This Chicken Fajita Bowl with Cauliflower Rice is a nutritious meal-in-a-bowl! Succulent fajita chicken with colorful bell peppers, tomatoes, avocado, and cilantro-lime cauliflower rice, all in one low-carb bowl, makes a healthy Mexican fajita bowl dinner.
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This low-carb Chicken Fajita Bowl with Cauliflower Rice makes an easy, healthy weeknight meal that you'll likely be making again and again! If you love chicken fajitas, you'll love this meal-in-a-bowl with amazing flavors, interesting textures, and bright appetizing colors.
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❤️ Why you'll love this recipe
- Flavor! Succulent chicken breast, sizzling bell peppers, and onions, seasoned to perfection with our favorite fajita seasoning.
- Low-carb: Serve this bowl with fluffy cilantro lime rice.
- Great for meal prep bowls: Cook the chicken and the cauliflower rice ahead of time to save time for busy nights!
Ready to make this easy recipe for Mexican chicken fajita bowls?
🛒 Ingredients
You'll find a complete list of ingredients in the recipe card below. Here are a few helpful notes.
- chicken breasts: boneless, skinless breasts, or chicken thighs
- bell peppers: one of each color makes an appetizing dish
- red onion: for flavor and color. If you find red onions too strong, soak the slices in a small amount of water for 10 to 15 minutes, then drain.
- avocado: its creamy texture contrasts with the crunchy red peppers
- fresh tomatoes
- cauliflower rice: easy to make! Find the instructions here. 3 Easy Steps to make Cauliflower Rice. Replacing rice with cauliflower rice adds nutrition, and fiber, and lowers the carbohydrate count.
- marinade ingredients: lime juice, olive oil, garlic, and spices
🔪 Instructions
Complete instructions are written in the recipe card below. Here's a quick overview of what you'll do to make this healthy fajita bowl.
- Marinate. Start by mixing the chicken fajita marinade ingredients and marinating the chicken breasts.
- Prepare the veggies. Next, slice or chop the onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes and prepare the cauliflower rice.
- Cook the chicken. Once the vegetables are prepared, in a large skillet over medium-high heat, sear the chicken on both sides and cook until juices run clear and it has reached an internal temperature of 165°F. Set aside to rest.
- Sauté the peppers and onions in the same skillet.
- Assemble. Now it's time to assemble the bowls. Arrange the vegetables on a bed of cilantro lime rice, then slice the avocado and add to the bowls.
- Add the sliced cooked chicken. And finally, slice the fajita chicken breasts, add to the bowls, and drizzle with any pan juices. Garnish with cilantro or green onions and a lime wedge, if you like. Enjoy!
How to make cauliflower rice
Cauliflower Rice is so easy, that it will become one of your go-to recipes! Click here for easy 3-step cooking instructions.
👍🏼 Make-ahead instructions
This Chicken Fajita Bowl with Cauliflower Rice makes an ideal dinner for busy weeknights because you can prepare much of it ahead of time. Work smarter, not harder!
Double or triple the fajita chicken portion of the recipe and freeze it in meal-size containers. Do the same with the cauliflower rice (see easy instructions here) and then all you have to do is sauté bell peppers and onions and add fresh vegetables to your bowl.
🔁 Possible Variations
- Add your favorite veggies, like lightly sautéd zucchini.
- In a hurry? Use rotisserie chicken and season it with fajita seasoning.
- Add grated cheddar cheese or Monterey Jack cheese and/or sour cream, or vegan sour cream.
- Add a scoop or two of pico de gallo or fresh salsa.
- Chop the chicken into small cubes, dice the bell peppers and avocado, and mix it all together!
🕑Storage
Store leftover fajita chicken bowls in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Reheat gently in the microwave or over low heat in a skillet on the stovetop.
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📖 Recipe
Chicken Fajita Bowl with Cauliflower Rice
Ingredients
- 2 large chicken breasts, boneless, skinless
- 1 tablespoon high heat oil like grapeseed or avocado oil
- 1 small red onion, sliced thinly
- 3 medium bell peppers, red, orange, and yellow
- 1 cup fresh tomatoes, chopped
- 1 medium avocado, peeled, pit removed and sliced
- 1 cup cauliflower rice with cilantro and lime
Marinade
- 2 tablespoon lime juice, or lemon juice
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- ½ teaspoon chili powder
- ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
- ¼ cup cilantro, chopped
Instructions
- If your chicken breasts are quite thick, slice them horizontally so they will cook quickly. Set aside in a glass dish.
- Combine all marinade ingredients and pour over chicken breasts. Allow to marinate for 1 - 2 hours or up to 8 hours in the fridge.
- Slice onion and peppers and chop tomatoes and set aside.
- Prepare cauliflower rice (see 3 Easy Steps to Make Cauliflower Rice.)
- Heat oil in skillet until it shimmers. Carefully add chicken breasts and sear. Cook on each side for about 5-7 minutes (if thinly sliced, longer if thicker) until meat thermometer registers at least 165°F and juices run clear. Remove from pan, cover with foil and let rest. while you quickly sauté the peppers and onions.
- Assemble the bowls with the cauliflower rice, peppers, onions and tomatoes.
- Peel and slice avocado last to prevent browning. Add chicken to dish, drizzle with pan juices and serve immediately.
Tracie
Awesome
Flavour & Savour
Thanks for commenting! Glad you liked it as much as we do!
Monica Porter
These were the BEST fajitas I’ve ever had. We subbed out the cauliflower rice for some quinoa and the flavors did not disappoint. I’ve been on the candida diet and it’s so hard to find yummy, flavorful meals that I want to come back and make again. The marinade was incredibly tasty; just the right mix of everything. Yum!
Flavour & Savour
That's great to hear! We love this dish, too, and just like you, I've made it with quinoa sometimes too. So glad you liked it, and thanks for taking the time to let me know!
Julie
What do I do with the tomatoes?!
Flavour & Savour
Hi Julie,
Just add them to the bowl when you assemble the other ingredients. I've added this to the recipe to make it more clear. Thanks for commenting!
KathleenC
Easy and yummy. Do you know how many calories are in the chicken fajita dish?
Flavour & Savour
Hi Kathleen,
So glad you liked it! It's difficult to calculate precisely, as it depends on the size of the chicken breasts, how much of the oil is absorbed and how much of the pan juices you choose to drizzle on top. Using a recipe analyzer, I have calculated it to be 432 calories per serving. I hope this helps! Cauliflower rice is low in calories and so good!
Angela
Are you supposed to cook the peppers and onions??
Flavour & Savour
Hi Angela, You can sauté the peppers and onions in the same pan in which you cooked the chicken if you like, or you can serve them raw. My apologies for the delay in responding. I've been traveling in an area with very little wifi!
Crissy
Love this so much! Love the marinade, love the cauliflower rice, and the fresh veggies. This will be the second time I've made it, thanks for the recipe!
Flavour & Savour
Thanks Crissy! I never get tired of this one, either. Love all the fresh veggies! Thanks for letting me know!
Alex
Yummmm Just made these and they were delicious. The family are not clean eaters so they had theirs with sour cream and wraps and loved them but the bowl by itself was soooo good.
Flavour & Savour
Thanks! So glad you liked this. We make the cauliflower rice all the time. I double the recipe and freeze half for a busy day. Thanks so much for commenting!
Kari Peters
I love anything Tex Mex inspired as well as smoked paprika, and I'm always looking for more ways to use it so I can't wait to try this out!
Flavour & Savour
Thanks Kari! I'm a smoked paprika fan from way back!