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Chicken Fajita Rice Skillet Meal

This Chicken Fajita Rice Skillet meal combines tender chicken, bell peppers, onions, and flavorful rice for an easy weeknight dinner. Perfect for busy nights, this one-pan dinner will become a fast favorite.

This Easy Meal combines the traditional ingredients in fajita with fluffy rice all infused with a homemade fajita seasoning. With bold flavors, minimal cleanup, and endless customization options, it’s a recipe you’ll want to make again and again.

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Change up your Mexican dinner night with this Chicken Fajita Rice Skillet meal. It’s easy to make and a hearty meal that the whole family will love. We love fajitas and often make rice as a side dish so this meal was a no-brainer to make. Now, the side I make to pair with this dish a a big bowl of my favorite homemade guacamole.

With just one pan, you’ll have minimal cleanup, making it an ideal choice to get dinner on the table without a hassle or when you want to spend less time in the kitchen. It’s also the perfect chicken recipe to make for meal prepping. Cook once and divide up into your meal containers and you’re set for lunches for the week.

Chicken Fajita Rice Skillet

If you’re looking for a flavorful, fuss-free meal that’s perfect for busy weeknights, this easy chicken fajita rice skillet recipe is the one for you. This recipe is a delicious twist on classic fajitas, combining tender chicken, colorful peppers, fluffy rice, and all your favorite fajita seasonings in one pan.

This meal starts by using a skillet to cook the chicken and vegetables with the fajita seasoning for a few minutes on the stovetop. Next, add the rice and the rest of the ingredients to the pan and finish the cooking in the oven. Finally, topping the casserole off with your favorite cheese and letting it melt. Serve this chicken fajita rice bowl with your favorite fajita or taco toppings.

cast iron skillet chicken dinner

💡Pro Tip: When bell peppers are in season and on sale, buy them in bulk. I do this and then spend a bit of time dicing and slicing them. Flash-freeze them baking sheet on a parchment line and place them in freezer bags and you will have colorful peppers throughout the winter months for cooked dishes such as these fajitas.

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Tips and Variations

  • A store-bought fajita seasoning mix packet can be used in place of the homemade seasoning.
  • If you don’t have an oven-safe skillet (this is my favorite one), you can use a large skillet to cook the chicken and vegetables and then transfer it to an oven safe 13×9 inch casserole dish. Use foil to cover tightly and finish cooking in the oven.
  • For a little more spice, a can of diced green chilis to the chicken rice mixture before placing in the oven.
  • Add even more spice by adding a jalapeno pepper or habanero pepper with the bell peppers.
  • Serve in flour tortilla shells with diced tomatoes and onions.
  • Heat leftovers and then spoon into flour tortilla shells, roll up, and place in a baking dish. Cover with your favorite salsa and cheese, and bake in the oven till the cheese melts.
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Ingredients

  • 1 ½ pounds chicken breasts, sliced into thin strips
  • 3 tablespoons homemade fajita seasoning (or one packet of store-bought fajita seasoning)
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 green bell pepper, sliced into strips
  • 1 red bell pepper, sliced into strips
  • 1 medium yellow onion, sliced into strips
  • 1 ½ cups long-grain white rice (not minute rice)
  • 1 can (14 ounces) of chicken broth
  • 8 ounces of cheddar jack cheese, shredded
  • 1 tablespoon fresh chopped cilantro for garnish
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Directions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Slice your peppers, onions, and chicken into strips. It’s best to use a separate cutting board for raw meats such as chicken and another cutting board for slicing vegetables.

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chicken slices on cutting board

Add the oil to a cast iron skillet and heat over medium heat, then add the chicken, peppers, onions, and fajita seasoning. Cook for a few minutes.

add chicken and vegetables with seasoning in skillet

Add the rice to the pan, and stir into the mixture of chicken and veggies for a minute. Then add the broth, and give a quick stir. Cover the skillet with foil and bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes.

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add broth to skillet

Remove from the oven, and remove and discard the foil. Give the casserole a good stir. Sprinkle cheese on top of the chicken and rice and return to the oven for 5 minutes, until the cheese is melted. Sprinkle with fresh chopped cilantro before serving, if desired.

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Chicken Fajita Rice Skillet

This Chicken Fajita Rice Skillet meal combines tender chicken, bell peppers, onions, and flavorful rice for an easy weeknight dinner. Perfect for busy nights, this one-pan dinner will become a fast favorite.
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Course: Dinner
Cuisine: American
Keyword: chicken and rice fajita casserole, chicken fajita rice skillet, chicken fajitas
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 50 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Servings: 4
Author: Lisa Kerhin

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into thin strips
  • 3 tablespoons homemade fajita seasoning (or one packet of store-bought fajita seasoning)
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 green bell pepper, cut into strips
  • 1 red bell pepper, cut into strips
  • 1 yellow bell pepper, cut into strips
  • 1 medium yellow onion, sliced into strips
  • cups long grain rice, uncooked (not minute rice)
  • 1 can (14 ounces) chicken broth
  • 8 ounces shredded cheddar jack cheese
  • 1 tablspoon fresh chopped cilantro for garnish, optional

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
  • Slice your peppers, onions, and chicken into strips. It's best to use a separate cutting board for raw meats such as chicken and another cutting board for slicing vegetables.
  • Add the oil to a cast iron skillet and heat over medium heat, then add the chicken, peppers, onions, and fajita seasoning. Cook for a few minutes.
  • Add the rice to the pan, and stir into the mixture of chicken and veggies for a minute. Then add the broth, and give a quick stir.
  • Cover the skillet with foil and bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes.
  • Remove from the oven, and remove and discard the foil. Give the casserole a good stir. Sprinkle cheese on top of the chicken and rice and return to the oven for 5 minutes, until the cheese is melted.
  • Sprinkle with fresh chopped cilantro before serving, if desired.

Notes

  • A store-bought fajita seasoning mix packet can be used in place of the homemade seasoning.
  • For a little more spice, a can of diced green chilis to the chicken rice mixture before placing in the oven.
  • Add even more spice by adding a jalapeno pepper or habanero pepper with the bell peppers.
  • Serve in flour tortilla shells with diced tomatoes and onions.
  • Heat leftovers and then spoon into flour tortilla shells, roll up, and place in a baking dish. Cover with your favorite salsa and cheese, and bake in the oven till the cheese melts.

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