Easy Tex-Mex Inspired Skillet Chicken

This is the perfect chicken recipe to use as the base for all of your Tex-Mex inspired dishes; tacos, salads, burrito bowls, you name it. With just some pantry staple ingredients, you can make this easy chicken recipe in under thirty minutes. The spice blend gives this chicken a bright and robust flavor, and is anything but your run-of-the mill boring chicken dish. Make this easy Tex-Mex Inspired Skillet Chicken for your next easy weeknight meal, or weekly meal prep for lunch!

Course dinner, lunch, main course, meal prep

Cuisine tex mex

Keyword skillet chicken

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 20

Servings

Calories 216kcal

Author Steph

Equipment

small bowl
skillet or frying pan

Ingredients

1.5 lbs chicken breast tenderloins tendon removed
1.5 tbsp chili powder
1.5 tsp cumin
1.5 tsp paprika
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp kosher salt
1 lime juiced

Instructions

Prepare the chicken tenderloins by removing the white tendon from each tender (see body of blog post for detailed instructions for how to do this easily).
In a small bowl, combine the spice blend (the chili powder, cumin, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, oregano, and kosher salt).
Season the chicken breast tenderloins on all sides with the spice blend to coat thoroughly.
Preheat a frying pan or skillet over medium high heat, and spray with olive oil spray.
Cook the chicken on both sides over medium high heat for several minutes, or until a golden brown crust forms and the chicken is cooked through to 165F internally.
Set the cooked chicken aside and finish with the juice of one lime.

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