Air Fryer Chicken Fajitas are an easy dinner recipe, ready to enjoy in less than 30 min. Perfect for busy weeknights or even Cinco de Mayo!
In our family, we LOVE Mexican food. With a good portion of those in my family being of Mexican heritage, (and the fact that I grew up in So Cal where they have THE BEST Mexican food ever) I have a deep love affair with the food.
Not only is it positively amazing with all the flavors, textures, and colors – but the majority of it is pretty easy to make. But I took something as simple as fajitas and made it even easier by creating an air fryer version that is awesome!
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You see, every summer I would stay with my Aunt Rosa and my cousins. We would spend our days pretty much like drowned rats, constantly wet from being in and out of the pool all day or going surfing down at Dana Point and what we call “The Bo”
My aunt spent her younger years surfing longboard – which pretty much makes her my idol, because, well – that is just amazing. We’d spend the summer days with her teaching us all how to surf.
But anyway – when we would come home from the beach she would whip up some sort of recipe that was passed down to her from her Abuela. It was always the most amazing thing I had ever eaten. I particularly loved it when she made fajitas like these ones here.
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Here are some commonly asked questions
What is the best way to store leftover chicken fajitas?
These chicken fajitas store incredibly well. Just place any leftovers in an airtight container and keep refrigerated for up to 4 days. To reheat, just microwave for 60-90 seconds or until hot. Place them in a warmed tortilla and they taste like the day you made them.
How Air Frying Works
While air fryers are relatively new to the market, the technology isn’t really a new concept. They basically work like tiny convection ovens that you can use on your countertop.
Similar to a convection oven, it circulates the hot air within the cooking area using a high-powered fan. This helps evenly distribute the heat around the food which not only creates more evenly cooked food but also reduced cooking times.
By circulating the hot air, which contains the fine oil droplets from adding a light mist layer before cooking, and allows you to remove the need for submerging our foods in heavy oils to create the deliciously crunchy foods we all love.
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What to serve with chicken fajitas?
We absolutely love Mexican food and often make it the majority of every week. But here are a few of our family favorites you don’t want to miss.
- Sweet Pork Barbacoa
- Limonada
- Air Fryer Churro Cannoli
- Restaurant-Style Refried Beans
- White Corn Tortillas
- Banana Pina Colada
- Awesome Cinco de Mayo Recipes
- Southwest Chicken Casserole
- Awesome Margarita Recipes
What are the benefits of air frying?
Healthier
It’s no secret that fried foods are more fattening – but did you know that there are 9 calories in every gram of fat? With air frying, we can reduce the fat by removing most of the oils usually needed to create crunchy foods. This helps to drastically reduce fat intake and calories.
Convenience
I love being able to cook with my air fryer and eliminate the need for large baking sheets and lots of pots and pans. Most of my air fryer recipes can be made with just a mixing bowl or two or a small saucepan in addition to my air fryer.
Energy Efficient
Someone said to me once, “why make this in the air fryer if you can do it the conventional way in the same amount of time?” Well, air frying helps eliminate the need for a conventional oven.
Not only can you keep your home cooler in the summer by not using the oven, but you are saving money with reduced energy consumption costs as well.
Time Saver
I don’t know about you, but if I can avoid turning on the oven and having to wait 20 minutes for it to preheat, I’m happy about that. Most air fryer recipes either don’t require that you preheat the fryer – or the preheat time is 5 minutes or less. That is a huge time saver over using the oven.
Take it on the go
I love that the air fryer is compact and easy to take along on trips. We pack ours in our RV and find that air fryer cooking while camping is so much easier than trying to deep fry foods on a small RV stove or camping burner.
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HOW DO YOU MAKE AIR FRYER CHICKEN FAJITAS?
- Place the chicken, peppers, and onion into a large mixing bowl and add the olive oil, chili powder, ground cumin, garlic powder, and paprika. Toss to combine.
- Place the fajita mix into the air fryer basket and cook for 15-18 minutes, stirring halfway through cooking.
- Check the temperature of the chicken with an instant-read thermometer– if it hasn’t reached 165F, continue cooking for another 2-3 minutes.
