Several months ago, I found Slow Cooker Chicken Fajitas pinned to a food board I follow and decided to give it a whirl. I love trying new recipes and Pinterest is a great place to find them.

When I started reading through the recipe, I noticed it called for a packet of fajita seasoning. A few years ago, I started using less pre-mixed seasoning packets because using the herbs and spices I keep stocked in my pantry is more frugal and can be tweaked to suit my family’s tastes.

So I set out to duplicate Fajita Seasoning with what I had on hand:

• Cumin
• Garlic Powder
• Paprika
• Black Pepper
• Oregano
• Sea Salt
• Celery Seed
• Turmeric

I just started throwing stuff in on top of the chicken. And you know what? It was delish! A family hit!

I knew I wanted to share this yummy recipe with you, but I couldn’t very well tell you to just start throwing stuff in. So the next time I made Slow Cooker Chicken Fajitas, I measured out the spices and wrote them down. Still delish.

I will say that besides my husband, my family is pretty wimpy spice-wise. So I went light on the chili powder. As a result, these are pretty mild. If you want them spicier, you’ll want to amp up the chili powder. You could also throw in some red pepper flakes for good measure.

I like to serve these with plenty of shredded cheese, guacamole and sour cream.

I hope your family enjoys this dinner as much as mine does!

Slow Cooker Chicken Fajitas

Print Recipe

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 4 hours

Total Time: 4 hours 15 minutes

Course: Chicken, Main Course, Main Dish

Cuisine: Mexican, TexMex

Servings: 8 servings

Equipment

• Slow Cooker

Ingredients

• 4 large chicken breasts
• 2 onions sliced
• 2 multi colored bell peppers sliced
• 1 tbs Cumin
• 1 tbs garlic powder
• 1 tsp Oregano
• 1/2 tsp Paprika
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 1/8 tsp chili powder more if you like it spicy!
• 1/8 tsp black pepper
• 1/8 tsp celery seed
• 1/8 tsp turmeric
• guacamole sour cream and cheese as garnish

Instructions

• Spray slow cooker with no stick cooking spray.
• Place chicken in bottom of slow cooker.
• Layer onions, then bell peppers over the chicken (if you like your vegetables more al dente, add them during the last 1-2 hours of cooking)
• Sprinkle on the spices.
• Cook on high for 4-6 hours or until chicken is tender and shreds easily.
• Serve on tortillas with guacamole, sour cream and cheese.

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