Chicken or Beef Fajitas
Fajitas, with homemade fajita seasoning, are a fast and simple dinner that can be made as healthy as you want it to be.
Servings: 8 fajitas
Calories: 176kcal
Ingredients
For the fajita seasoning
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt table salt is also okay
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon brown sugar optional
For the fajitas
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil
- 1 pound chicken or beef cut into strips
- 1 each green red, orange bell peppers, cut into strips
- 1 large yellow onion
- 8 small flour tortillas
- 1 small bunch cilantro chopped
- Shredded cheese sour cream, hot sauce for topping (optional)
Instructions
For the fajita seasoning
- Mix together all of the spices. This recipe makes just enough for one batch of fajitas. You can make more by doubling or tripling the recipe.
For the Fajitas
- Season the vegetables and meat strips, separately, with salt and pepper.
- Add half the cooking oil to a large skillet on medium high heat. Add the meat and cook for 5-8 minutes. When it's almost cooked through, add 2 teaspoons of the seasoning. Mix well. Once the meat is cooked through, remove it from the pan.
- Add the remaining cooking oil to the skillet. Add the vegetables and saute for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally so the vegetables don't burn. Add the remaining seasoning to the vegetables and mix together well.
- Add the meat back to the skillet and mix it all together. Remove the pan from the heat.
- Serve the fajita filling on flour tortillas. Top with your choice of condiments (cheese, hot sauce, cilantro, sour cream).
Nutrition
Calories: 176kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 376mg | Potassium: 161mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 310IU | Vitamin C: 14mg | Calcium: 43mg | Iron: 2mg