Air Fryer Chicken Fajitas make a fun 30-minute meal! This easy Tex-Mex chicken fajitas dinner cooks quickly and evenly in an air fryer. It's a delicious casual meal for family or friends when served with warmed tortillas, over rice in a bowl, or with a salad. This Ninja Air Fryer chicken fajita recipe is Keto, Paleo and Whole30 approved.
If you're used to making fajitas on a sheet pan, you'll love this air fryer Chicken Fajitas dinner recipe even more! Cooking fajitas in an air fryer results in chicken, peppers and onions that cook quickly and evenly in 10 - 15 minutes!
Air Fryer Chicken Fajitas make an effortless meal with an abundance of Tex-Mex flavours. Fajitas are a fun and casual meal, tailor-made for your family or friends. Cook the ingredients, then offer warmed tortillas, or toppings like avocado or guacamole, salsa or pico de gallo, sour cream, cilantro, and lime slices.
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🛒 Ingredients
chicken breasts: boneless, skinless. You can also use boneless, skinless chicken thighs if you prefer.
bell peppers: any colour, but green bell peppers are not as sweet as red, yellow or orange. Using a variety of colours makes this chicken fajitas dinner even more appetizing!
red onion: adds a sweet yet tangy flavour.
fajita seasoning: use homemade fajita/taco seasoning mix or see the list of seasonings in the recipe card below.
toppings: your choice! Offer avocado or guacamole, salsa or pico de gallo, sour cream, cilantro, and lime wedges for squeezing.
🔪 Step-by-Step Instructions
- Start by slicing the peppers and chicken into strips no more than ½ inch wide. You want them to cook at the same rate, so try to keep them roughly the same size. Slice the onion.
- Toss the chicken, peppers and onions with a small amount of oil, then sprinkle with fajita seasoning and toss until well coated.
- Brush or use an oil mister to coat the basket of your air fryer with a thin layer of oil. It's best to use an oil with a high smoke point, like avocado oil or grapeseed oil.
- Preheat your air fryer to 380°F. for 3 minutes.
- Add the mixture (chicken, peppers and onions) to the air fryer basket, shaking to distribute evenly. Depending on the size of your air fryer, you may have to cook these in two batches. I have a Ninja air fryer, and it was necessary to divide this into two.
- Air fry at 380°F. for 10 - 15 minutes, pausing, then removing the basket and shaking it to redistribute the fajita mixture every 4 minutes or so. Check the internal temperature of the thickest part of the chicken with an instant-read meat thermometer. It should register 165°F. to be safe.
👍🏼 A note about air fryer cooking times
All air fryers cook differently. This recipe was made in a Ninja air fryer. Use the recommended time in a recipe as a guide, adding or subtracting a few minutes.
The beauty of an air fryer is that you can easily pause it, remove the basket, give it a shake and check to see if your food is cooked. As I mentioned above, an instant-read meat thermometer is a useful tool to make sure your meat is cooked to a safe temperature.
👍🏼 Helpful Tip
Lime juice adds a bright flavour to fajitas, but it's best to add a squeeze or two after they're cooked instead of before. Squeeze a little over the fajitas before serving or offer lime wedges on each plate.
🔁 Possible Variations
I recommend using red, orange and yellow bell peppers as they have a naturally sweet flavour. However, green peppers add colour and flavour and you might like to add one of those, too.
If you don't care for red onions, substitute milder white onions. You can take the bite out of red onions by soaking them in ice water for 10 minutes. Pat dry before tossing them with oil and seasonings and adding to your air fryer.
🥶Storage and Reheating Instructions
Refrigerate leftovers promptly in a covered container. Fajitas reheat beautifully, making them a good choice for meal prep. This recipe makes enough for four. Since there are just two of us, we have enough to either save half of it uncooked, or cook and reheat for a second dinner.
To reheat, add leftovers to the lightly oiled basket of your air fryer. Heat at 350°F. for a few minutes until heated through, shaking the basket from time to time. Cooking time will vary depending on how much fajita mixture you're reheating.
🍽 Serving suggestions for air fryer fajita chicken
- Serve with warmed tortillas and offer avocado or guacamole, salsa or pico de gallo, sour cream, or avocado crema and lime wedges.
- As an alternative, make a chicken fajita bowl dinner and serve the chicken fajita mixture over rice or quinoa or cauliflower rice.
- Fajita salad, like this Shrimp Fajita Salad, is also delicious. Add seasoned air-fried chicken, onions and peppers on top of mixed greens and crisp veggies. So good!
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Chicken Fajita Bowl with Cauliflower Rice
If you like this Ninja air fryer fajita chicken, please leave me a comment and a rating below. I love hearing when you make one of my recipes!
Recipe
Air Fryer Chicken Fajitas
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 large chicken breasts, boneless, skinless (or 4 - 6 thighs)
- 1 tbsp olive oil, extra virgin
- 3 large bell peppers, one red, one yellow, one orange
- 1 medium red onion
- 3 tbsp fajita or taco seasoning mix, see ingredients in Notes below
Possible Toppings
- guacamole or avocado
- pico de gallo or salsa
- lime
- cilantro leaves, chopped
- sour cream
Instructions
- Start by slicing the peppers and chicken into strips no more than ½ inch wide. You want them to cook at the same rate, so try to keep them roughly the same size. Slice the onion.
- Toss with a small amount of oil, then sprinkle with fajita seasoning and toss until well coated.
- Brush the basket of your air fryer with a thin layer of oil. It's best to use an oil with a high smoke point, like avocado oil or grapeseed oil.
- Preheat your air fryer to 380°F. for 3 minutes.
- Add the mixture (chicken, peppers and onions) to the air fryer basket, shaking to distribute evenly. Depending on the size of your air fryer, you may have to cook these in two batches. I have a Ninja air fryer, and I find it necessary to divide this into two. Cook half and keep warm while you cook the other half.
- Air fry at 380°F. for 10 - 15 minutes, pausing, removing the basket and shaking it to redistribute the fajita mixture every 4 minutes or so. Check the internal temperature of the thickest part of the chicken with an instant-read meat thermometer. It should register 165°F. to be safe.
- Serve with warmed tortillas, and offer toppings like avocado or guacamole, salsa or pico de gallo, sour cream, cilantro, and lime slices.
Notes
- 6 Tbsp chili powder
- 2 tbsp cumin
- 2 tbsp garlic powder
- 2 tbsp paprika
- 1 tbsp dried oregano
- 1 tbsp onion powder
- 2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp pepper
- 2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
Dani
Delicious! Love them.
Flavour & Savour
That's great to hear! Thanks so much for commenting.
Anne
I've made these in the oven before, but using my air fryer to cook them was so much faster--and the chicken didn't get dried out! I'm a convert now.
Flavour & Savour
Me too! Once I made them in the air fryer, there's no going back!
Marnie
OMG these were so easy and so fast! I heated tortillas in a towel in the microwave and we filled them up and had guacamole with them. So good.
Flavour & Savour
So glad to hear they worked out for you! Love that guac!