Grammy's Kitchen · Fajitas · Easy Chicken Fajitas
One of 111 fajitas recipes we measured
from joyfoodsunshine.com
9 cooks on joyfoodsunshine.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 111.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 6% | 3% |
| protein add | 100% | 100% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
| aromatics | 17% | 22% |
| acid | 3% | 0% |
| vegetables and beans | 40% | 42% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 907 g | 2 pounds chicken breasts ((sliced into thin, 1" strips)) |
| 31 g | 2 Tablespoons lime juice |
| 27 g | 2 Tablespoons olive oil |
| 8 g | 1 Tablespoon minced garlic |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon chili powder |
| 0 g | 1/4 teaspoon ground coriander |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon sea salt |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper |
| 27 g | 2 Tablespoons olive oil |
| 120 g | 1 red bell pepper ((sliced into thin strips)) |
| 120 g | 1 green bell pepper ((sliced into thin strips)) |
| 120 g | 1 yellow bell pepper ((sliced into thin strips)) |
| 150 g | 1 onion ((sliced into thin strips)) |
| Sour cream, guacamole, a drizzle of extra lime juice, cheese, salsa, tortillas, etc. |
Method: 10 steps, published by joyfoodsunshine.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I’ve refrain from making fajitas at home. They’ve always turned out dry and tasteless so I gave up years ago. I randomly decided to give it another shot and am I ever glad I did! I used this recipe and ended up with amazing results. It’s so quick to pull toget” — a cook, 5.0★
“I made this dish last night; very tasty. I doubled the quantities for the spice mix and I didn't have any limes so I skipped the marinade. At the end I added some chopped fresh tomatoes so that the sauce was not so dry. Much tastier than the Fajita kits that y” — a cook, 5.0★