Skinny Rooster Fajita Salad

Every part you’re keen on about fajitas, in salad type. This salad is gentle and recent but filling. Filled with sautéed bell peppers and onions, juicy rooster breast, and crisp romaine lettuce. Prime all of it off with avocado slices and our home made, 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, home made salad dressing.

This recipe is recent and light-weight however nonetheless full of taste from our scrumptious, home made salad dressing. I provide the possibility of doubling the sugar within the recipe, which is nice in case you’re used to a sweeter dressing. You may as well use sugar substitutes instead of 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 can use vegetable or avocado oil for cooking the rooster and greens, however olive oil is really useful for the dressing.
• Rooster: We recommend utilizing boneless, skinless rooster breasts for this recipe. Thighs may work as nicely, however they should an extended cook dinner time.
• Onion: Reduce your onion in half after which into skinny slices.
• Bell peppers: Any colour of bell peppers will work for this recipe! Be at liberty to make use of one colour 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 regulate in accordance with your desire.

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 a number of further minutes and actually enhances the flavour of your fajitas. It’s all about with the ability to management the flavour your self to get the very best.

Purple pepper flakes: One other professional of constructing your personal spice combine is which you can management the spice stage—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, in case you’re actually searching for some warmth, be at liberty 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 can 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 amazing, candy and spicy dressing, however in case you’re searching for one thing just a little 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 number 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 alternative, ranch is creamy and has a balanced taste that works nicely with each the greens and the meats within the salad. Its richness enhances the general style with out dominating the opposite elements.