Name: Healthy Chicken Fajitas Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 16 oz chicken strip; orange bell pepper; ½ red bell pepper; ½ green bell pepper; ½ white onion; 1 cup low sodium chicken broth; 2 cups quinoa; 1 tbsp mongolian sauce; 1 tsp olive oil; ½ tsp garlic; For Seasoning:; 1 lemon; 1 tsp pepper; ½ tsp Cayenne pepper; ½ tsp red chili flakes; ½ tsp salt; ½ tsp garlic powder; ½ tsp onion powder

Healthy Chicken Fajitas Recipe

How To Make Healthy Chicken Fajitas

For this fajitas recipe, chicken and quinoa are used in place of the usual beef and tortillas, making it low-carb and low cholesterol.

Preparation: 10 minutes

Cooking: 10 minutes

Total: 20 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

16ozchicken stripcooked
orange bell pepperjulienned
½ red bell pepperjulienned
½ green bell pepperjulienned
½ white onionjulienned
1cuplow sodium chicken broth
2cupsquinoacooked
1tbspmongolian sauce
1tspolive oil
½ tspgarlicminced

For Seasoning:

1lemonjuiced
1tsppepper
½ tspcayenne pepper
½ tspred chili flakes
½ tspsalt
½ tspgarlic powder
½ tsponion powder

Instructions

Mix chicken strips with seasonings and lemon juice and set aside.
Heat olive oil in a medium pan on medium heat and add the garlic, sautéing for about 1 minute. Quickly add the chicken broth and stir to avoid burning the garlic.
Add in the chicken and peppers, cover and cook on medium for about 5 minutes.
Then, add onion and remove from heat once the broth is bubbling and the peppers look fully cooked.
Mix Mongolian sauce with quinoa.
Serve chicken and veggies alongside prepared quinoa.