These sheet pan chicken fajitas are easy to make with seasoned sliced chicken and bell peppers. Serve this one pan dinner with warm tortillas and your favorite toppings!
I love sheet pan dinners! Other favorites we love include sheet pan chicken and veggies, sheet pan gnocchi and sheet pan quesadillas.
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Easy Chicken Fajita Recipe
I don’t know what I would do without sheet pan dinners. They are a lifesaver on busy weeknights. Sheet pan chicken fajitas is a favorite sheet pan meal, as well as sausage and vegetables and balsamic chicken and veggies.
This chicken fajita recipe is seriously so easy to make and takes no time at all. If you line your pan with foil beforehand, you’ll have very few dishes. The thing I love about them is that both the fajita veggies and chicken are cooked in one pan. Sheet pan dinners the best, plus they make clean up a breeze!
Recipe Ingredients
- Chicken: You’ll need about 1 pound chicken breast, sliced into strips. I used 2 large breasts.
- Bell peppers: I use a mixture of red, green and yellow chopped bell peppers. Feel free to use pepper color of choice.
- Fajita seasoning: To make it easier, I use store bought…however you could make your own homemade fajita seasoning too.
- Oil: The oil helps the seasoning stick to the chicken and veggies. I use about 2 Tablespoons.
- Tortillas: We typically use flour tortillas, but corn tortillas work great too.
How to Make Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas
- Prepare. Preheat the oven to 415°F and line your baking sheet with foil. This helps make clean up so much easier! Add the veggies to the pan and bake for 3-5 minutes while you slice the chicken.
- Bake. Remove the pan from oven and add sliced chicken. Drizzle olive oil on top and sprinkle on seasoning. Toss to coat. Bake for 20-25 minutes (stirring halfway through), until the chicken is cooked through and veggies are tender.
- Serve. Enjoy inside a tortilla, over a bed of rice or on top of a salad. Add your favorite toppings and dig in!
Favorite Toppings
Don’t forget to load on all your favorite toppings! All optional, of course…but highly recommended. :)
- Sliced avocado or guacamole
- Red salsa or salsa verde
- Pico de gallo
- Fresh lime
- Chopped cilantro
- Sour cream
- Jalapenos
- Shredded cheese
- Chopped onions
Helpful Tips
- Line your pan with foil. Then you’ll have virtually no clean up!
- Feel free to add in more veggies like mushrooms or zucchini.
- Marinate the chicken in a fajita marinade an hour beforehand for more flavor.
- You can use another type of meat (like shrimp or steak), however the cooking time may vary.
- Stir the veggies halfway through to ensure all sides cook evenly.
- Love cheese? Make this chicken fajita casserole instead!
- If you like your veggies more brown, bump up the heat to 425°F half way through.
- If serving with tortillas, wrap in foil and place on baking sheet the last 5 minutes to warm them up.
Serving Options
Keep it classic with tortillas or serve over a salad for a low carb option. It will be delicious no matter how you serve them!
- Serve in tortillas (flour or corn)
- Make lettuce wraps with romaine lettuce
- Over a bed of rice
- Make a fajita salad
- Make a chicken fajita bowl
5 star review
“These are the best easy chicken fajitas I have had! Super simple for a busy night, or if you don’t have time to cook a large meal. We have had them twice this week and probably adding this into our dinner menu each week! So good!”
-Raquel
Love fajitas? Try these crockpot chicken fajitas, this recipe for shrimp fajitas or steak fajitas next!
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Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas
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Ingredients
- 3 bell peppers
- ½ onion
- 2 chicken breasts (about 1 pound, sliced)
- 1-2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1-2 Tablespoons Fajita seasoning (or taco seasoning)
- 8 small flour or corn tortillas (or lettuce wraps)
- Kosher Salt & Pepper (to taste)
Optional toppings: Fresh limes, chopped cilantro, avocado slices or guacamole, shredded cheese, sour cream, salsa
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 415°F and line a large rimmed baking sheet with foil. Spray with nonstick spray.
- Slice the peppers and onions and place onto the pan. Bake for 3 to 5 minutes, while you slice the chicken.
- Then place the chicken on the pan and drizzle the olive oil over the top and sprinkle on the Fajita seasoning. Toss to coat.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through and the vegetables are fork tender. I like to stir the vegetables half way through, and drain off any excess liquid from the pan around 15 minutes. If you like your vegetables a little more browned, bump up the heat to 425°F half way through. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Enjoy the fajita chicken inside a tortilla, on top of a bed of rice or salad if you’re watching your carbs. Top with your favorite toppings.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition provided is an estimate. It will vary based on specific ingredients used.
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Categorized as: 30 Minute Meals, 30 Minute Meals, Chicken, Cinco De Mayo, Dairy-Free, Dinner, Mexican, Nut-Free, Sheet Pan, Sheet Pan
Jamielyn Nye is the founder and recipe creator at I Heart Naptime. She is the author of the I Heart Naptime Cookbook and shares easy family-friendly recipes and desserts for every occasion.
So easy and delicious! We all love it!
This was so easy and so tasty! Everyone in the house approved, and we can’t wait to make these fajitas again!
I’m so glad to hear everyone enjoyed them! Thanks for your comment and review Allie! :)
This recipe is extremely easy and turned out delicious. I bought a large pack of chicken breast and prepped a couple of meals out of it, tossing the chicken strips in the Fajita Spice mix/Olive Oil, packing each meal into Ziplock Freezer bags, and throwing them in the freezer. I thawed the chicken and allowed to marinate for 36 hours. I cooked the chicken strips according to recipe and then added a few minutes under the broiler for a bit of caramelized color. WOW!! This turned out so much better than my local favorite Mexican restaurant. I’ve added this on repeat to our monthly meal plan.
Letting it marinade that long would be delicious! I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for leaving a comment and review Corey. :)
This was a big hit. I’m just learning to cook so I appreciated how simple and easy this recipe is. (Just had to YouTube how to properly cut up a pepper.) My boyfriend talked about how great it tasted! He had it on a tortilla tonight with sour cream, green onions, and cheese. He’s having the leftovers tomorrow on top of Spanish rice. I will definitely make this again soon. I felt like a rockstar chef at dinner tonight, ha.
Way to go! I’m so glad it turned out well for you! Sheet pan dinners are my favorite.
Looks yummy! I have all the ingredients except fajita seasoning – I have taco seasoning. Do you know what the difference is between taco and fajita seasonings?
A few of the spices are different but it should be fine!
How do you make your own fajita spices?
Hi Louise! You can find fajita seasoning at the grocery store or make your own. Here is a recipe that looks good: https://diethood.com/homemade-fajitas-seasoning-mix/
I will definitely eat this for dinner any night of the week!
It looks really delish! Would love to give it a try!
Love this idea for busy weeknights!
My kids are going to be so excited! They love fajitas! The sheet pan version is perfect!
Hope you all enjoy these fajitas! :)
Now I am craving chicken fajitas!
Wow, I want to eat it every day! I’m sure this is very tasty. This is a great recipe for me.
We LOVE fajitas and I love this sheet pan version!!
Sheet pans are the best! :)
I cannot wait for Fajitas now! These look so good!
Thank you! Hope you enjoy!
Sheet pan meals like this are just fantastic! They are exactly what I need!
The best kind of meal! :)
Chicken fajitas are the best!
I can even see doing several sheet pans of these and then throwing a party!
Such a great idea!
I LOVE fajitas and this quick and easy recipe is exactly what I need!! Looks and sounds delicious!!
Thank you! They were a hit with my kids. Hope you enjoy!