Set your Instant Pot or pressure cooker to Manual / HIGH pressure for 10 minutes. Just be sure you add it to the instant pot liner pan, NOT to the meal contents. You can use water or chicken broth for the cooking liquid. You will need to cook this using the pot-in-pot method. Your house will smell divine! Which is why this one ranks pretty high up on my list of favorite crock pot freezer meal recipes. All you need to do is pour the contents of your freezer bag into your crock pot or slow cooker, and set it to cook on LOW for 3-4 hours. This meal also works beautifully as an easy slow cooker recipe. Or place the contents on a sheet pan and use the same cook time as above. Simply pour the contents of your freezer bag into a 9×13 baking dish and bake at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 20-25 minutes until the chicken is cooked through and the peppers are soft. This will catch any liquid that might leak out as the meal thaws, and will save you extra refrigerator cleanup. Place your freezer meal bag in the refrigerator in a container or on a tray. If you would like to freeze a package of tortillas to go with the meal, be sure to place the tortillas in their store-bought package INSIDE a separate freezer bag and place them together with your chicken fajita mixture in the freezer. (This will help save space in your freezer.) Lay your bag out flat in the freezer for a day, and then once it is frozen solid, you can stack it with other freezer meals or place it vertically in a freezer bin like you would books on a bookshelf. Make sure to label your bag with the contents, the date it was prepared, and the cooking instructions for your chosen cooking method. Once everything is mixed and in your zip-top freezer bag, remove as much air as possible and seal it tightly.
#CHICKEN FAJITAS RECIPE OVEN FREE#
If you don’t have littles around eating this meal, feel free to slice like traditional fajitas.) Freezing the Chicken Fajita Mixture (In the photos the chicken is cubed instead of cut into thin strips like traditional fajita meat – I do that simply because my little kiddos don’t handle the longer pieces of meat very well. I’m definitely not above saving time (and an extra dish to wash) this way! Unofficially, you can just dump everything straight into a gallon freezer bag together, seal it, and then mix it together in the bag. Officially, you will mix the oil and spices together in a small bowl, add your other ingredients into a large freezer bag, and then add in the oil & spice mixture. Which, if that’s the biggest problem I have on any given day, means I’m definitely having a good day! 😉 The most tedious part is dicing the peppers and slicing the chicken. This is such an easy meal both to prep and make, because it requires so little work. Feel free to use homemade tortillas if you have a favorite recipe. I usually go with one green bell pepper and one red pepper, but feel free to get a little wild and add in some orange and yellow for extra color.įor the tortillas, you can opt to include them fresh the day you make this meal, or you can freeze them together with your chicken mixture. You can even use frozen bell peppers for this meal to speed up the prep. You can mix and match your favorite colors of bell peppers. If you don’t, you can opt to substitute a basic taco seasoning mix (either store bought or make your own). The spices in this recipe are ones you’ll probably already have on hand.
There’s no need to mess with a special fajita seasoning mix. Just your basic fajita chicken ingredients here: boneless skinless chicken breasts, bell peppers, onion, and spices. It is also a great way to do make-ahead chicken fajitas for a crowd! Ingredients for Easy Chicken Fajitas It is a very simple recipe but it is one of my favorite keto-friendly freezer meals ever! You can cook these make-ahead freezer fajitas in the oven, in the slow cooker or crock pot, as a sheet pan meal, or even in the Instant Pot. This freezer meal is one I lovingly refer to as a “dump-style” meal – meaning you do minimal prep beforehand, then dump all the ingredients into a freezer bag or container, and then freeze. It is easy to prepare, makes an easy dinner, and best of all, you have multiple options for how you want to cook it! I love these easy make-ahead chicken fajitas as a freezer meal because it has great, bold flavors, without being too spicy.
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