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Slow Cooker Chicken Fajitas

Published: April 18, 2015   |   Updated: May 8, 2018   |   31 Comments

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An easy set and forget weekday meal bursting with flavor, colors and fun! With only five ingredients on top of your favorite fixings.

Here’s an easy one for a quick weekday meal. Everybody loves the sizzling grand entrance of fajitas while waiters and waitresses do the ‘fajita walk’. Because everyone loves sizzling anything. And while this doesn’t have the sizzle factor, it still tastes like it’s been marinated lovingly in all the flavors that make chicken fajitas taste so good.

And all this with just five ingredients. I was a little skeptical at first so I tried it a couple of times. And it worked out well. It’s fun, it’s colorful and really full of flavor.

An easy set and forget weekday meal bursting with flavor, colors and fun! With only five ingredients on top of your favorite fixings.

Think of this as the meat base from which you can pile your fixings on. Prep this is the morning or overnight and you’ll be rewarded when you come back home from work or wake up with a delicious aroma of bell peppers and spiced meat.

From there, it’s just a matter of getting your tortillas, beans, rice, shredded lettuce, cheese, salsa, guacamole, sour cream or whatever fixings you like! So this one’s for the busy bees of the world that still want something good to eat at home.

An easy set and forget weekday meal bursting with flavor, colors and fun! With only five ingredients on top of your favorite fixings.

I mentioned five ingredients. You have your chicken breasts, bell peppers, onions, taco seasoning and lime juice. Slicing the bell peppers and the onion is the bulk of the prep stage. Once that’s over and done with, spread them out on the bottom of your slow cooker. I used green, yellow and red bell peppers for color but it’s okay to just go for three of the same kind.

An easy set and forget weekday meal bursting with flavor, colors and fun! With only five ingredients on top of your favorite fixings.

Then top it with the boneless, skinless chicken breasts. You’ll want them skinless because skin will render fat which will pool up into a watered down oily mess in the slow cooker. Make sure to pat the chicken breasts dry so there isn’t any excess liquid too.

You don’t need any liquid while cooking this as the bell peppers will sweat and produce their own juices which is more than enough to go around.

An easy set and forget weekday meal bursting with flavor, colors and fun! With only five ingredients on top of your favorite fixings.

Then it’s sprinkling the taco seasoning and lime juice over everything. After that, we set and forget. You can cook it on high for 4 hours or low for 8 hours. I’ve tried both and they worked out the same. But try not to cook it longer than 8 hours on low because chicken is one of the meats that get tougher if it cooks too long. The complete opposite of beef.

An easy set and forget weekday meal bursting with flavor, colors and fun! With only five ingredients on top of your favorite fixings.

If you don’t want to use pre-packaged taco seasoning, you can easily make your own at home. There’s many, many recipes all over the web but here’s a quick one for you. It basically consists of chili, garlic and onion powder, some cumin of course, a little oregano and some paprika and cayenne for heat.

Once everything is cooked, remove the chicken and shred with two forks. It should be so tender, it will melt at the slightest nudge. Then return the chicken to the slow cooker and mix it with the juices and bell peppers to soak up and share all that seasoning. If you want more lime juice, feel free to squeeze on some more.

An easy set and forget weekday meal bursting with flavor, colors and fun! With only five ingredients on top of your favorite fixings.

After that it’s fixings time! Whatever you like. I took pics of the meat base from which you can build on so let your taste buds guide you!

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An easy set and forget weekday meal bursting with flavor, colors and fun! With only five ingredients on top of your favorite fixings.

Slow Cooker Chicken Fajitas


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  • Author: The Cooking Jar
  • Total Time: 4 hours 10 mins
  • Yield: 4 1x
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Ingredients

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  • 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  • 3 bell peppers, sliced
  • 1 onion, sliced
  • 1 packet taco seasoning
  • 3 tablespoons lime juice

Fixings :

  • Tortillas
  • Cheese
  • Sour cream
  • Shredded lettuce
  • Beans
  • Rice
  • Guacamole
  • Salsa

Instructions

  1. Arrange the onions and peppers on the bottom of a slow cooker
  2. Place chicken on top of the veggies
  3. Sprinkle taco seasoning and lime juice over everything
  4. Cook on low for 8 hours or high for 4 hours
  5. Using two forks, shred the chicken
  6. Return chicken to slow cooker and combine with vegetables and juices. Stir to mix well
  7. Dish and serve hot with fixings

Notes

Adapted from Eat at Home

  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Cook Time: 4 hours

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An easy set and forget weekday meal bursting with flavor, colors and fun! With only five ingredients on top of your favorite fixings.

An easy set and forget weekday meal bursting with flavor, colors and fun! With only five ingredients on top of your favorite fixings.

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  1. Jennifer says

    March 10, 2022

    Can this be done with frozen chicken breasts? It sounds great!

    Reply
    • The Cooking Jar says

      March 10, 2022

      Yes, it can – I use frozen chicken all the time! Just make sure to thaw the breasts completely.

      Reply
  2. Lisa Lawrence says

    November 14, 2016

    Serve 4?? If I want more then means double ingredients? And same low for 8 hrs?

