Skinny Chicken Fajita Salad

Every part you’re keen on about fajitas, in salad kind. This salad is gentle and recent but filling. Filled with sautéed bell peppers and onions, juicy rooster breast, and crisp romaine lettuce. High all of it off with avocado slices and our home made, candy and spicy dressing.

For extra fajita recipes, attempt our Fajita Stuffed Chicken or our Sizzling Skillet Chicken Fajitas.

Why Our Recipe

• All of the flavors of fajitas in a deliciously gentle and recent salad.
• Juicy rooster, sautéed bell peppers and onion, with creamy avocado.
• Serve with our straightforward, home made salad dressing.

This recipe is recent and light-weight however nonetheless filled with taste from our scrumptious, home made salad dressing. I provide the choice of doubling the sugar within the recipe, which is nice should you’re used to a sweeter dressing. You too can use sugar substitutes instead of the brown sugar. Honey and stevia are nice choices.

Ingredient Notes

• Olive Oil: 1 tablespoon for cooking the rooster and 1 tablespoon for the dressing. You would use vegetable or avocado oil for cooking the rooster and greens, however olive oil is beneficial for the dressing.
• Hen: We advise utilizing boneless, skinless rooster breasts for this recipe. Thighs may work as effectively, however they should an extended cook dinner time.
• Onion: Minimize your onion in half after which into skinny slices.
• Bell peppers: Any shade of bell peppers will work for this recipe! Be at liberty to make use of one shade or a number of colours, relying on what your loved ones likes or what’s on sale.
• Romain Lettuce: Substitute with butter lettuce or combined greens.
• Avocado: Add simply earlier than serving to forestall browning.
• Lime juice: Contemporary limes are finest, and also you’ll want about two for this recipe. Bottled lime juice will even work.
• Purple Pepper Flakes: Provides a refined warmth, which you’ll modify in response to your desire.

Fajita Seasoning

Whilst you can usually discover pre-made fajita seasoning in grocery shops, we suggest making your own! Every model differs in its ratios and high quality of spices, so utilizing our spice combine will guarantee high quality taste. It solely takes a couple of further minutes and actually enhances the flavour of your fajitas. It’s all about having the ability to management the flavour your self to get one of the best.

Purple pepper flakes: One other professional of creating your individual spice combine is you could management the spice stage—if your loved ones isn’t as spice tolerant, you possibly can scale back the quantity of crimson pepper flakes you add in. Or, should you’re actually searching for some warmth, be happy so as to add extra!

Lettuce Choices

Substitutes: We love this rooster salad with crunchy romaine lettuce, however you possibly can simply substitute with butter lettuce, inexperienced or crimson leaf, or a packaged spring combine.

Lettuce Wraps: You would additionally flip this fajita rooster salad right into a lettuce wrap! Use romaine hearts or butter lettuce leaves for a simple, on-the-go rooster wrap!

Alternate Salad Dressings

This recipe has an amazing, candy and spicy dressing, however should you’re searching for one thing somewhat extra gentle and creamy, you possibly can choose up a southwestern-style dressing or some ranch from the grocery retailer. We even have a couple of different tasty recipes beneath.

Cilantro Lime Ranch Dressing: It is a zesty twist on the basic ranch dressing. The recent, citrusy flavors of lime and the distinctive style of cilantro add a refreshing and vibrant contact to the salad, making it an thrilling choice for many who take pleasure in a little bit of a kick of their dressing.

Ranch Dressing: A basic selection, ranch is creamy and has a balanced taste that works effectively with each the greens and the meats within the salad. Its richness enhances the general style with out dominating the opposite components.