Easy Sheet Pan Shrimp Fajitas

I love dinners that can be on the table with easy cleanup and so I share with you Easy Sheet Pan Shrimp Fajitas.

Spicy, flavorful shrimp roasted in the oven with peppers and onions, with a fresh lime marinade and herbs in a one pan, healthy, thirty minute meal! Make a Cilantro Lime Dip to add to the fajitas to add even more great flavor.

Shrimp makes am awesome easy dinner. Try this Garlic Lemon Shrimp Scampi: 30 minute dinner for another quick shrimp meal

Serve the shrimp in a salad for gluten free options or this recipe is perfect for vegan

Serve with a great salad like Black Bean Roasted Corn salad ,

and, or rice and that’s it

What you need to Make Easy Sheet Pan Fajitas

Shrimp

Colorful bell peppers of choice- I like to use yellow, red, and orange

red onion

limes

sweet onion

salt

olive

olive oil

paprika

garlic

onion powder

chipotle

cumin

chili powder

For the Cilantro Lime dip

plain yogurt or sour cream

lime juice

cilantro

salt

pepper

garlic

Tips To Make Easy Sheet Pan Fajitas

Make sue you rub the shrimp and marinade for 5 minutes before placing them not the sheet pan

Oven needs to be hot -450 degrees

Slice veggies super thin so they cook in the same amount of time the shrimp does.

To make the Cilantro Lime Dip

Place the Cilantro, Lime juice, yogurt or sour cream salt, pepper and garlic into a blender

Blend until smooth, about one minute Add the olive oil and blend again.

Add more salt or pepper to taste

To Make the Shrimp Fajitas

The onions and bell pepper are sliced very thin so that they cook at the same rate at the shrimp and everything is cooked on just one sheet pan. Finish this shrimp fajita recipe with a squeeze of fresh lime juice and chopped cilantro for a dinner that is packed with flavor and veggie

Preheat oven to 450° F

Clean shrimp and devein.

Set aside in medium size bowl

Spray  large baking sheet with non stick cooking spray.

Add spices and lime juice to shrimp and toss well to combine

Add peppers and onions to bowl and combine

Place shrimp and vegetables on sheet pan

Bake in preheated oven for ten minutes

Turn broiler on high and move sheet pan to highest rack to char shrimp and veggies

Remove from oven

Serve shrimp and veggies in a warm tortilla adding your Cilantro Lime dip

Serve to your family or guests with a wedge of lime and squeeze lime into tortilla after adding veggies and dip

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Easy Sheet Pan Shrimp Fajitas

Easy sheet pan shrimp fajitas full of flavor, spice and marinated veggies in a soft tortilla, quick, one pan thirty minute meal, easy clean up

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time20 mins

Total Time30 mins

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Mexican

Keyword: Easy sheet pan shrimp fajitas, spicy shrimp, quick dinner, gluten free, one pan thirty minute meal, easy clean up

Servings: 4

Calories: 591kcal

Ingredients

• cilantro lime dip
• 1 cup plain yogurt can substitute sour cream
• 3 tbsp lime juice
• 1 clove garlic
• 1/2 bunch cilantro
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 2 tsp olive oil
• Shrimp fajitas
• 2 pounds Shrimp easiest to use frozen clean and devened shrimp
• 3 cups bell peppers of choice- I like to use yellow,red, and orange
• 1 1/2 cups red onion large
• 1 limes
• 1 cup sweet onion
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 tbsp onion powder
• 1/4 tsp chipotle
• 2 tbsp cilantrop chopped for garnish
• 1/2 tsp cumin
• 1/4 tsp chili powder
• 2 tbsp lime juice
• 8 tortillas 2 per person

Instructions

Cilantro lime dip

• Place the Cilantro, Lime juice, yogurt or sour cream salt, pepper and garlic into a blender

   
• Blend until smooth, about one minute. Add the olive oil and blend again.

   

Shrimp fajitas

• Clean and devein shrimp if needed
• Set aside in a small bowl, add spices and lime juice to shrimp, toss well to combine, allow to marinade for at least five minutes
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees
• Slice Peppers and onions very thin, add salt and pepper to taste, toss to combine
• Place shrimp and vegetables on a cookie sheet
• Bake in oven for about ten minutes
• Turn broiler on 500 or on high and move sheet pan to upper rack in oven to char your vegetables and shrimp for two minutes
• Remove from Oven
• Add chopped cilantro as desired

tortillas

• heat frying pan on medium and heat each tortilla for one minute and keep warm in tin foil
• serve with or without tortillas with Cilantro Lime dip

Nutrition

Serving: 2g | Calories: 591kcal | Carbohydrates: 55g | Protein: 56g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 579mg | Sodium: 3091mg | Potassium: 798mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 3937IU | Vitamin C: 171mg | Calcium: 511mg | Iron: 8mg

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