Chicken Fajita Sheet Pan Dinner

The holiday season calls for easy warm dinners that are great for gathering. Here is a favorite that is sure to please.

Chicken Fajita Tray

This sheet pan dinner gets garnished with fresh and cooked accompaniments and will be loved by everyone. Let them make their own burrito or serve with corn tortillas.

  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • 1 each onion (peel and slice)
  • 1 each red bell pepper (cored and sliced in thin strips)
  • 1 each jalapeno pepper (cored, seeded, diced)
  • 2 each chicken breasts (boneless, skinless, sliced in strips)
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 1 tsp garlic salt
  • 1 tsp oregano
  • 1 tsp chili powder
  • 2 each limes
  • 1 cup radishes
  • 2 cups pinto beans ((canned or cooked) drained)
  • 1 each avocado (peeled, pitted, sliced)
  • 8 each tortillas (flour or corn, warmed in foil in the oven)
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Place the chicken, peppers, onions, and oil on the sheet tray, tossing them together. Top with seasonings. Bake in the oven until the chicken is done, about 20 minutes.

  2. Meanwhile, prepare the other ingredients. Slice the radishes and avocado. Cut the limes in wedges. Heat the corn tortillas in the oven in foil. Heat and drain the beans.

  3. When the chicken is done, add all the items to the tray. Serve hot. You can make burritos with flour tortillas or serve taco style with corn tortillas.

Main Course, Family Meal, Dinner
American, Mexican
fajitas, sheet pan dinner, family meal, easy weeknight meal

Judy Doherty, MPS, PCII

Judy Doherty, MPS, PCII discovered her love of cooking at her grandmother's side, stirring raisin oatmeal on a Saturday morning. By 15 she had her first food service job. At 18 she was accepted to the Culinary Institute of America, where she graduated second in her class, then went on to the Fachschule Richemont in Switzerland to study pastry arts and baking. A decade with Hyatt Hotels followed before she founded Food and Health Communications with a single conviction: food that is good for you should taste extraordinary.

Judy holds a Master of Professional Studies in Food Business from the Culinary Institute of America, a Bachelor of Science in Culinary Arts from Johnson and Wales University (Summa Cum Laude), two art certificates from UC Berkeley Extension, and the CIA's Pro Chef II certification. She has earned the American Culinary Federation Bronze Medal, Gold Medal, and ACF Chef of the Year award.

Today she develops every recipe on this site, shoots and styles food through her food photography and motion studio, and publishes nutrition education materials for dietitians, schools, extension offices, and health professionals through nutritioneducationstore.com. She uses the latest nutritional science and Dietary Guidelines to drive her creativity — whether that means a new twist on fajitas or Italian brownies made with toasted nuts and cooked honey. Her mission has never changed: help everyone make food that tastes as good as it is for them.

https://nutritioneducationstore.com
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