Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Baked Chicken Fajitas

Fajitas are one of Drew's favorites and he was craving them the other night. But I was in the mood to try something new so I searched for different ways to make them. After stumbling across this recipe, I decided to give it a whirl.

Ingredients:
  • 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into thin strips
  • 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes and green chilies, drained
  • 1 medium onion, cut into thin strips
  • 1 medium green pepper, cut into thin strips
  • 1 medium red pepper, cut into thin strips
  • 2 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 tsp chili powder*
  • 1 tsp ground cumin*
  • 1 tsp fajita seasoning*
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • tortillas

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Directions:

  • In a 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray, combine the chicken, tomatoes, onion and peppers.
  • Combine the oil, chili powder, cumin and salt. Drizzle over chicken mixture; toss to coat.
  • Bake, uncovered, at 400° for 25-30 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink and vegetables are tender.
  • Spoon onto tortillas and top with salsa, sour cream, and whatever else you like!

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These were insanely easy and delicious. This is a perfect recipe if you don't feel like standing over the stove or grill to make your fajitas. And even better... you could prep your veggies and chicken in advance. All you would have to do when you get home is throw it into the oven! Dinner in a snap!

*I do think I would have seasoned these up a bit more. They had plenty of flavor, but I like them to have a little more spice.




Fajitas on Foodista

8 comments:

Ellie said...

I love chicken fajitas! I like that you can just throw these in the oven - easy cheesy.

Michel-lee said...

Wow that's super...no frying pan/wok mess.

Joelen said...

Yum! I love how colorful this is and more important how easy cleanup it is to make too!

Jo said...

We love fajitas for dinner!! But I am even more loving the idea of cooking the filling in the oven.. great work - thanks for sharing.

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Colleen said...

This looks great! I love how you can bake all the fillings!

Kerstin said...

How cool it worked so well to bake all the fillings in the oven! Chicken fajitas are one of our favorites!

Colleen said...

Me again! I just posted these - they were great!