10 Easy Chicken Fajita Recipes for Family Dinners

Chicken fajitas are one of the easiest and most satisfying meals you can make for your family. With juicy chicken, sautéed peppers, onions, and bold spices, these dishes come together quickly while delivering big flavor. Perfect for weeknights, fajitas don’t require fancy ingredients or hours in the kitchen—just a skillet, fresh veggies, and your favorite tortillas.

These 10 easy chicken fajita recipes show just how versatile this classic dish can be. From traditional sizzling skillet fajitas to baked sheet-pan versions that minimize cleanup, you’ll find options for every mood. Love a little heat? Try spicy fajita marinades or chipotle-seasoned chicken. Want something lighter? Go for fajita bowls loaded with veggies and served over rice or cauliflower rice.

Each recipe is designed to keep dinner stress-free and delicious, making it simple to feed the whole family without sacrificing taste. Pair your fajitas with fresh salsa, guacamole, or sour cream, and you’ve got a complete meal everyone will love. With these easy recipes, fajita night can happen any night of the week!

Spicy Chicken Fajitas

Marinated in a combination of soy sauce, lime juice, honey, and jalapeños, these chicken fajitas check off all the boxes for salty, sour, sweet, and spicy. You can make this dish on the grill, or keep it indoors with a quick roast under the broiler.

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Chicken Pineapple Fajitas

Pineapple adds a sweet and tropical tone to traditional fajitas in this unique recipe. The sugar in the jerk seasoning helps the chicken caramelize and lightly blacken for that distinct fajita flavor.

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Easy Chicken and Bell Pepper Fajitas

When you want a classic chicken fajita plate, this is the recipe for you. Use a trio of bell pepper colors — red, yellow, and green — for a vibrant dish.

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Easy Slow Cooker Chicken Fajitas

For this simple recipe all you need are a few pantry staples and chicken breast to create a dinner the whole family will love. Simply start the slow cooker in the morning, and all you’ll need to do is set out a table with tortillas and toppings for everyone to DIY their own fajitas at dinner.

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Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas

It doesn’t get much easier than this one-dish dinner. “We have this once a week,” says reviewer alexandria. “It is the easiest, tastiest recipe of all time.”

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Garlic Onion Chicken Fajitas with Lime

Orange and lime juice marinade both tenderizes the chicken and infuse it with flavor. “This was a different taste than I would normally expect from fajitas but they were very good,” says HappySchmoopies. “The citrus gave the vegetables and chicken a bright fresh flavor.”

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Oven-Baked Chicken Fajitas

When it’s too rainy to grill, or you just don’t have one on-hand, the oven is here to save the day. Using pre-made fajita mix means you can easily throw this dinner together in under an hour.

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Grilled Tequila-Lime Chicken Fajitas

A tequila-lime marinade is the secret behind these decadently juicy chicken fajitas. This recipe is delicious served on a skewer, or tucked into a tortilla.

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Slow Cooker Chicken Fajitas

Forgot to defrost your chicken? No worries, this recipe actually starts with frozen chicken breasts. Throw them in with veggies, salsa, and spices, then let the slow cooker do all the work.

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Grilled Chicken Fajita Salad

Get all the taste of fajitas without any added carbs by whipping up this light salad recipe. Grilled chicken and veggies are layered up on a bed of lettuce, served with lime wedges on the side for seasoning.

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