Need a speedy dinner meal for a busy night? Sheet pan dinners to the rescue! Sheet pan chicken fajitas can be made in just 30 minutes. If you are following a low sodium diet these have only 140 mg of sodium per serving.
If you are a Pinterest user I'm sure you've seen sheet pan meals. These meals have become just as popular as one-pot meals. Not only are most of these recipes quick, but they decrease your clean up time tremendously.
You can find sheet pan recipes for breakfast, dinner, and dessert. You can even make a sheet pan Thanksgiving Dinner!
Whenever I put a recipe together I always think about what ingredients I usually have on hand and also what my family likes. We usually have chicken in the freezer. I always have at least one onion and pepper around just in case we are in the mood for a stir fry or sausage and peppers. All three, of course, are ingredients for Chicken Fajitas.
I haven't made fajitas in years. Not sure why. I guess I assumed the kids wouldn't like them. I could forget that my son loves spicy food? When I did I always used fajitas seasoning packets you can pick up in the grocery store. Most fajita seasoning mixes contain salt, approximately 250 mg per serving. I was able to make my own with spices I already had without any salt!
When I did make fajitas in the past I always used fajitas seasoning packets you can pick up in the grocery store. I'm sure most people do. Fajita seasoning mixes contain salt, approximately 250 mg per serving. I make my own fajita/taco seasoning mix with spices I already had in my pantry without any salt!
You will likely use flour or corn tortillas. Prepackaged tortillas can contribute over 300 mg of sodium, no longer making this a low sodium meal! Solution: purchase low sodium tortillas or make homemade tortillas.
Tips to make low sodium Chicken Fajitas!
- To speed up prep time cut up your veggies ahead of time.
- Use chicken tenders rather than chicken breasts so you don't have to spend time cutting up chicken.
- If you like your peppers and onions cooked really well like I do you can cook them on the sheet pan for about 10-15 minutes prior to adding the chicken.
- If you don't have olive oil in a spray just drizzle about 1-2 teaspoons on the sheet pan and use a paper towel or brush to coat the sheet pan.
- If you want to avoid the salt from the tortillas serve these in a bowl with rice or cauliflower rice for a low carb fajita bowl!
- If you don't want to make a homemade seasoning mix you can use packaged, however, choose the lower sodium option.
Recipe
Low Sodium Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas
Ingredients
- 2 lbs chicken breast tenderloin each sliced in half lengthwise
- 1 green pepper sliced
- 1 red bell pepper sliced
- 1 vidalia onion sliced
- Olive oil spray
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1.5 tablespoon Low Salt Fajita Seasoning Mix
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Coat a sheet pan with olive oil spray.
- Spread pepper and onion slices onto prepared sheet pan.
- Place chicken slices on top of vegetables.
- Sprinkle seasoning mixture over chicken, peppers, and onion.
- Drizzle 1 tablespoon of olive oil over chicken, peppers, and onion.
- Gently toss ingredients to evenly distribute seasoning and oil. (make sure chicken strips are not overlapping)
- Bake for 20 minutes or until chicken reaches 165 degrees F.
- Serve in warm low sodium tortillas.
- Top with your favorite toppings! I love cheddar cheese and sour cream.
Notes
Nutrition
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Karman | The Nutrition Adventure says
Gorgeous photos! So colorful!
Terry Bellville says
Love the recipes. I’m desperate to find good receipted for my husband. He recently started on dialysis and
It’s hard to cook some of our favorites that won’t
Overload his system. Any suggestions
Jennifer Lynn-Pullman says
There are often a lot of restrictions when someone starts dialysis. I would look into the DASH diet recipes. The DASH diet was designed for people with hypertension, so is low in sodium. The diet though tends to be higher in potassium because of a high percentage of fruit and vegetables. You can simply substitute low potassium foods.
Shawn pierce says
I. Just got to say I love your stuff and been adding your recipes to my low sodium group on Facebook called shakin the salt with 7,000 members in just 2 years we been adding tons of our own and found recipes and got to say you always have stunning recipes thank you
Olga says
Jennifer, it looks perfect and tasty! Can’t wait to have this anytime of the day, love it!
Anna says
Jennifer, thanks! Made this last night so quick, easy and tasty!
Robin says
I love this recipe! I make it without chicken almost once a week. We try to eat meatless as much as we can. It's so tasty and fast. I've been making it for maybe 6 months or more. Guess I need to try some of your other recipes.
Jennifer Lynn-Pullman says
So glad you enjoy this recipe! Don't forget to give it a star rating!!
Kelly says
Made Low sodium sheet pan chicken fajitas and they were delicious!!! I work in as group home and have one that needs low sodium and it was a hit. Will be making this again.
Jennifer Lynn-Pullman says
So glad you enjoyed the recipe. What other low-sodium recipes would be helpful?
Jessica says
Made these fajitas a couple weeks back and they were a big hit. I used low sodium tortillas and Mrs. Dash salt free fajita mix. It's definitely a quick and easy meal. I will definitely be making this again.
Terri says
Have made this recipe at least 3 times and love it. Have also made and used the salt free fajita seasoning. Love it! Will continue to make this. Thanks so much posting.
Terri says
Thanks for the recipes.
Christa says
Very good recipe! Used the salt free fajita seasoning and made a salt free pick de gallo. It was excellent! Didn’t kiss the salt at all.
Carol says
Thanks, we need more sites for low sodium options. Finding it hard as it’s in everything
Low sodium Jake says
@nourishedsimply this is really great! I've already made this twice and I know I'll be making it many times over.
Just food for thought, if you ever feel inclined I would be very interested in something similar but with other vegetables like Broccoli, carrots, etc. Something to serve with rice, and that has a different flavor profile
Love your recipes!