Any fajita recipe needs flavorful and perfectly cooked fajita veggies! Here you’ll find a great tutorial for how to saute fajita vegetables, plus tasty and unique ways to serve these delicious fajita veggies.
Easy & Flavorful Sauted Fajita Vegetables Recipe
Sauted onions and bell peppers with homemade fajita seasoning is a must for any fajitas!
Whether you’re letting the vegetables be the show stopper with vegetarian fajitas, or adding them into burrito bowls, beef or chicken fajitas, this cooked veggies needs to ADD flavor to your dish, not be a flavorless addition.
Why you’ll love this recipe
Delicious – Sauteed peppers and onions add so much to fajitas. With the addition of Mexican seasonings these vegetables are flavorful and delicious and are a must for your next Mexican night!
Good for you – I am all about adding more vegetables into my meals, and fajita veggies make it easy to do!
Great for meal prep – Cooked peppers and onions keep really well and are the perfect recipe to prep in advance. Once the veggies are cooked, they store in the fridge for 5 days. Simply reheat in a pan and they are ready to enjoy!
Simple ingredients you will need for homemade fajita veggies
Scroll down to view the recipe card below for the full ingredients list, nutrition facts, and step-by-step instructions.
- avocado oil
- sweet bell peppers
- yellow onions
- homemade fajita seasoning
How to make perfect fajita vegetables
- Prepare the veggies by slicing the bell peppers and onions into thin strips.
- In a large skillet over medium-high heat, add the oil, sliced bell peppers and onion, along with the fajita seasoning blend. Cook the fajita veggies until the onions have softened and have some browning on them, and the peppers are beginning to soften, but still maintain their shape – about 8-10 minutes.
Watch me make this fajita veggies recipe
The full how to video can be watched below, or on my YouTube channel!
What to serve these sautéed veggies with
This easy side dish goes well with Mexican food or tex-mex recipes. Prep and serve with any of these favorites:
More ways to use your fajita veggies:
- Add to an omelet
- Pair with black beans and avocado for a vegetarian fajita bowl
- Add into your taco salad
- Make cheese quesadillas with fajita vegetables
How to store leftover fajita veggies
Store leftover fajita vegetables in an airtight container once cooled to room temperature. They keep well for up to 5 days, and can be reheated in a warm skillet.
You can also freeze fajita veggie once they are cooked, or even raw and sliced. Freeze for up to 6 months in a freezer bag.
Substitutions
Below you’ll find a list of substitutions that will work well in this homemade fajitas recipe.
If you try something different out, please leave a comment below letting us all know how it turned out!
Avocado oil – Olive oil, or any neutral oil will work in place of the avocado oil. A refined coconut oil or ghee works great here too!
Sweet bell peppers – Geen bell peppers, yellow bell peppers, red peppers, orange peppers – really any color of bell peppers works in this recipe! Green bell peppers are a classic, but flavor wise all variety of colors will work. Want to kick up the heat? Add in a few sliced jalapenos.
Yellow onion – White onions, red onion, and shallots will all work in place of yellow onion.
Homemade fajita seasoning – Feel free to swap in a store-bought seasoning here. You can also replace the seasoning mix with chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, sea salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper.
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Sautéed Fajita Vegetables Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp avocado oil
- 2 bell peppers
- 1 yellow onion
- 1 tbsp homemade fajita seasoning
Instructions
- Prepare the veggies by slicing the bell peppers and onions into thin strips.
- In a large skillet over medium-high heat, add the oil, sliced bell peppers and onion, along with the fajita seasoning blend. Cook the fajita veggies until the onions have softened and have some browning on them, and the peppers are beginning to soften, but still maintain their shape – about 8-10 minutes.
Nutrition
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XO
Heather
