Chicken Fajita Salad is a dish that allows you to remain on your low carb eating plan, yet enjoy that tasty Mexican flavor!

In my quest to have more choices that are THM-friendly (Trim Healthy Mama) as well as Mexican, I came up with this Chicken Fajita Salad. It rapidly became a favorite of ours! For the carb eaters in our family, I serve this on warm tortillas. But, I prefer the salad version.
When serving, I add a scoop of guacamole to the side. Yum!
I hope you like it as well!

Yield: 6
Chicken Fajita Salad- THM Friendly

Prep Time
5 minutes
Cook Time
10 minutes
Total Time
15 minutes
Ingredients
- 3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into thin strips
- 1 medium onion, sliced
- 1 green bell pepper, sliced
Marinade:
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1/3 cup lemon juice
- 3 TB liquid amino acid
- 3 TB minced garlic
- 1/4 ts red pepper flakes
- 1 ts seasoned salt
- 1 ts black pepper
- 1-1/2 TB cumin
- 1-1/2 TB chili powder
Salad ingredients:
- Romaine lettuce, chopped
- Spinach, chopped- if desired
- Pico de Gallo
- Guacamole
- Salsa- if desired
- Sour Cream- if desired
- Cheddar Cheese, shredded- if desired
Instructions
- Mix all marinade ingredients, pour 2/3 of it over chicken breasts. In a separate bowl, combine peppers and onions and cover with 1/3 of the marinade.
- Cover both bowls and refrigerate 4 hours.
- Heat skillets over medium high heat. When good and hot, pour chicken into one skillet and peppers & onions into the other. Stir and cook until cooked through. The marinade will cook down into a sauce. If there is not enough liquid, add a bit of water. You want the sauce for the salad.
- To assemble the salad, place a good amount of lettuce (and spinach, if using) on bottom of a bowl. Add chicken, onions & peppers (if desired). Top with cheese, salsa, guacamole, sour cream, and Pico de Gallo.
- Enjoy!
It’s also half of my Easy Homemade Guacamole recipe. π
Yield: 2 servings
Pico de Gallo

You can make this Mexican restaurant classic at home!
Prep Time
5 minutes
Total Time
5 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 plum tomatoes
- 1 whole onion
- 1 green bell pepper
- 2 ts lemon juice
- Cilantro, to your taste
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- Finely chop tomatoes, onion, and pepper. Combine in a mixing bowl. Add lemon juice. Stir to combine. Add chopped cilantro ( I am not a huge fan of cilantro, so I use only ¼ -1/2 ts, if you like the taste of cilantro, add more). Add a dash of salt and pepper. Stir.
- Cover and let sit for 2-3 hours before serving.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
2Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 49Total Fat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 156mgCarbohydrates: 11gFiber: 2gSugar: 6gProtein: 2g
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Easy Guacamole

Chicken Enchiladas

Simple Chicken Cheese Enchilada Boats
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Yum! This sounds like my kind of recipe – easy, healthy, and very tasty!
It is indeed all of those things!
Thanks for stopping by today! π
My family *adores* Mexican food! I prefer to attempt to make it, b/c I’m one of those unfortunate souls to whom cilantro tastes like dish soap. *sigh*
I’m definitely going to be trying several of your recipes, thanks for posting them!
Found you via BYB!
Yes, I am not a huge fan of cilantro. Dish soap- pretty close. π
Hope you like it!
And let me know what you try! π
Sounds delicious! I love salads that are loaded up like this!
I think this is going to be our supper tonight. It is YUMMY! π
Hope you love it too!
This looks so good! I am brand new to THM, so I am learning. π Thanks for linking up with “Try a New Recipe Tuesday.” I hope you will be able to join us again this week. http://our4kiddos.blogspot.com/2014/03/try-new-recipe-tuesday-march-4.html
This sounds great! I think cilantro tastes the way stink bugs smell. So gross.
Oh…my…yumminess!
Can’t wait to try this!
Let me know when you do! Hope you love it as much as we do! π