Chicken Fajita Recipe: Traybake Method

This easy chicken fajita recipe makes the perfect traybake where you don't have to pot watch. AND it's also friendly on Slimming club plans with homemade fajita seasoning and tomato salsa.

Chicken fajitas used to be a regular in our house when my husband and I moved in together. It's cheap, quick and easy for when you just get home from work.

And, OK, yes, it's even easier if you grab one of those ready-made kits. But, they're not always cheap AND they're full of additives.

So I'm going to show you my chicken fajita traybake recipe that requires no pot watching and you can make the fajita seasoning and tomato salsa in advance if you want to. But it's not necessary.

WHAT KIND OF TORTILLA WRAPS TO USE

From my Slimming club days, I tend to only buy either the B Free From wraps or Weight Watchers white wraps. These are often incorporated in your daily fibre allowance.

The ones we enjoyed with our Chicken Fajita recipe were the Weight Watchers white ones as they're:

• 118 calories each
• Large enough for a good-sized wrap
• Low Fat
• High Fibre
• 3 SmartPoints

WHAT FAJITA SEASONING DO I NEED?

For my chicken fajita recipe, I'll show you how to put your own fajita seasoning together. And you'll find it cheaper than buying something out of a packet.

It's very very simple and perfect if you like collecting spices as you may do with a shoe or book collection. Plus, I know exactly what's in it and I can change it however I wish, depending on who I'm feeding.

For example, you'll often find it comes with cumin. And as much as I enjoy cumin, my fussy family hate it. You can make it in advance, months ahead of time. But my recipe is for 600g of chicken fillets and the veggies with come with fajitas.

HOW TO MAKE FAJITA SEASONING

Note, you'll find a printable and clickable shopping list at the bottom of this page.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 tablespoon mild chilli
• 1 tablespoon tikka curry powder (or spice blend)
• 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
• 1 tablespoon onion powder
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon ground coriander
• 1 tablespoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• ½ teaspoon natural sweetener
• ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper

METHOD

• Simply mix together in a bowl and store in an airtight container until ready to make your chicken fajita recipe.

HOW TO MAKE MY CHICKEN FAJITA RECIPE

INGREDIENTS - SERVES 4

• Fajita seasoning (as above)
• Cooking oil spray
• 600g chicken breasts, cut into fillet strips
• 1 red pepper
• 1 yellow pepper
• 2 red onions, cut into wedges
• 1 lemon, juice only
• Tomato salsa
• Pack of Weight Watchers White Wraps
• Salad

METHOD

First, preheat your oven at 200 degrees.

Then to make your chicken fajita recipe, in a large mixing bowl, mix the fajita seasoning well.

Add the lemon juice and a few squirts of cooking oil spray.

Now add the skinless chicken breasts you cut into fillets.

Give everything a really good stir until all the chicken is coated.

Add the peppers and onions.

Stir again until as much is coated as possible.

Then place on a large baking tray and bake for 40 minutes or until everything has softened and started to char.

MAKE YOUR SALSA!

While your chicken fajita recipe is cooking, this is perfect time to make my quick 5-minute tomato salsa. It's completely worth doing as you'll find the calories soon rack up with condiments. You can find my recipe here.

And once this chicken fajitas are done, spoon on to a wrap with salad and a dash of salsa.

It's ready to eat!

CHICKEN FAJITA PASTA

If by any chance, you have leftovers from this chicken fajita recipe, then another way to eat it is a chicken fajita pasta dish. This is a great alternative if you don't have any Weight Watchers wraps, or you don't want them. Besides, many slimming clubs allow dried past any time of the day.

Simply cook 80g of dried pasta per person, depending on how much of your chicken fajita you have. Once cooked, drain and return back to the saucepan.

Now stir in my 5-minute tomato salsa (which I made for this recipe anyway). Then add the chicken, stir and heat through for about 5 minutes. And finally, serve with fresh coriander and a grating of mature cheddar cheese. Nice and simple!

More Easy Chicken Meals

• Chicken fricassee recipe
• Healthy baked chicken nuggets
• Chicken bacon and bean casserole (Unofficial Slimming World)

Chicken Fajita Recipe Shopping List and Printable Version

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