One of our favourite go to meals in our house are Chicken Fajitas. Not only are the quick and easy to make but they are delightfully low in points and bursting with flavour. This week, after having my regular craving for Fajitas but having no wraps or salsa in the house, I decided to turn our favourite dish into a pasta dish. My OH loved this one. The flavours or the spices burst through whilst the sour cream mellows the whole dish out a little. The sprinkling of fresh avocado on top adds a lovely freshness too!
Ingredients
Serve 2 = 9sp each (Flex)
100g dried pasta (I used penne)
300g chicken breast, raw and cut into bite sized chunks
1 large red onion, peeled and sliced
2 peppers, deseeded and sliced
2 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped
2 tsp of chilli powder, cumin and paprika
1 tsp ground coriander
Pinch of smoked paprika and cayenne pepper
2 tbsp tomato puree
500ml chicken stock (made with ½ stock cube)
Juice of ½ lemon
1 tbsp low fat soured cream
Handful of fresh coriander, roughly chopped
1 red chilli, deseeded and sliced (to garnish)
70g avocado, roughly chopped, sprinkled with salt and pepper and a twist of lemon
Method
Fill the kettle and pop on to boil.
Take a large non stick sauce pan, pop on a medium heat, spray with 1kal and add the chicken. Season with salt and pepper and fry for 5-7 minutes until cooked through. Add the garlic, peppers and onions along with all the powdered spices and fry for another 3-4 minutes until the onion starts to soften. Stir in the tomato puree, fry for another minute and make up the chicken stock and add to the pan.
Pour the dried pasta directly to the saucepan, making sure the water covers it and simmer on a medium/high heat for 11-13 minute until the pasta is al dente. Turn the heat up to high to simmer off any excess water and then add the sour cream and stir through. Simmer for another minute. The sauce should have thickened nicely by now and absorbed into the pasta a little. Remove from the heat and stir through the fresh coriander and juice of ½ lemon.
Serve into bowls and top with the chopped avocado, a sprinkle of coriander and a few slices of chilli.
Enjoy!
I made this tonight, it was SO yum!! Thanks Laura, I get very excited when you bring out a new recipe ?
Ah so pleased you enjoyed it Jess!! x
Is it 2 tsp each of chilli, cumin n paprika?
It is indeed Adele 🙂
I just made this and it was amazing !! X
So pleased you enjoyed it Katie!
Made this for my husband and I on Saturday night – he’s a bit sceptical of WW recipes but it was a huge hit! He’s even asked me to make it again soon. Thanks for the fab recipe x
Ah so pleased you both enjoyed it Jessica, do let me know if you try anything else 🙂
Yep, one for all the family. Delicious!
Hi does the garlic going with the onions and peppers? X
It does Kirsty ?
Made this last night it was gorgeous! You really are a fantastic cook! X
So pleased you enjoyed it Kirsty 🙂
Hi Laura – looks like a fab recipe – thank you! I’m planning on cooking it this week! Just to check, does the pasta go into the same saucepan as the chicken and the stock?
It does Emma, yes. Hope you like it x
Thank you!
Thumbs up from me! This was a hit at the dinner table tonight x
I love love love this dish, my husband and I have had this at least 3 times in the last 6 weeks! Thank you for your blog. I’m a WW coach and all my members love it as well, it always gives us great ideas and tips. Don’t ever stop!
Ah so pleased you all like it Ayesha, do let me know if you try anything else ?
Hi Laura
does the pasta not need to be boiled/cooked first? Or does it just get added to the chicken straight from the packet?
Hi Dan, nope it goes straight in dry as it cooks in the stock ?
Made this today Laura, it was amazing, so tasty!
Fab recipe!!! X
So pleased you enjoyed!! 🙂
Hi Laura
What would the SP value be without the avocado? Please keep sharing your recipes
TIA
It would be 9sp Linda 🙂
Thank you
This was/is amazing!! Thank you so much for sharing your recipes, I’m a weight watchers member and your website helps me stay on track. Sometimes it gets so hard to find meals that I want to eat and I always come to you when I’m looking for something new. Can’t thank you enough
Made this tonight, absolutely gorgeous. Thanks for the great recipes Laura, can’t wait to try more.
Hi, can this meal be frozen? I’m looking for ideas for batch cooking lunches and think this would make a fab lunch! want to make sure I don’t ruin it though 🙂
Thanks x
Yep it can be frozen, I would just freeze it before you add the soured cream and then add this once reheated 🙂
This is so tasty we made this at work for the customers, went down a treat, although we didn’t have the avocado. So knocked a point off. Thanks Laura for your inspiration x
Glad everyone enjoyed it Jackie where is it that you work? X
Hi, I’m not really a fan of sour cream is there an alternative i could use? TIA
You could use low fat yoghurt, creme fraiche or quark instead ?
Just made this for dinner, so delicious! I absolutely love your recipes! x
Hasn’t made this for tea tonight absolutely delicious!
made this for tea tonight absolutely delicious!
Hi I made this minus the avocado how much do you think the recipe would be without this? Thanks
Hi
This si the sexond time i have made this dish and it is lovely. I have had to tone down the chillies etc, too much for me and substituted the sour cream with yogurt.
Great xx
Julia
This recipe is a big hit with our family. Made extra so we have leftovers for lunch today too. We have tried quite a few of your recipes and enjoyed every single one – especially this one and the Salt and Pepper Chicken 🙂
Made this a few tones now and every time I forget how lovely it is. Thank you thank you thank you . I did try to post a picture but I couldn’t figure out how to do that. Ha