    Reply
    • The Cooking Jar says

      November 15, 2016

      Yup! Doubling the ingredients will work and keep at low for 8 hours. Good luck, Lisa!

      Reply
  3. Rachelle says

    December 28, 2015

    Hello,

    Getting ready to do this recipe and noticed, I forgot the lime, can I use something else. Thank you and will comeback for my feedback.

    Reply
    • The Cooking Jar says

      December 29, 2015

      Heya Rachelle! I would say the lime part is pretty significant to the flavor. When in a pinch, you could try lemon juice but it won’t be completely the same. Hope you enjoyed this recipe!

      Reply
  4. Ameena says

    December 27, 2015

    I was wondering if this dish made its own juices?

    Reply
    • The Cooking Jar says

      December 28, 2015

      Yes it does. The vegetables sweat a little so you get enough to go around. Mix it all up and it works out fine!

      Reply
  5. Toni Clifford says

    October 22, 2015

    I’m making this tonight! It’s only 11:47 am and I am already excited 🙂

    Reply
    • The Cooking Jar says

      October 23, 2015

      Haha! The build up is the best/worst part while your house smells like you want to eat it. And seriously, getting excited over food is one of the best things! Hope it worked out for you, Toni!

      Reply
  6. Ally says

    October 2, 2015

    This is the second time making this in two weeks. It’s amazingly easy! Truly. Moist, flavourful. This will be a weekly staple. I needed a perfect weekday recipe like this. Followed the recipe exactly and turns out perfect!

    Thank you!

    Reply
    • The Cooking Jar says

      October 2, 2015

      Wow, I really love hearing stuff like this 🙂 Especially that you made it twice before coming back to let me know how you liked it. Thanks, Ally!

      Reply
  7. Thalia @ butter and brioche says

    May 19, 2015

    Clearly this is the perfect excuse for me to pull out and use my slow cooker.. these fajitas look TOO good.

    Reply
    • The Cooking Jar says

      May 28, 2015

      They were really good. Happy cooking, Thalia!

      Reply
  8. Claire @ TallGirlBigWorld says

    April 24, 2015

    I love anything slow cooker, so this is right up my alley. Question: Do the peppers get soggy at all sitting on the bottom? I’m all about the super tender chicken, but when I put veggies in a slow cooker it’s usually ones that take a while to cook, like carrots, so I wasn’t sure how the peppers and such would turn out. I’ll definitely be trying this recipe out soon though 🙂

    Reply
    • The Cooking Jar says

      April 24, 2015

      Good question, Claire! Yes, they do get soggy so if you prefer your bell peppers cooked, firm but with a little crunch left to them, you can add them in the last 30 minutes or so. That should work!

      Reply
  9. Dana E says

    April 20, 2015

    Excellent!The hardest part was cutting up the peppers.Thanks!

    Reply
    • The Cooking Jar says

      April 22, 2015

      Tell me about it! All that slicing and dicing when you could put your time towards eating and eating 😉

      Reply
    • Irene says

      August 29, 2020

      You can get peppers and onions in the freezer section of your supermarket. They’re already cut up for you. I got them at Walmart.

      Reply
  10. Kelly says

    April 18, 2015

    They were great! Easy supper after a busy day. Very tasty! I put only a third of the peppers initially and added the rest in the last hour so they would be a little firmer and more colorful when dinner was ready. I did add a little cayenne pepper as well for a little extra zip. Thanks again! kel

    Reply
    • The Cooking Jar says

      April 22, 2015

      I can always count on you to give me more ideas, Kelly! Great call on adding some peppers later for more firmness. That’s always an option!

      Reply
  11. Cate says

    April 18, 2015

    GIRL it was all I could do not to lick my screen while I was reading this!!

    Reply
    • The Cooking Jar says

      April 22, 2015

      I love ‘lick my screen’ or ‘lick my phone’ comments. Can never have too much of them 😉 I seriously dreaded this shoot though, so thanks for that!

      Reply
  12. Dorothy Dunton says

    April 18, 2015

    Hi Farah! YUM! I would so use this to make enchiladas with green chile sauce! It’s on the list for my next trip to the market.

    Reply
    • The Cooking Jar says

      April 22, 2015

      That’s a great idea Dorothy. It’s versatile enough for other stuff, I think!

      Reply
  13. Lydia says

    April 18, 2015

    Always looking for great chicken breast recipes for a slow cooker. This looks and sounds delicious. Cannot wait to try it!

    Reply
    • The Cooking Jar says

      April 22, 2015

      Good luck with it, Lydia! Thanks for stopping by 😉

      Reply
  14. Y2 says

    April 18, 2015

    Photos are as pretty as yourself
    I will try the recipe 🙂

    Reply
    • Dana E says

      April 18, 2015

      You stole my thunder,I will try this today.Almost as pretty as her.

      Reply
      • The Cooking Jar says

        April 22, 2015

        You two are making me blush!

        Reply
    • The Cooking Jar says

      April 22, 2015

      That’s so sweet! Thank you and I hope you enjoy it!

      Reply

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