Air Fryer Chicken Fajitas

You will love air fryer chicken fajitas. Sliced chicken, mixed peppers, onions and a delicious mix of seasonings, and its so easy to make ahead.

Easy to make in any type of air fryer, and easy to scale up or reduce down depending on how many people you are feeding.

Chicken Fajitas Air Fryer

When I think of chicken fajitas, I am on holiday in Lanzarote, it’s the year 2005 and Kyle is just 3.5 years old. It was a wonderful café on the seafront with the sun shining and I was digging into this big portion of chicken fajitas and they tasted delicious.

But that was always the problem. Nobody else in our house likes peppers (just me). So, I would have fajitas in a restaurant and take home with me the leftovers, because I could never get through them all.

Yet fast forward to the now, and I can make myself chicken fajitas, (or any other fajitas) and I can make them in a much smaller portion. No need to worry about leftovers and I can get my fajita fix.

This chicken fajitas air fryer recipe is brilliant because you can increase the portion size, downsize or even mix and match with what ingredients go into your fajitas.

For example, you can make just chicken fajitas, or why not make our air fryer steak fajitas, air fryer shrimp fajitas (my favourite one) or if you are vegetarian then our air fryer halloumi fajitas are a MUST.

Can You Cook Fajitas In An Air Fryer?

Yes, you can cook chicken fajitas in air fryer, or any other favourite fajitas. The air fryer works like your hot pan and you can then cook the seasoned chicken, peppers and onions together in one air fryer basket or drawer.

Can I Put Raw Chicken In The Air Fryer?

Yes, you can put raw chicken in the air fryer. There are so many great ways you can enjoy air fryer chicken. Our favourite ways to cook raw chicken in the air fryer include air fryer whole chicken, air fryer chicken breast, air fryer boneless skinless chicken thighs and of course these amazing chicken fajitas.

Why Is My Chicken Tough In Air Fryer?

Chicken is usually tough in the air fryer when it has been cooked at the wrong temperature i.e. too high or you have preheated the air fryer. I often see recipes online for air fryer chicken that recommend 200c/400f and this should only be done if you have a cheap air fryer that doesn’t reach 180c/360f and needs some extra help!

Instead aim for 180c/360f for your chicken in the air fryer and avoid the preheat. (read more here on should you preheat the air fryer?)

Should I Cut Chicken For Fajitas Before Cooking?

Yes, we recommend curing the chicken for fajitas before air frying. This is often confusing because you often don’t chop the chicken before making slow cooker chicken fajitas. That is because you use the slow cooker to turn it into pull apart chicken. Whilst with air fryer fajita chicken, you are prepping like a stir fry before air frying.

What About Ninja Foodi Fajitas?

If you have a ninja foodi and are wanting to make ninja foodi chicken fajitas, its very easy and similar. You would use your air fryer basket, then use the air fryer button and then follow the recipe like for like.

But if you want to do it the pressure cooker way in your ninja foodi, then follow our instant pot chicken fajitas recipe instead.

Weight Watchers Chicken Fajitas

So, you’re on Weight Watchers and want some WW fajitas, well these are perfect. They use very little oil and the remaining ingredients are the seasoning and your chicken, peppers and onions.

Chicken Fajitas Air Fryer Ingredients

Chicken – I used 2 medium chicken breasts. You can do the same or to save on prep, you can use shop bought already prepped chicken strips.

Peppers – I love the colour of different coloured peppers in air fryer fajitas. You can use any colour you like, just choose two.  

Onion – We used one red onion. You can swap for white if you prefer or just use what you have in.

Oil – Then we used extra virgin olive oil to make the chicken and the peppers nice and crispy and to avoid the chicken from becoming dry.

Seasonings – Before cooking fajitas in air fryer we like to add salt, pepper, and some fajitas seasoning. We used the fajitas seasoning from M&S but any will do.

How To Cook Fajitas In Air Fryer?

• Prep. Peel your onion, then slice your onion, peppers and chicken into uniform slices.  
• Bowl. Load the chicken and veggies into a bowl with olive oil and seasoning and mix well with your hands.
• Cook. Tip the fajitas mix into the air fryer basket (minus the chicken) and spread it out. Air fry at 6 minutes at 180c/360f to give the peppers a head start.
• Shake. Then shake the fajita veggies, add the chicken and cook at the same temperature for another 12 minutes. Then serve. 

Now that is how simple it is to cook chicken fajitas in air fryer, but if you have an air fryer dual, I have an even better idea below:

Mixed Fajitas Ninja Dual

Now this is the wow factor of fajitas in the air fryer. You fancy fajitas for dinner, but cant decide and you own the dual air fryer.

Well, this is when you make air fryer steak fajitas in one drawer and chicken fajitas in the other.

Double your ingredients, and instead of two batches of chicken, do one batch with sliced steak.

One goes in one drawer, and one goes in the other.

It has the same time and temperature so you can use the match feature of the Ninja Dual.

Then if you want to make an evening of it, you could also mix them together in a large platter with your favourite fajita sides and you have a really easy supper.

How Long To Cook Chicken Fajitas In Air Fryer?

For this air fryer chicken fajita recipe, we recommend 18 minutes cooking time. This is amazing when you think about it for a big bowl of fajitas that you can serve for dinner.

Listen To Air Fryer Chicken Fajitas

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Sam & Doms Top Tips For Success

Cooking fajitas in an air fryer is all about understanding the time and temperatures. Not cooking them at too high a temperature and also avoiding loading everything up together too soon. For example, if you add the meat with the peppers, the peppers will just not be cooked enough.

What temperature do you air fry chicken at? We recommend for almost all chicken in the air fryer that you cook it at 180c/360f with no preheat.

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Plus, don’t forget your sides. Our favourites include air fryer pull apart bread rolls, bread machine flatbread, air fryer chicken taquitos, and of course some air fryer tortilla chips.

This chicken fajita air fryer recipe is an updated post and was originally shared with you in 2021.

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