Skinny Hen Fajita Salad

Every thing you like about fajitas, in salad kind. This salad is gentle and recent but filling. Filled with sautéed bell peppers and onions, juicy rooster breast, and crisp romaine lettuce. High all of it off with avocado slices and our selfmade, candy and spicy dressing.

For extra fajita recipes, strive our Fajita Stuffed Chicken or our Sizzling Skillet Chicken Fajitas.

Why Our Recipe

• All of the flavors of fajitas in a deliciously gentle and recent salad.
• Juicy rooster, sautéed bell peppers and onion, with creamy avocado.
• Serve with our simple, selfmade salad dressing.

This recipe is recent and light-weight however nonetheless filled with taste from our scrumptious, selfmade salad dressing. I provide the possibility of doubling the sugar within the recipe, which is nice when you’re used to a sweeter dressing. You may also use sugar substitutes rather than the brown sugar. Honey and stevia are nice choices.

Ingredient Notes

• Olive Oil: 1 tablespoon for cooking the rooster and 1 tablespoon for the dressing. You may use vegetable or avocado oil for cooking the rooster and greens, however olive oil is really helpful for the dressing.
• Hen: We advise utilizing boneless, skinless rooster breasts for this recipe. Thighs may work as properly, however they should an extended prepare dinner time.
• Onion: Lower your onion in half after which into skinny slices.
• Bell peppers: Any shade of bell peppers will work for this recipe! Be at liberty to make use of one shade or a number of colours, relying on what your loved ones likes or what’s on sale.
• Romain Lettuce: Substitute with butter lettuce or combined greens.
• Avocado: Add simply earlier than serving to forestall browning.
• Lime juice: Recent limes are greatest, and also you’ll want about two for this recipe. Bottled lime juice can even work.
• Pink Pepper Flakes: Provides a refined warmth, which you’ll regulate in response to your desire.

Fajita Seasoning

When you can usually discover pre-made fajita seasoning in grocery shops, we advocate making your own! Every model differs in its ratios and high quality of spices, so utilizing our spice combine will guarantee high quality taste. It solely takes a couple of additional minutes and actually enhances the flavour of your fajitas. It’s all about having the ability to management the flavour your self to get the perfect.

Pink pepper flakes: One other professional of constructing your individual spice combine is you can management the spice degree—if your loved ones isn’t as spice tolerant, you’ll be able to cut back the quantity of pink pepper flakes you add in. Or, when you’re actually searching for some warmth, be happy so as to add extra!

Lettuce Choices

Substitutes: We love this rooster salad with crunchy romaine lettuce, however you’ll be able to simply substitute with butter lettuce, inexperienced or pink leaf, or a packaged spring combine.

Lettuce Wraps: You may additionally flip this fajita rooster salad right into a lettuce wrap! Use romaine hearts or butter lettuce leaves for a straightforward, on-the-go rooster wrap!

Alternate Salad Dressings

This recipe has an important, candy and spicy dressing, however when you’re searching for one thing slightly extra gentle and creamy, you’ll be able to decide up a southwestern-style dressing or some ranch from the grocery retailer. We even have a couple of different tasty recipes under.

Cilantro Lime Ranch Dressing: It is a zesty twist on the basic ranch dressing. The recent, citrusy flavors of lime and the distinctive style of cilantro add a refreshing and vibrant contact to the salad, making it an thrilling possibility for individuals who get pleasure from a little bit of a kick of their dressing.

Ranch Dressing: A basic selection, ranch is creamy and has a balanced taste that works properly with each the greens and the meats within the salad. Its richness enhances the general style with out dominating the opposite components.