Sheet Pan Pork Fajitas Recipe - Talking Meals (2024)

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This Sheet Pan Pork Fajitas Recipe with Cilantro Lime Crema has all the incredible flavor you love from sizzling fajitas without the fuss!

Raise your hand if you hate washing dishes! Well, my friend, sheet pan dinners are for you because everything cooks on a sheet pan for super easy cleanup. This Sheet Pan Pork Fajitas Recipe has all the incredible flavor you love from sizzling fajitas without the fuss because the oven does the work! The pork is tender, smoky, and so flavorful. Fill warmed flour tortillas with the pork, peppers and onions, then top with Cilantro Lime Crema!

SHEET PAN DINNERS

The basic rule with sheet pan dinners is to find items with similar cooking times or that can be added to the pan in the oven in stages. For this Pork Fajitas Recipe, everything cooks at the same time. However, in my Sheet Pan Flank Steak and Potatoes dinner, you need to start the potatoes earlier and then add the steak later. Sometimes you may want to bulk up the dinner with some rice that you cooked ahead of time or a simple boiled pasta. But in general, sheet pan dinners are a great way focus less on the starch and more on the veg!

Here are some of my favorite sheet pan dinners:

• Sheet Pan Eggs, Italian Sausage, and Veggies
• One-Pan Baked Parmesan Crusted Chicken and Asparagus

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EQUIPMENT NEEDED

Nothing special for this one! Just alarge sheet pan(I use a 17×11)

PREP-AHEAD STEPS FOR THIS SHEET PAN PORK FAJITAS RECIPE

We are all extremely busy and making dinner during the week can be overwhelming. Here are steps you can prepare ahead to save time on busy nights! (See the full recipe below)

The good news about this recipe is that you can (a) prep all of the ingredients ahead and then cook on the night you want to eat or (b) cook everything ahead and reheat it! There is a bit of prepping to do, so I HIGHLY recommend doing this on the weekend to save you time on the night you cook and eat it.

The Crema can be made up to 5 days in advance and stored in the fridge. Chop the cilantro. Then in a mixing bowl, add the sour cream, cilantro, and salt. Cut the lime in half (stem to bottom) and add juice from half. Cut the other half into wedges for serving with finished fajitas. Mix the crema and keep in the fridge until serving.

For the rest of the veggies, peel, de-seed, and slice the peppers and onions into thin slices and place in a large bowl in the fridge until ready to mix with other ingredients.

Slice the pork tenderloin into thin strips about 3 inches long and ½ inch wide.

Add the pork to the bowl with sliced peppers and onions, along with the olive oil and water.

Last, mix seasonings in a small bowl (black pepper, garlic powder, chili powder, cumin powder, salt), then pour over the pork and veggies and mix to combine and coat.

COOK YOUR SHEET PAN PORK FAJITAS

Preheat the oven to 400 F degrees. Transfer the pork and veggies to a large sheet pan that is coated with olive oil. Spread out into a single layer. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes.

While the pork and veggies bake, preheat a large pan and add the flour tortillas to slightly toast them on each side.

Serve the tortillas with the pork and veggies and top with the Crema.

RECIPE FAQS

Can I use another protein other than pork?

You can substitute chicken breast strips or flank steak strips with the same cooking time. You can also sub in shrimp, but check them at 10 minutes as they cook very fast. If you want to go meatless, you could sub in slices of portabella mushrooms or zucchini. You could also use extra firm tofu cut into strips.

How do I reheat the pork and veggies?

If you cooked everything ahead and need to reheat it, you want to make sure you don’t dry out the pork. The best way to do this is to warm it on medium heat in a skillet or pan. You can add a couple tablespoons of water to both steam and moisten the fajita filling. You can also warm in the microwave just until warmed, about 1-2 minutes. Be careful not to overcook it in the microwave.

What can I serve with these Pork Fajitas?

You can serve a simple salad with some greens and tomato, steamed rice, Cilantro Lime Quinoa,, or Easy Refried Black Beans. On top, in addition to the tangy Cilantro Lime Crema, you can make this Easy Avocado Crema Recipe.

ENJOY! 😍 Carrie

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