Spices, chili powder (SR Legacy, FDC 171319); FDC portion "1 tbsp" = 8 g
- 2 tsp ground-cumin → 4 g of Spices, cumin seed (SR Legacy, FDC 170923); FDC portion "1 tsp, whole" = 2.1 g
- 1 tsp paprika → 2 g of Spices, paprika (SR Legacy, FDC 171329); FDC portion "1 tsp" = 2.3 g
- 1 tsp garlic-powder → 3 g of Spices, garlic powder (SR Legacy, FDC 171325); FDC portion "1 tsp" = 3.1 g
- 1 tsp kosher-salt → 6 g of Salt, table, iodized (Foundation, FDC 746775); FDC portion "1 teaspoon" = 6.1 g
- 3 tbsp lime-juice → 45 g of Lime juice, raw (SR Legacy, FDC 168156); FDC portion "1 cup" = 242 g
- 8 each flour-tortilla → 392 g of Tortillas, ready-to-bake or -fry, flour, shelf stable (SR Legacy, FDC 167535); FDC portion "1 tortilla" = 49 g
- 1 each avocado → 136 g of Avocados, raw, California (SR Legacy, FDC 171706); FDC portion "1 fruit, without skin and seed" = 136 g
- 0.5 cup salsa → 130 g of Sauce, salsa, ready-to-serve (SR Legacy, FDC 174524); FDC portion "1 cup" = 259 g
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