Shrimp Fajita Recipe {Kids Favorite}

This Shrimp Fajita Recipe is cooked on a sheet pan in the oven in one go, and put together and on the table in under 20 minutes. The result? Juicy shrimp, tender peppers and caramelized sweet onions all wrapped up in soft tortilla with a little sour cream.

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Shrimp Fajita Recipe

Sheet Pan dinners are the best, right? I have sheet pans that are large enough to feed the whole lot of us and then just about every size in-between, and seriously, they're used all the time. If you've yet to invest in this handy oven pan, so try and get one, there's so many dinners you can make on one pan and you'll save yourself a ton of time during the week (or weekend come to think of it!).

I serve these with Tortilla.

You can make your own Tortilla or buy wraps from the supermarket (just check the labels). These Tortilla take minutes to make and I make them while the Fajitas are cooking. It's one of the simplest, yummiest recipes I make, and while the kids can be a little suspicious of shrimp at other times, this is a dinner they gladly wolf down!

I like to cut the onions and peppers really really thin. This is a dish I want to cook fast for two reasons. Firstly I want to spend as little time as possible in the kitchen during the week and secondly the shrimp cook super quick and so the peppers and onions have to be able to keep up, and so by cutting them thin they can.

Sheet Pan Shrimp Fajitas

The shrimp in this fajita recipe take about 8-10 minutes to cook on a medium hot oven. I use fresh shrimp if I can get them and they're a reasonable price, but mostly I use defrosted shrimp I have in the freezer. They're quick to defrost and really handy to have stored in the freezer for recipes like this one.

Feel free to use any shrimp you like: The only condition is they have to be raw and not pre-cooked since the Fajita spice needs to be absorbed and cook into the shrimp.

Seasoning

The seasoning I use for this Shrimp Fajita recipe is the same as I use for my Fajita's for fussy eaters. It's a really basic mix of Paprika, Cumin and a touch of chilli powder.

It's very mild, but for tinies, feel free to leave the chilli powder out if you think it'll be too much for their little developing taste buds. Paprika and Cumin alone make a great seasoning, so try it out and see what you think. I always find it better to start off far to mild and increase as time goes by rather than out them off to start with: If yours are anything like mine, they'd never try them again :)

Seasoning Mix

• 2 tsp Sweet Paprika
• ½ tsp mild chilli powder
• 1 tsp Cumin

Combine these spices together and use them to rub into the Shrimp Fajita mix.

More Clean Eating Sheet Pan Recipes

• Garlic Lemon Shrimp
• Sheet Pan Pizza
• Sheet pan Caprese Chicken
• Sweet and Spicy chicken thighs

How To Make Shrimp Fajitas

Ingredients

• 1 Red Pepper Finely sliced
• 1 Yellow Pepper Finely sliced
• 1 Orange Pepper Finely sliced
• 1 Large Brown onion Finely sliced
• 2½ Cups Shrimp Defrosted weight
• 2 tbsp Olive oil
• 1 batch Fajita seasoning

Instructions

• Heat your oven to 190° and line a sheet pan with parchment
• In a large bowl, combine your peppers, onions and shrimp with the Fajita mix and Olive oil and work into the peppers onions and shrimp really well
• Spread the mixture out evenly on the sheet pan making sure not to overlap ingredients too much
• Make your Tortilla if using them, whilst the Fajita are cooking
• Cook for 8-10 minutes until the shrimp is fully cooked through and onions and peppers are tender
• Serve with sour cream

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