Easy Oven-Baked Chicken Fajita Recipe
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Baked Chicken Fajitas recipe is perfect with a side of rice, in a wrap, or an amazing chicken fajita salad. A flavor explosion, these easy oven-baked fajitas will be your go-to one-dish meal on busy nights. Prep is easy, clean-up is a breeze, and while it’s all baking you can walk away and get something else done!
If you like a one-pan, no-fuss recipe, our Oven-Baked Chicken Fajitas Recipe is for you.
This easy oven fajita recipe can feed any size of gathering and can be prepped when you’ve got the time. Just slip it in the oven and you’ve got an amazing meal with a southwestern flair.
How to Bake Chicken Fajitas
Step one: First, mix the marinade ingredients and soak the chicken in the marinade for at least two hours. This allows the chicken to absorb all of the flavors from the marinade.
Step two: Bake the chicken in the marinade.
Step three: After the chicken has baked, remove it from the pan and allow it to rest. Add all of the veggies to the same pan in the marinade and bake while the chicken rests.
How long do you bake chicken fajitas?
You’ll need to bake the chicken until your meat thermometer reads 165º F. I like to use an Instant Read Thermometer.
What vegetables go well in oven-baked chicken fajitas?
You can use almost any vegetables in this one-pan chicken fajitas recipe and it will turn out great! Everyone thinks of red peppers and onions when they think of baked chicken fajitas. We used onions, peppers, jalapeños, and mushrooms plus asparagus. You could also use any summer squash like zucchini, or snow peas, diced sweet potatoes, tomatoes, and even broccoli or cauliflower.
If you are in a hurry, you can buy your fajita vegetables already prepared for you in the freezer section of your local grocery store.
Tips for Easy Oven-Baked Chicken Fajitas
- Cut the chicken in uniform sizes so they cook at the same rate.
- We line the baking sheet with aluminum foil and spray it with non-stick cooking spray. This makes it easy to turn the ingredients halfway through baking so everything gets roasted evenly.
- Choose vegetables that cook at the same rate.
- Denser vegetables need to be cut into thinner pieces.
Storing Baked Chicken Fajitas
Sometimes, I just take all the leftover fajitas veggies and all and toss it in a freezer-safe ziplock bag and then throw it in the fridge. This can be dumped in a skillet the next day to reheat.
How to Freeze Easy Chicken Fajitas
Chicken freezes great but I’d recommend freezing just the chicken or freezing the marinated chicken for a quick meal and adding fresh vegetables.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is the best chicken to use for the Baked chicken Fajita Recipe? We buy boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs. This chicken cuts easily and since it’s marinated is tender and juicy. It also is easy to cut into uniformed-sized pieces for even cooking.
- How to serve Baked Chicken Fajitas
- Over brown rice is our favorite way. It’s a delicious way to make the recipe serve more.
- You can also serve this recipe on warmed tortillas or in a wrap.
- Warmed leftovers make a whole new meal served as a chicken fajita salad.
- Or, you can serve them as is with a side of Tomatillo Rice, Cherry Chipotle Salad, or Black Beans.
- Chicken Fajita Toppings
- Sour Cream
- Cheese
- Bean Sprouts
- Avocados
- Cilantro
Tastes Like Summer
It’s time for the Summer version of “The Freaky Friday” blog hop, and I’m bringing an Easy Oven-Baked Chicken Fajita recipe to the party! The Freaky Friday blog hop is a group of bloggers that are secretly assigned each others’ blogs from which we choose a recipe. It is so much fun, and the bloggers that participate are all amazing foodies. The biggest problem I always have is picking just one recipe to post about.
This time I had the pleasure of being assigned Dini’s blog The Flavor Bender. I’ve known Dini for about as long as I’ve been blogging. I can’t even begin to tell you how talented she is and what an amazing friend she is to so many people including me!
Dini refers to herself as the mad-scientist behind the Flavor Bender where she combines flavors in new and wildly creative ways that will make you fall in love with cooking and baking! That is exactly the way I would describe her! Just look at her Galaxy Cocktails!
