Slow Cooker Chicken Fajitas

Slow cooker chicken fajitas are a quick meal to prepare; just add it all to the slow cooker and leave it to cook while you do something else!

How To Make Slow Cooker Chicken Fajitas

Chicken fajitas don’t take too long to make in a pan, and you can even make them in an air fryer, but sometimes, like with my other slow cooker recipes, it’s nice to come home to a meal ready to serve.

What You Need To Make Slow Cooker Chicken Fajitas

• 4 chicken breasts
• 3 to 4 tbsp fajita mix
• 200g tinned tomatoes
• Mixed peppers (I used 1 red, 1 green and 1 yellow)
• 1 red onion

The Chicken

I used chicken breasts for this meal, but you can also use boneless chicken thighs.

Fajita Seasoning

Much like fajitas made in a pan, you can either use a homemade fajita seasoning mix or grab a premade one from the supermarket.

To make your own, use a combination of spices, including; chilli powder, smoked paprika, garlic powder, ground coriander, and ground cumin.

Making It

I like to stir the fajita spice mix into the chopped tomatoes before adding them to the slow cooker.

Then it really is a case of adding everything to the slow cooker, mixing it together, adding the lid, and turning it on.

If you use chicken breasts, cook on low for 4 hours or on high for 2 to 3 hours. Chicken thighs can be cooked longer as they won’t dry out so quickly.

At the end of the cooking time, remove the chicken from the slow cooker, slice it up, or shred it.

If the remaining sauce seems too thin, leave it to cook on high for a further 20 to 30 minutes with the lid off, or transfer it to a saucepan and simmer it to reduce the consistency.

How To Serve Chicken Fajitas

Slow cooker chicken fajitas can be served with rice, in tortilla wraps (with salsa, lettuce, and grated cheese), over nachos, or on top of a jacket potato.

Slow Cooker Chicken Fajitas

By Liana Green

Slow cooker chicken fajitas are quick to prepare and taste perfect loaded into some soft tortilla wraps!

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Course Slow Cooker Recipes

Cuisine Mexican

Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 4 hours hrs

Total Time 4 hours hrs 5 minutes mins

Servings 4

Calories 834 kcal

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Equipment

slow cooker recipe book

slow cooker (any model)

Ingredients

  

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• 4 chicken breasts
• 3-4 tbsp fajita spice mix
• 1 onion chopped
• 1 red pepper sliced
• 1 green pepper sliced
• 1 yellow pepper sliced
• 200 g tinned tomatoes

To Serve:

• 4 – 8 tortilla wraps
• Tomato salsa
• Lettuce
• Grated cheese

Instructions

 

• Lay chicken breasts in slow cooker.
• Mix the fajita mix with the chopped tomatoes and add to the slow cooker.
• Add chopped onions, peppers and tomatoes – stir everything together.
• Place the lid on the slow cooker and set off on low for 4 hours, or high for 2-3 hours.
• Remove chicken breasts from the slow cooker and slice before returning to the slow cooker.
• If the sauce is too runny in consistency for you, leave the lid off the slow cooker and cook on high for about 20 to 30 minutes to thicken it up, or transfer to a saucepan and simmer until the sauce has thickened and reduced.
• Serve with tortilla wraps or load on top of jacket potatoes

Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 834kcalCarbohydrates: 100gProtein: 60gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 125mgSodium: 1061mgFiber: 8gSugar: 6g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an estimate.

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