Skinny Hen Fajita Salad

All the pieces you’re keen on about fajitas, in salad type. This salad is gentle and recent but filling. Full of sautéed bell peppers and onions, juicy hen breast, and crisp romaine lettuce. High all of it off with avocado slices and our home made, candy and spicy dressing.

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

This recipe is recent and light-weight however nonetheless full of taste from our scrumptious, home made salad dressing. I provide the choice of doubling the sugar within the recipe, which is nice in the event you’re used to a sweeter dressing. You can even use sugar substitutes rather than the brown sugar. Honey and stevia are nice choices.

Ingredient Notes

• Olive Oil: 1 tablespoon for cooking the hen and 1 tablespoon for the dressing. You possibly can use vegetable or avocado oil for cooking the hen and greens, however olive oil is advisable for the dressing.
• Hen: We advise utilizing boneless, skinless hen breasts for this recipe. Thighs might work as effectively, however they should an extended prepare dinner time.
• Onion: Minimize your onion in half after which into skinny slices.
• Bell peppers: Any coloration of bell peppers will work for this recipe! Be happy to make use of one coloration 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 stop browning.
• Lime juice: Recent limes are finest, and also you’ll want about two for this recipe. Bottled lime juice may also work.
• Purple Pepper Flakes: Provides a refined warmth, which you’ll be able to regulate in line with your choice.

Fajita Seasoning

When you can usually discover pre-made fajita seasoning in grocery shops, we suggest 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 just a few further 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 very best.

Purple pepper flakes: One other professional of constructing your individual spice combine is which you can management the spice degree—if your loved ones isn’t as spice tolerant, you may scale back the quantity of pink pepper flakes you add in. Or, in the event you’re actually on the lookout for some warmth, be at liberty so as to add extra!

Lettuce Choices

Substitutes: We love this hen salad with crunchy romaine lettuce, however you may simply substitute with butter lettuce, inexperienced or pink leaf, or a packaged spring combine.

Lettuce Wraps: You possibly can additionally flip this fajita hen salad right into a lettuce wrap! Use romaine hearts or butter lettuce leaves for a simple, on-the-go hen wrap!

Alternate Salad Dressings

This recipe has an incredible, candy and spicy dressing, however in the event you’re on the lookout for one thing a bit of extra gentle and creamy, you may choose up a southwestern-style dressing or some ranch from the grocery retailer. We even have just a few different tasty recipes beneath.

Cilantro Lime Ranch Dressing: This can be 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 choice for many who get pleasure from a little bit of a kick of their dressing.

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