Name: Instant Pot Chicken Fajitas
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 1 pound chicken (**skinless, boneless chicken thighs or breasts cut into2 or 2.5 inch thin strips); 1 onion (**medium yellow onion thickly sliced.); 1 tbsp garlic (**minced.); 1 green bell pepper (**sliced thickly. Medium bell pepper.); 1 red bell pepper (**sliced thickly. Medium bell pepper.); 1 orange bell pepper (**sliced thickly. Medium bell pepper.); 2 tbsp Fajita seasoning (**use our homemade sugar free & salt free fajita seasoning for best flavor); 1 tbsp Better Than Bouillon (**chicken base in paste form.); 1/4 cup Water; 2 tbsp Olive Oil (**use light or extra light or you may use any neutral oil. Refer the list in NOTES below.); salt (**according to your personal preference.)

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Instant Pot Chicken Fajitas is packed with amazing flavors & juicy chicken. It's made with our homemade Salt free fajita seasoning in the pressure cooker just like this instant pot shrimp fajitas and under 15 mins.

instant pot chicken fajitas served with cilantro lime rice on a white plate — Instant Pot Chicken Fajitas

Instant Pot Fajita Chicken

Don't miss our homemade sugar free and salt free fajita seasoning recipe. It makes the best fajitas in whole wide world, be it steak fajitas, chicken fajitas, shrimp fajitas, Instant pot chicken fajita rice or Instant pot fajita pasta, you name it!

Instant Pot Fajita chicken can be made into a complete dump & start recipe. We just sautéed the minced garlic for 60 seconds to add a layer of extra flavor. You can skip this step.

fajita chicken instant pot recipe on a white plate — Best Fajita chicken recipe!

Tips & Tricks

Best flavor secret: Marinate the chicken with homemade fajita seasoning over night in the fridge. You'll have an amazing tender and flavor packed chicken fajitas. Add Better than Bouillon chicken base for an extra depth of flavor.
What chicken is best for fajitas: We prefer using boneless & skinless chicken thighs or breasts. We used a mix of both chicken breasts and chicken thighs.
Softer bell peppers: Pressure cook the bell peppers long with everything else for softer tender bell peppers (todays recipe).
Crunchy bell peppers: If you prefer crunchy bell peppers add them later after the pressure cooking cycle is over. Mix and allow them to rest for 5-10 mins. The residual heat will perfectly cook them down while keeping them crunchy.
For extra sauce: If you prefer the fajita chicken instant pot recipe with more sauce add ½ cup water instead of ¼ cup. You'll have a good amount of sauce to enjoy with some perfect Jasmine rice instant pot recipe.

Fajita Chicken Instant Pot - Ingredients

Find the Ingredients with actual measurements at the bottom of the post. The list below is just a reference.

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Chicken: Use boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs cut into thin strips about 2.5 inches long. We used a mix of chicken breasts and thighs. You can do that as well!
Homemade sugar free & salt free fajita seasoning: You will just need less than 5 mins to make a small batch fajita seasoning at home with readily available spices. It'll last you a long time, it's the best seasoning to make restaurant quality authentic fajitas at home and it's definitely budget friendly and healthy. Don't miss our version because it packs a punch always 😀
Aromatics: Yellow onion and garlic.
Bell Pepper: Green, yellow and red bell pepper. We totally recommend the green bell pepper for a fresh, crisp and sharp flavor. Whereas, the red and yellow bell peppers add a subtle sweetness to the dish. So good!
Better than Bouillon chicken base: If you want an almost instant flavor boost and want to take your home cooking to the next level add this to your dishes. Once we started using this crazy good stuff we never looked back to store bought chicken stock ever!
Liquid: Water.
Cooking fat: Use any neutral oil like avocado, canola, sunflower, vegetable or extra light/light olive oil.

How do you make chicken fajitas from scratch in instant pot?

Find the detailed step by step recipe along with measurements + Video at the bottom of the post.

Step #1 Saute aromatics, deglaze pot

sauteing aromatics and deglazing pot with water — Saute aromatics, deglaze pot

Saute aromatics: Add oil in instant pot on SAUTE mode kept at HIGH and saute the garlic for just 1 minute, throw in the onion and saute for 30 seconds.
De-glaze pot: Pour water and deglaze the pot very well scraping the sides and the bottom of the pot with a spatula. This will help loosen any stuck food particles and prevent the BURN error.

Step #2 Pressure cook & serve

pressure cook chicken fajitas — Pressure cook

Dump ingredients: Add the bell peppers and the marinated chicken (marinate overnight with fajita seasoning). Also add 1 tbsp better than bouillon chicken base & salt according to your personal taste preference. DO NOT mix or stir anything.
Pressure cook: Secure the lid, seal the valve and PRESSURE COOK on HIGH for just 3 mins. Perform a quick pressure release manually by moving the valve from the sealing to the venting position. Now, stir the pressure cooked chicken fajita to mix everything well. Serve hot with tortillas, Mexican rice or cilantro lime rice. So yummy!