I wanted to make her Self Saucing Chocolate Pudding Cake with Strawberry and Bourbon recipe but didn’t trust myself not to eat the whole thing. So, I made her Easy Oven-Baked Chicken Fajita recipe. What drew me to this recipe is that it was baked and there were so many ways that I could think to serve it. I can’t wait to try to make a new version of my Chipotle Grilled Chicken Salad using her Fajita seasoning!
Don’t have time to make it now? Pin it for later!
The only change that I made was that I used boneless skinless chicken thighs and drumsticks and threw in a few extra veggies. Her Fajita seasoning mix is phenomenal! John loved his fajita in a tortilla and I loved it as is. Once the veggies were gone, I put that amazing chicken on a salad for lunch.
If you like this Easy Baked Chicken Fajitas recipe, here are a few more I think you’ll enjoy
This Easy Oven-Baked Chicken Fajita recipe is going to become a regular in my kitchen! Just go see for yourself all of the amazing recipes on The Flavor Bender. I’ll guarantee you’ll want to stay awhile.
TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF OUR FREAKY FRIDAY RECIPES:
A Dish of Daily Life – Mexican Black Beans
An Affair from the Heart –Deconstructed Guacamole Salad
Aunt Bee’s Recipes – P.F. Chang’s Lettuce Wrap Salad
Belle of the Kitchen – Crock Pot Honey Sriracha Meatballs
Bowl Me Over – Grilled Shrimp Nicoise Salad
The Devilish Dish – Southwestern Coleslaw
The Flavor Blender – Creamy Frozen Margarita Pie Slice with a Pretzel Crust
Full Belly Sisters – Bacon Scallion Deviled Eggs
The Foodie Affair – New Zealand Bacon and Egg Pie
Honey & Birch – Grilled Guacamole
Hostess at Heart – Easy Oven-Baked Chicken Fajitas
Lemoine Family Recipes – Easy Peach Dumplings
Lisa’s Dinnertime Dish – Tortellini Caprese Salad
PicNic – Oreo Scones
PlatterTalk – Black Bean and Roasted Corn Chowder
Seduction in the Kitchen – Peach Sweet Tea
Take Two Tapas – Spicy Margarita Shrimp Skewers
Who Needs a Cape? – No Bake Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake Parfait
Oven-Baked Chicken Fajitas Recipe
Ingredients
Fajita Seasoning
- 1 1/2 tbsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper more if you like it spicy
- 1 1/2 tsp coriander, ground powder
- 2 tsp cumin powder
- 2 tsp black pepper, ground
- 2 tsp onion powder
- 2 tsp brown sugar either dark or light
Marinade
- 2/3 cup orange juice, freshly squeezed about 1 orange
- 1 lime, juiced and zested
- 1/4 cup oil, canola or vegetable
- 2 tsp salt, kosher
- 3 lb chicken thighs I used boneless/skinless
- 2 onions, sweet I used purple onions
- 4 bell peppers
- 2 jalapeno peppers
- 2 cups portabello mushrooms
- 2 cups asparagus roughly chopped
Garnishes – optional
- 1/4 cup Cotija Cheese
- 1/2 cup cilantro chopped
Instructions
- Combine the ingredients for the Fajita seasoning. Make extra for other recipes down the road!
- Mix the Fajita seasoning with all of the marinade ingredients except for the chicken.
- Pat the chicken pieces dry. Place them in a dish large enough to immerse the chicken in the marinade. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours or up to 24 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Cover a rimmed baking sheet with foil and spray it with non-stick cooking spray. Place chicken skin side up in a single row on a cooking sheet and pour marinade over the chicken. Bake for 30 minutes or until chicken registers 165°F with a thermometer. Cover with foil if skin gets to dark.
- Remove chicken to a dish, cover and allow to rest.
- Place vegetables on the same pan in remaining marinade. Bake for 20 minutes or until just al dente, stirring after 10 minutes to redistribute in the marinade.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional Disclaimer
This recipe was calculated using the exact brands and measurements I used to make this recipe. If you are following a strict diet please note changing anything will cause the nutritional info to change. My calculations are intended as a guide only.
I absolutely love that you tried this!! 😀 Fajita is one of our favorite recipes ever! Using boneless chicken is a great idea too! Plus it means that you don’t have to keep the oven on for too long either! <3 Now I need to go and make it again too 😉
Dini, we just loved this recipe and that fajita seasoning is amazing! I had a heck of a time deciding which recipe to make. You are definitely a master of the culinary arts!