- Remove from the fryer, place into tortillas, and serve with garnishes of your choice.
I have a bake option and other special features on my air fryer, is that the setting? Or do you put it on “air fry” setting?
All of my recipes were created with an air fryer that had only a temperature & timer setting – since not all air fryers have all the additional settings.
You can use the bake setting when making recipes that you would traditionally bake – but if possible, please just set the temperature & time for this recipe.
Why is my food dry, chewy, or not crisp?
Most people think that air frying is done completely without oil. However, you need just a little bit of oil so the machine can circulate those tiny oil droplets, which is what makes air frying create deliciously crisp and crunchy food.
So when your food isn’t turning out as expected, it is usually that you aren’t actually adding enough oil to the recipe. If those oil droplets aren’t present, all you are doing is baking your food, resulting in a less flavorful taste and texture. Be sure to not skip the step of spritzing the food with oil if the recipe calls for it.
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Ingredients for Chicken Fajitas
- boneless skinless chicken breasts (large – about 1 lb), in ¼” slices
- green bell pepper in ¼” slices
- red bell pepper in ¼” slices
- yellow bell pepper in ¼” slices
- onion in ¼” slices
- olive oil or olive oil spray
- chili powder
- ground cumin
- garlic powder
- paprika
- flour tortillas
Air Frying Doneness Tip
Every air fryer is a bit different and they all cook at different rates – so in general, all cooking times are approximate based on the pan and temperature.
You can always cook the recipe longer if needed and reduce the heat a bit. If needed, you can tent the top if it is browning too much.
What oil sprayer do you use?
First, let me say that I highly recommend that you do not use cooking spray. It will leave a residue on your air fryer basket & cause it to smoke when you use it.
I really like this spray bottle – because it gives a nice mist & sprays consistently each time using just olive, vegetable, or canola oil. I couldn’t air fry easily without it.
What air fryer do you use?
We actually have 3 air fryers. I have a smaller one from Phillips that we started with. I have since given that to my son since he’s only cooking for 1.
But the more I used the air fryer I realized I really wanted a digital screen. It wasn’t any more expensive, in fact- our XL air fryer from GoWISE was less expensive than the Phillips and I love its ease & extra functions.
Plus it comes with a lot of the extra accessories I like to use when cooking with my fryer.
But I when I started working on my second air fryer book, I wanted to change things up. I picked up this LARGE air fryer that has been wonderful. It has Touch Screen Presets plus it is XL Family Size, which is great!
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Products I love when making chicken fajitas…
This chicken fajita recipe is SUPER EASY and delicious – and if you’re like me, then you maybe already have some of these items on hand OR maybe you are new to air frying, & you might be a bit nervous – but you’re going to love it. I have made a list below of the things I absolutely can’t live without when it comes to making this dinner recipe.
- olive oil
- olive oil sprayer
- chili powder
- ground cumin
- garlic powder
- paprika
- flour tortillas
- corn tortillas
- air fryer
- tongs
- mixing bowl
homemade fajita seasoning
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Air Fryer Chicken Fajitas
Ingredients
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts (large – about 1 lb), in ¼” slices
- 1 green bell pepper in ¼” slices
- 1 red bell pepper in ¼” slices
- 1 yellow bell pepper in ¼” slices
- 1 onion in ¼” slices
- 1 tbsp olive oil or 2-3 pumps of olive oil spray
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp paprika
- 8 flour tortillas
Instructions
- Place the chicken, peppers, and onion into a large mixing bowl and add the olive oil, chili powder, ground cumin, garlic powder, and paprika. Toss to combine.
- Place the fajita mix into the air fryer basket and cook for 15-18 minutes, stirring halfway through cooking.
- Check the temperature of the chicken with an instant-read thermometer– if it hasn’t reached 165F, continue cooking for another 2-3 minutes.
- Remove from the fryer, place into tortillas, and serve with garnishes of your choice.
Nutritional information for the recipe is provided as a courtesy and is approximate. Please double-check with your own dietary calculator for the best accuracy. We at Yummi Haus cannot guarantee the accuracy of the nutritional information given for any recipe on this site.
