Chicken Fajita Salad
Marinated and roasted chicken thighs with seasoned peppers and onions served on a bed of lettuce with traditional fajita toppings.
Servings: 6
marinate the thighs
- 1/2 cup salad oil
- 3 tablespoons homemade fajita seasoning
- juice of 2 limes (approximately 4 tablespoons - save the limes we will cook with them.
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 4 chicken thighs bone-in and skin on
cook the peppers and onions
- 1 medium sweet onion peeled and thinly sliced
- 4 to 6 sweet baby bell peppers any color
- 1 tablespoon homemade fajita seasoning
compose the salad
- shredded iceberg lettuce
- Creamy Honey Lime Dressing
- deboned chicken
- cooked peppers and onions
- shredded cheese
- tomatoes
- tortilla chips slightly crushed
- sour cream
- pickled jalapeño peppers
- salsa
- additional dressing
cook the chicken
preheat oven to 350 degrees
Remove chicken from marinade and place in a cast iron skillet. Add lime halves to skillet.
Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 1 hour or until internal temperature of thighs reaches 165 degrees.
Remove from oven. Place chicken aside and use the same skillet to cook onions and peppers.
Debone chicken. If the taste isn't "fajita-ey" enough to suit you, add in additional fajita seasoning and stir well.
cook onions and peppers
Use the same skillet in which the chicken was cooked. Drain off some of the cooking juices, if necessary.
Add onion, peppers and fajita seasoning to skillet over medium heat. Cook, stirring occassionaly, until onions and peppers are tender and onions have started to brown.
compose the salad
Toss lettuce with a small amount of dressing. Arrange lettuce on a large serving platter along with chicken, peppers and onions, cheese, tomatoes and tortilla chips.
Pass around sour cream, jalapeños, salsa and additional dressing.