What gorgeous photos!!! This recipe has me craving fajitas!! I can’t wait to try these!
Michaela, I just loved everything on Freaky Friday and am so appreciative of the work you put into it. The worst part is deciding which recipe to make! We loved this recipe so much, it’s so quick and easy.
This looks so delicious, Julie, and would be perfect for meal prep, too! I’ve got a house full of fajitas lovers so we will have to try this!
Thank you Ashlyn! I really enjoyed this recipe and it really was quick and delicious!
Your fajitias look so tempting!!! I love making fajitas in the oven, as a matter of fact they might go on the menu for this week!
Thank you, Lori! We sure enjoyed them. Dini’s fajita seasoning is so good!
What a versatile recipe, I love all of the suggestions for serving this delicious chicken! I can’t wait to give it a try I know we will love it!!
Thank you Debra! I’ll definitely be making it regularly. We really enjoyed it!
That looks delicious! Definitely a recipe my family will like!
Thank you, Michelle! It’s quick and easy too.
Dini’s recipes are amazing – you picked a great one! Your pictures are lovely.
Thank you, Jenny! The hardest part of Freaky Friday is picking one recipe, and this one is definitely a keeper!
Oh my gosh, Julie (and Dini) this chicken looks amazing! The pics are stunning and now I’m famished :). Hope you’re having a great weekend!
Thank you, Kelsie! Hope you are staying cool my friend!
The photos are inviting me to taste it right now.
Thank you, Kalyan! I really appreciate you stopping by and leaving a sweet comment on my photos!
This looks fantastic and your pix are beautiful!
Thank you, Justine!
Oh, you picked a great meal! My family will love this recipe and I like how easy it comes together!
Thank you, Sandra! We loved this recipe.
Will definitely be trying these soon. We love Mexican food!
Thank you Candi! We loved them.
Fajitas are one of our FAVORITES! These look delicious. TOTALLY trying!
That seasoning of Dini’s is amazing! I hope you love them as much as we did.
These fajitas look so tasty!
Thank you Pamela! We loved them.
Look at all those gorgeous veggies! What an easy weeknight meal that certainly doesn’t sacrifice on flavor! Cant wait to try this!
Thank you, Angela! I really love my veggies too.
These fajitas look and sound perfect!
Thank you Nicole! We loved them.
Look at all those colors! You know it’s going to taste amazing!
Thank you, Christie. It was a simple but delicious and healthy dish.
I’m loving the flavor and ease of this beautifully photographed fajita recipe! Our kids are huge fans of the stuff and I this will be going on our family menu pronto; thanks for the beautiful work!
Thank you so much, Dan! It’s definitely a great healthy balanced dish for those growing kiddos!
These fajitas are seriously gorgeous and you can just tell from the photos how flavorful they are!!
Thank you so much! They were so good and once the veggies were gone I enjoyed the chicken on my lunch salad. I’ll make more next time!
It is lunch time and I am looking at this going “Gimme some” This looks sooo yummy!!!
Thank youy Deanna! This recipe is definitely a keeper!
This sounds so delicious and your photos make it look absolutely mouthwatering! I also love the mix of veggies you used.
Thank you, Lisa! It was so good. This will be my new go to Fajita seasoning.
This is so doable! Cant wait to make it…. just put everything on my grocery list!
Thank you!!! I hope you love it as much as we did. Next time I’m making more!
I love this idea… baking fajitas…. also the idea of making another blogger’s creation. Its fun to see how other poeple put together their ideas. I also have a recipe I may sub in the fajita seasoning on!
Thank you Michele! I loved this seasoning and will be making a lot of it next time I put it together. That chicken was so quick and easy and perfect for salads too.
Julie that looks delicious a great recipe from Dini! I love how simple it is and a tray bake of chicken snd veggies is always a favorite.
Thank you Suzanne. This chicken comes out so delicious that I’m making a ton of it for salads next time. Stay cool my friend!
Julie this chicken fajita looks absolutely delicious and your photos are stunning
Thank you Marisa! I was really pleased with how they came out too.