With tender chicken, bell peppers, onions, and a flavorful fajita mix, these air fryer chicken fajitas are a quick and easy dinner for the family.
One of the best things about fajitas is how easy they are to make. These fajitas, cooked in the air fryer, come together in about 20 minutes for a quick and easy meal.
It’s also worth noting that you can use your favorite brand of fajita seasoning or use your own homemade blend (there’s an easy one on our list of favorite homemade spice blends that’s super easy to make).
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Ingredients & Notes
Chicken Breasts – Boneless, skinless chicken breasts.
Fajita Seasoning – Store bought or homemade fajita seasoning will work.
Veggies – Onions, red bell pepper, green bell pepper, and yellow bell pepper.
Avocado Oil – Avocado oil has a high smoke point and mild flavors making it perfect for cooking chicken fajitas in the air fryer.
Be sure to check out the full recipe and ingredient list below
How To Make Air Fryer Chicken Fajitas
See below for a full list of ingredients and detailed instructions.
- Preheat the air fryer to 380°F.
- Slice the chicken breasts, peppers, and onion into thin strips.
- In a large bowl, combine the oil, fajita seasoning, chicken. and vegetables.
- Toss with a fork or tongs until evenly coated.
- Place the seasoned chicken and vegetables in the air fryer basket. Try to keep it in a single layer so that the veggies and chicken cook evenly.
- Cook for 11 minutes. Remove the basket and shake or use tongs to mix them around.
- Cook for an additional 11 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through and the vegetables are tender and slightly charred.
- One the chicken and veggies are cooked, remove them from the air fryer.
- Add them to warm tortillas or put them in a bowl with some salsa, guacamole, sour cream, and any of your favorite fajita toppings.
Substitutions & Variations
- Salt free fajita seasoning is what we prefer, but you can use your homemade or favorite store bought seasoning.
- Swap out the peppers and onions with your favorite fajita veggies or add them into the meat mixture.
- Avocado oil is great for fajitas because it has such a mild flavor and does well with heat. If you don’t have avocado oil, olive oil will work too but you may get some smoke while cooking.
What To Serve With Chicken Fajitas
Chicken fajitas go great with a side of refried beans, a side salad, Spanish or Mexican rice, or roasted potatoes.
Storing & Reheating
- Store: Store any leftover chicken fajitas in the fridge for up to 4 days in an airtight container.
- Reheat: You can reheat the fajitas in the microwave or on the stove.
FAQs
Absolutely! This is an easy way to serve the fajitas. Once they are done cooking in the air fryer, simply put them into bowls and top them with your favorite fajita toppings.
Any kind you want. You can either purchase your favorite brand of fajita seasoning or make the spice blend yourself.
Most will tell you that avocado oil is best when cooking fajitas. It has a high smoke point so you don’t have to worry about all the smoke while cooking at a high temperature. It also has a mild flavor.
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Air Fryer Chicken Fajitas
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 2 tablespoons fajita seasoning
- 1/2 red bell pepper
- 1/2 green bell pepper
- 1/2 yellow bell pepper
- 1/2 red onion
- 2 tablespoons avocado oil
Instructions
- Preheat the air fryer to 380°F.
- Slice the chicken breasts, peppers, and onion into thin strips.
- In a large bowl, combine the oil, fajita seasoning, chicken. and vegetables. Toss with a fork or tongs until evenly coated.
- Place the seasoned chicken and vegetables in the air fryer basket. Try to keep it in a single layer so that the veggies and chicken cook evenly.
- Cook for 11 minutes. Remove the basket and shake or use tongs to mix them around.
- Cook for an additional 11 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through and the vegetables are tender and slightly charred.
Notes
- Salt free fajita seasoning is what we prefer, but you can use your homemade or favorite store bought seasoning.
- Swap out the peppers and onions with your favorite fajita veggies or add them into the meat mixture.
- Avocado oil is great for fajitas because it has such a mild flavor and does well with heat. If you don’t have avocado oil, olive oil will work too but you may get some smoke while cooking.
- You can either enjoy them as a traditional fajita or make fajita bowls without the tortillas. Either way works and it’s delicious.
Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and any changes you make to the recipe. For best results, calculate these on your own.
