Hen and Veggie Fajita Bowls

These fast and straightforward rooster and veggie bowls are loaded with taste and make an ideal weeknight meal. Pile on the toppings! They’re so yummy!

This recipe couldn’t be simpler! The rooster and veggies cook dinner in a single skillet, and the serving choices are limitless and completely customizable.

Easy Seasoning Combine

Whereas the seasoning combine is easy and easy, utilizing pantry-friendly spices, it’s completely essential to the general taste of those fajita bowls.

• salt + pepper
• garlic powder
• onion powder
• cumin
• chili powder
• paprika (stage up with smoked paprika!)
• dried oregano

HALF of this seasoning combine is tossed with the rooster.

And talking of rooster, this recipe works nicely with boneless rooster breasts, tenderloins or thighs.

One Skillet Cooking

The method for cooking the elements for these rooster and veggie fajita bowls is fast and straightforward.

1. Prepare dinner the seasoned rooster in a nonstick skillet till golden and cooked via.
2. Take away to a plate; cowl and maintain heat.
3. Prepare dinner the greens (with the remaining seasoning combine) till tender.

And that’s it! Severely, may.not.be.simpler.

The seasoning combination provides the most scrumptious taste to the rooster and veggies. Like, it’s actually arduous to not maintain snitching bites proper out of the pan.

Assembling Hen and Veggie Fajita Bowls

Pile the golden rooster and tender veggies in a bowl (or on a plate). You can too add sizzling, cooked rice or quinoa or different “carby” aspect if you happen to’d like, however you don’t must. Carbs non-compulsory! (However are they?? 🤔).

Then…and right here’s the enjoyable half…load on all of the toppings your coronary heart needs.

• shredded cheese
• bitter cream
• guacamole or chopped avocados
• salsa (any and all varieties!)
• chopped cilantro
• crushed tortilla chips
• pickled onions
• roasted corn kernels (we love those from Dealer Joe’s)
• contemporary lime wedges

Household Pleasant Customizable Meal

I like meals like this as a result of everybody can put collectively their fajita bowl as dictated by their very own conscience and style buds. It alleviates stress round feeding choosy eaters.

And it additionally permits these of us (ahem, hello 👋🏼) who adore mushrooms, to load up our fajita bowls with these and go away the remainder of the household to dwell an incomplete life with out them.

For these causes, and so many extra, these rooster and veggie fajita bowls simply may be an ideal weeknight dinner. The flavour is thru the roof scrumptious. I hope you’re keen on them!

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Hen and Veggie Fajita Bowls

Yield: 5 to six servings

Prep Time: 25 minutes minutes

Prepare dinner Time: 15 minutes minutes

Whole Time: 40 minutes minutes

Seasoning Combine:

• 1 teaspoon coarse kosher salt
• ½ teaspoon onion powder
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• ½ teaspoon dried oregano
• ½ teaspoon floor cumin
• ½ teaspoon chili powder
• ½ teaspoon smoked or candy paprika
• ¼ teaspoon coarsely floor black pepper

Fajita Bowls:

• 1 ½ to 2 kilos rooster breasts, tenderloins or thighs, reduce into bite-size items
• 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
• 2 bell peppers, cored, seeded and reduce into skinny strips
• 1 medium onion, reduce into half moon slices
• 8 to 12 ounces sliced mushrooms
• 2 to three tablespoons water or rooster broth
• Sizzling, cooked rice (non-compulsory)

Toppings:

• Shredded cheese
• Chopped cilantro
• Crushed tortilla chips
• Bitter cream
• Salsa
• Guacamole or chopped avocados
• Roasted corn kernels

Prepare dinner ModeStop your display from going darkish

• Combine collectively all of the spices for the seasoning combine.

• Sprinkle half the seasoning combination over the rooster items and toss till the rooster is evenly coated. Put aside the remaining seasoning combination.

• In a 12-inch nonstick skillet, warmth one tablespoon of the olive oil over medium warmth till sizzling and rippling. Add the rooster in a single layer and cook dinner till golden, 2 to three minutes. Flip and cook dinner till golden and cooked via, 3 to 4 minutes. Season to style with extra salt and pepper, if desired. Take away the rooster to a plate; cowl and maintain heat.

• Return the skillet to medium warmth and add the the remaining tablespoon olive oil. Add the onions, peppers and mushrooms, and sprinkle the reserved seasoning combination over the veggies.

• Prepare dinner, stirring every now and then till the onions are translucent and the peppers and mushrooms are tender, 4 to five minutes. Towards the top of cooking (or sooner, if the skillet is dry), add 2 to three tablespoons water or broth and proceed cooking for 1 to 2 minutes.

• Serve the rooster and greens over sizzling, cooked rice (if desired) and any variety of toppings: shredded cheese, roasted corn kernels, chopped cilantro, crushed tortilla chips, guacamole or chopped avocados, bitter cream, and salsa.

Hen: the rooster will be air fried as a substitute of being cooked in a skillet. Preheat an air fryer to 375 levels F. Add the rooster in a single layer to the basket and cook dinner for 10 to 12 minutes, shaking the basket a couple of times. 
Greens: if you need the greens (significantly the mushrooms) to develop extra golden shade, don’t overcrowd the skillet (cook dinner them in separate batches and divide the seasoning combination amongst every batch). 

Writer: Mel

Course: Predominant Course

Delicacies: American, Mexican

Methodology: Stovetop

Serving: 1 serving (doesn’t embody rice or toppings), Energy: 190kcal, Carbohydrates: 4g, Protein: 26g, Fats: 8g, Saturated Fats: 1g, Ldl cholesterol: 73mg, Sodium: 544mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 2g

Recipe Supply: from Mel’s Kitchen Cafe