- prep: 10 min
- cook: 25 min
- total: 35 min
Summary
One Pot Creamy Chicken Fajita Pasta is a delicious, easy, and flavor packed meal filled with chicken, peppers, tomatoes, onions, and a creamy southwest sauce.
Ingredients
- 4 tsp olive oil (divided)
- 3 medium bell peppers (red, yellow, green, orange) (sliced evenly into thin strips)
- 1 large onion (sliced evenly into thin strips)
- 1-1/2 lb chicken breast, raw (sliced evenly into thin strips)
- 8 oz bowtie pasta, dry
- 1 14.5 oz can fire roasted diced tomatoes
- 2-1/2 cups low sodium chicken broth
- 1/2 cup half and half
- 3/4 cup reduced fat shredded Colby Jack or mexican blend
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 2 tsp chili powder
- 2 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp oregano
- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper (less if you want less heat)
- 1 tsp kosher salt (reduce by half if using regular table salt/sea salt)
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 6
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 414 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 14 g 21.75%
- Saturated Fat: 6 g 28.8%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 93 mg 30.93%
- Sodium: 1362 mg 56.76%
- Calcium: 153 mg 15.34%
- Potassium: 156 mg 4.47%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 4 mg 20.14%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 34 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 2 g 8.79%
- Sugar: 5 g
- Protein: 33 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 1 g
- Vitamin A 18.85%
- Vitamin C 18.35%
- Vitamin D 0.95%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat2
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs0
- Exchange - Starch2
- Exchange - Vegetables1
- Exchange - Lean Meat4
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total133 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total3 oz-eq