Chicken Fajita Spaghetti Recipe

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This tasty dinner has been a great time-saver for me. I usually cut up the chicken, onion and peppers while our two young children are napping. Then, just before my husband gets home from work, I toss everything into the skillet while the pasta is cooking on another burner.—Heather Brown, Frisco, Texas

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Chicken Fajita Spaghetti Recipe
  • Prep/Total Time: 20 min.
  • Yield: 6 Servings
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Ingredients

  • 8 ounces uncooked spaghetti
  • 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into strips
  • 1 tablespoon canola oil
  • 1 small onion, sliced
  • 1 small sweet red pepper, julienned
  • 1 small sweet yellow pepper, julienned
  • 1 can (4 ounces) chopped green chilies
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 cup taco sauce
  • 1 envelope fajita seasoning mix

Directions

  • Cook the spaghetti according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook chicken over medium heat in oil for 4-5 minutes on each side or until meat is no longer pink; remove and keep warm.
  • In the same skillet, saute onion and peppers until tender. Add the chicken, chilies, water, taco sauce and fajita seasoning; heat through. Drain spaghetti; toss with chicken mixture. Yield: 6 servings.

Nutritional Analysis: 1-1/4 cups equals 282 calories, 5 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 42 mg cholesterol, 722 mg sodium, 37 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 21 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 starch, 2 lean meat, 1 vegetable.

Originally published as Chicken Fajita Spaghetti in Quick Cooking January/February 2006, p12

Medium-Bodied White Wine

Enjoy this recipe with a medium-bodied white wine such as Riesling or Gewürtztraminer

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Reviewed on Jan. 10, 2011 by katlaydee3

This was very good. At first I found it to be a strange combination but the more I ate, the more I liked it. I did not have enough spaghetti for the leftovers so I used angel hair pasta which was very good.


Reviewed on Apr. 28, 2010 by muffnette

This was fantastic!!! such a burst of flavor! a new family favorite - will make it regularly for sure - it was so super simple too!! I too used the Ortega medium taco sauce and that gave enough bite to it - as i was going to add jalapenos as the suggestion if you want it hot (as my family love hot) but the medium sauce was sufficient!


Reviewed on Mar. 05, 2009 by buckus29

This is excellent. I used the Ortega Medium Taco Sauce and it just has enough bite to it. This is so simple and the whole family raved about it. During Lent we don't eat meat on Friday's so we did shrimp instead of chicken and that was excellent too.

Karen - Painted Post, NY


Reviewed on Feb. 27, 2009 by megut

 
 
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