Description
Sheet pan shrimp fajitas are so delicious, sweet shrimp, and tender peppers and onions roasted with a fajita seasoning until perfection. These fajitas are made on one sheet pan, and only take 30 minutes to make. The ultimate weeknight dinner.
Ingredients
shrimp fajitas
- 1 pound shrimp, peeled & tails removed
- 1 white or yellow onion, sliced
- 3 bell peppers (yellow, orange, or red), sliced
- 1 tablespoons avocado oil, divided
- 4 tablespoons homemade fajita seasoning (click here for recipe)
Optional Fixings/toppings
- corn, or flour tortilla shells
- lime wedges
- cilantro, chopped
- avocado (see notes for avocado mash)
- sour cream
Instructions
- Prepare: preheat your oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. If you haven’t already done so, mix up the fajita seasoning (see notes for individual recipe), for a bulk fajita seasoning recipe, click here. Pat the shrimp dry with paper towels. Place the shrimp in a medium sized mixing bowl. Toss the shrimp with 2 tablespoons of the fajita seasoning and 1/2 tablespoon avocado oil – set aside.
- Toss: Add the sliced onions, and bell peppers to an extra large sheet pan (20 x 14 inches), along with the remaining 2 tablespoons of fajita seasoning, plus the 2 tablespoon of avocado oil and toss together until everything is well coated.
- cook: Transfer the baking sheet of the bell peppers and onions to the preheated oven. Cook the veggies for 8 minutes, remove the pan, and add the shrimp using tongs to spread everything into a flat layer. Return the pan to the oven for another 4 minutes.
- Broil: Turn your broiler on and pop the pan right under the broil for 1 to 3 minutes, just so the peppers get a nice char on them.
- Prepare any toppings: While the fajitas are cooking you can prepare any of your toppings, and fixings. Warm the tortillas, dish out sour cream, slice avocadoes, cut up limes etc. The toppings are up to you. (see notes for my faves). My favorite way to warm tortillas is directly over the open flame of my gas burner. Just a few minutes on each side. I love the little bit of car it creates. If you don’t have a gas stove, and still want the char – you can heat them up in a dry skillet, for a few minutes per side.
- Serve: I like to serve this family style. I place the fajita filling into a bowl, with a spoon for serving. I place the warm tortilla shells, sour cream, lime wedges, etc – in separate dishes so that each person can make their own fajita, and customize it, just before eating.
Notes
Leftovers: Store any leftover fajita filling separate from the remaining ingredients. Reheat the filling in the microwave, gently. Heat up more tortilla shells, as needed.
fajita seasoning recipe: To make cooking fajitas even easier, I created a fajita seasoning recipe (in bulk). Make a large amount of fajita seasoning, once, so you have it on hand whenever you want to make either these shrimp fajitas, or chicken fajitas. Click here for the fajita seasoning recipe.
Fajita seasoning recipe for one batch of fajitas: If you don’t want to make a bulk amount of fajita seasoning, here is the recipe you will need just for one batch of shrimp fajitas: 3 teaspoons chili powder, 2 teaspoons smoked paprika, 1 teaspoon onion powder, 1 teaspoon garlic powder, 1 teaspoon cumin, 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano, 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional), 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional), 1.5 teaspoons kosher salt.
avocado mash: I love making a quick avocado mash (not guac), to go on my fajitas. I mash a ripe avocado, add lime juice to taste, along with kosher salt, and about 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder. I like to spread it on the bottom of my tortilla before adding the filling.
bell peppers: I preferred red, orange, or yellow peppers to go with the sweetness of the shrimp, rather than a green bell pepper.
Our fave toppings: Avocado mash, squirt of lime juice, chopped cilantro, a touch of sour cream.
gluten free: to make this recipe gluten free be sure to use corn tortillas, instead of flour.
dairy free: to keep this recipe dairy free be sure to omit the sour cream, or use a dairy free sour cream.
