Sheet Pan Fajitas are SUCH an easy meal for the whole family!
Easy. Healthy. Versatile. Sold! Tender fajitas with chicken, fresh veggies, all cooked up on the same sheet pan! Serve with tortillas, on top of a salad or wrapped up in a lettuce wrap.
Check out this video to see how easy these Sheet Pan Fajitas are to make! Toss it together then throw it in the oven and boom….dinner done! I love the concept so much, I am busy developing several more sheet pan recipes to share with you soon. Been up to my elbows in sheet… pans that is..argh, somebody stop me.
HOW TO MAKE CHICKEN FAJITAS!
- Slice your veggies and chicken. Keep them the same size so they cook at the same time.
- We used a variety of colored peppers. We sometimes throw in a sliced poblano for a little extra zing!
- Mix spices and olive oil for a delicious and healthy homemade fajita marinade.
- Toss chickens and vegetables in marinade on sheet pan.
- Bake until fully cooked and enjoy!
We love this set of three sheet pans, a size for everything. After adding everything to your sheet pan, measure out all your spices and toss right into the olive oil.
Cumin, chili powder, garlic, salt and pepper into some olive oil makes your perfect fajita marinade. The olive oil and the spices really help put some flavor into the fajitas- this easy spice mix works great even if you were to marinate the chicken and just bake chicken breasts by themselves.
We find this homemade version to be so much more flavorful AND healthier than packaged/store bought fajita or taco spices. Be cautious if you plan on using it for grilling though- olive oil plus an open flame can be a dangerous, very flammable thing.
Kick it up with hot sauce, or maybe a jalapeño mixed in with the veggies if you like spicy. Serve with sour cream, avocado, grated cheese…all your favorite fajita fixings! Wrap it all up in a warm tortilla, lettuce leaf or dump it on salad! We love the flavor of this chilled, too. Another few reasons to love this recipe. It’s healthy, low fat, low carb, Paleo and Whole30 compliant. It also feeds a crowd and provides leftovers for that boring old lunchbox.
Learn more about how to make Sheet Pan Fajitas with Chicken:
- Chicken is fully cooked at an internal temperature of 165 degrees farenheit. We recommend using a meat thermometer.
- Toss the fajitas midway through cooking to make sure everything is cooked evenly throughout, but also to double coat the fajita seasoning on the chicken and vegetables.
- Slice your chicken and veggies about the same thickness to ensure everything is done at the same time.
- Use the convection feature on your oven if you have it, it will brown the veggies nicely.
- You can substitute a casserole dish or 9 x 13 cake pan in a pinch.
- Top yours with avocado, cilantro and red onion (like below) and toss around to warm those up- adds a ton of flavor without a ton of calories.
- You do not have to line the sheet pan with foil as the olive oil will help slide the fajitas right off; but we find the foil makes for easier clean up and recommend it.
- If you want to reheat these, simply pop them in the microwave on medium heat for 30-45 seconds. You can also reheat them in a stove top skillet until warm throughout- this will help keep the chicken tender and will yield slightly better results than microwaving.
If you love the ease of this dish, you will loveour Chili Lime Shrimp Fajitas too! 10 minutes to prep and 10 minutes in the oven. Want more easy dinner recipes? You can see all of our Sheet Pan dinners HERE!
Other Sheet Pan Recipes We Love:
Our latest is this Sausage Sheet Pan Dinner with Sweet Potatoes and Veggies! – super healthy and great meal plan recipe.
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Sheet Pan Fajitas
Ingredients
- 1 pound chicken breasts - sliced thinly
- 1 red pepper - sliced
- 1 green pepper - sliced
- 1 yellow pepper - sliced
- 1 onion - halved and cut slices
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- Pinch of chili flakes
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400
- In small bowl combine oil, chili powder, cumin, chili flakes, garlic, salt and pepper.
- Toss chicken, veggies and oil mixture together on a large sheet pan with one inch edge.
- Spread out evenly.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes until chicken is cooked and the veggies are soft with a crispy edge.
- Serve with tortillas, sour cream, avocado and all your favorite fajita fixins!
Nutrition
I’m going to try and use the left overs by stuffing some pizza dough with it!
Soooo delicious! Made them tonight but on the grill instead of the oven…super yummy. We have an old sheet pan we use on the grill for recipes like this. Gotta try those salmon fajitas next!
We just had the salmon fajitas! They are a regular on our weeknight rotation. Puree up a little nonfat greek yogurt and roasted red peppers for some sauce…holy cow is it good! Thanks so much for your kind note!
Beyond excellent. Made it first time. We loved it; only adjustment is I added more garlic.
Thanks Barbara! More garlic is never a bad thing!
I made this last night for my family and we loved it. Very easy and tasty. Thank you, Kathi!
Hello Claire! Thanks for the nice note…I’m so glad you liked them! I’m actually making them tonite!
Kathi
I love your recipes because you have so many tasty & healthy ones. My only pet peeve is that you never post even approximately how many servings each recipe makes. I use these in my Weight Watchers plans because they are so healthy. I have to put in each ingredient & amount to build the recipe, then how many servings so I can get the number of points per serving. As it is I guess at it and that’s doable, but it would sure make my life simpler if you could at least post a suggestion! Thanks & keep up the great recipes!
Hi Jenny – You are so right and you said it so sweetly! I should add servings…especially some of my sheet pan recipes that are so popular and serve quite a few. I’ll go back and add them to the most viewed posts and include them in my recipes from now on. Thank you for your note…I needed that nudge!
Kathi
This sounds great! Do you think I could freeze individual servings to use later for lunches?
Keeping in mind that veggies just don’t freeze all that well and if you don’t mind that then yes…I’d say it would work great! Small container with a flour tortilla on the side would make a great lunch!
Kathi
I believe I would eat this as is – will see if I have time to get onto the bbq this weekend and let you know how it went.
I am betting you can do this on the grill in foil packs and save using the oven now that the weather is a bit nicer. Making this in the oven tonight for supper!!!! I need to get choppin’ ……..lol Thanks for sharing btw, found you on pinterest……my favorite place to be 🙂 happy cooking
Hi Cheryl – Thanks for the comment and you are right! Glad you found me and hope you come back to visit soon!
kathi
We first made this according to the recipe, then we did make it on the grill using foil packets. Worked just as nicely, and cleanup was a breeze! We might even use this recipe while camping.
Made this for supper tonight. Was a huge hit with the family.
Hi Denise – this is my go to dinner! With or without tortillas it’s always a hit…I’m so glad you liked it!
Made this for dinner tonight . Awesome! I’m so running out of ideas for dinner with this frigid weather. Below zero temps this past week , has stopped me from using the grill outside. It’s so hard to please the boys and me :). I can’t wait to serve it to the girls when they are home from college. Something the whole family will enjoy! And so easy!
Hi Lena!
I’m so glad you liked the recipe, It’s one of my favorite! I make this all the time. Go to healthy dinner…yay!
Take care,
Kathi
Thanks Pat! The variations on the meal are endless and they sure are easy!
I really love the idea of dumping food in a sheet pan for an easy dinner. This recipe is marvelous.
Brilliant! You MUST patent this idea 🙂
I was disappointed to find out that Martha has a sheet pan recipe cookbook…argh. So hard to be original anymore!
I’m hoping mine turns out, I’m cooking on 350 for an hour covered with foil, as I have errands to run. My kiddo will throw the tortillas in after an hour and we will eat within 30 minutes, hopefully. Fingers crossed.
It was awesome thank you!!!! 🙂
You are so sweet! Thanks for following up with your comment !