I have a serious weakness for Mexican food, especially chicken fajitas. I could eat chicken fajitas every day. We normally grill our fajitas. I baked the fajitas this time because I wanted fajitas and didn’t marinate any chicken. I tossed the chicken and veggies with some fajita seasoning and thew everything in the oven. OMG! They turned out great. I absolutely loved the flavor!
This was SO simple to make. You could even toss everything together the night before and refrigerate it until you got home from work. I think this would be a great freezer meal too. Toss everything into a gallon freezer bag and pull it out when you are ready to bake. Either way, you must make these. Serve the fajitas with some black beans and rice for a midweek fiesta!
Oven Baked Chicken Fajitas
serves 4
(Printable Recipe)
- 1 lb chicken tenders
- ½ cup salsa
- 1 green pepper, sliced
- 1 onion, sliced
- 1 cup sliced mushrooms
- 1 packet fajita seasoning or homemade fajita seasoning (below)
- tortillas
- sour cream
- cheese
- additional salsa
- Homemade Fajita Seasoning
- 1 Tbsp cornstarch
- 2 tsp chili powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp sugar
- ¾ tsp chicken bouillon
- ½ tsp onion powder
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp cayenne pepper
- ¼ tsp cumin
Preheat oven to 400.
In a small bowl, whisk together homemade fajita seasoning ingredients.
In a large bowl. combine chicken, onion, pepper, salsa, mushrooms and fajita seasoning. Stir to coat. Pour mixture into a greased 9×13-inch pan.
Bake 20 minutes. Serve chicken and vegetables on tortillas. Top with sour cream, cheese and additional salsa if desired.
