I am a huge lover of chicken fajitas but you know what's even better? When it's ready and waiting for me and I just need to dump it in a pan! That's the beauty of meal in a jar recipes. You can make 10-16 jars and just grab a jar out of your pantry or food storage area once a week and have this ready to go!

If you've never tried meal in a jar recipes, be sure to sign up for our newsletter and see how easy they are to incorporate into your family. We make the pint size jar which feeds 2-3 people and the quart size jar feeds 4-6. As you'll see in the video, we used the white corn tortillas to keep this lower in sodium.

The pint size jar made 3 nice size chicken fajitas and we made 3/4 cup of Thrive refried beans while the chicken fajita mixture was refreshing. I filled the jar with water and then it was easy to drain as I could put my hand over the opening. 

This is what is great about Thrive foods, you just scoop out what you need. There is no way we'd eat a whole can of refried beans and this lets us just take what we want. Next time I'm pretty sure we could do a 1/2 cup. The instructions say to add salt but we don't add salt to anything so we skipped that. We did add some Thrive cheddar cheese and Thrive cilantro when served.

The beans only take 4-5 minutes to cook. 

After you've refreshed your chicken fajita mixture, drain and toss into a pan with olive oil. 

Cook until browned and get ready to serve! We put ours in the white corn tortillas but you can use any tortilla and toppings of your choice. 

Chicken Fajitas Meal In A Jar

Ingredients for Quart Size Jar

• 3/4 c. Thrive Green Bell Peppers
• 1 c. Thrive Seasoned Chicken Slices
• 3/4 c. Thrive Onion Slices 
• 3/4 c. Thrive Red Bell Peppers
• 1/4 c. Thrive Green Chili Peppers
• 1/2 tsp. Thrive Chef's Choice
• 1/2 tsp. Thrive Cilantro 
• 1/2 tsp. ground cumin
• 1/2 tsp. chili powder
• 1/4 tsp. garlic powder
• 1/4 tsp. Thrive Limeade Powder (optional)

Ingredients for Pint Size Jar

• 1/3 c. Thrive Green Bell Peppers
• 1/2 c. Thrive Seasoned Chicken Slices
• 1/3 c. Thrive Onion Slices 
• 1/3 c. Thrive Red Bell Peppers
• 2 tblsp. Thrive Green Chili Peppers
• 1/4 tsp. Thrive Chef's Choice
• 1/4 tsp. Thrive Cilantro 
• 1/4 tsp. ground cumin
• 1/4 tsp. chili powder
• 1/8 tsp. garlic powder
• 1/8 tsp. Thrive Limeade Powder (optional)

Directions:

 

To make jar: Add ingredients to jar in order listed if you want to do heaping servings, or for a prettier jar, add ingredients in reverse order.

 

To serve: Add contents of jar to 1 cup of warm water (or fill jar with water) and let sit for 8 minutes. Drain off excess water. Add 1 tbsp. of oil to skillet and heat until hot. Add chicken mixture and stir until lightly browned. Serve on flour tortillas and top with cheese, sour cream, salsa or guacamole.

 

Add these items to your monthly delivery and you should be able to make 10-12 Quart jars worth of meals.  Sometimes the product settles and you won't get a full 11 cups out of a #10 can or certain ingredients have a few less servings. We'd rather have you plan to have some extras than be sad about not having enough!

 

Shopping for Quart size jar:

• Thrive Green Bell Peppers (1 family can)
• Thrive Seasoned Chicken Slices (1 family can)
• Thrive Onion Slices (1 family can)
• Thrive Red Bell Peppers (1 family can)
• Thrive Green Chili Peppers (1 pantry can)
• Thrive Chef's Choice (1 spice can)
• Thrive Cilantro (1 spice can)
• Thrive Limeade Powder - optional (1 pantry can)

Remember feel free to customize your delivery if you already have some of these items on hand or want to substitute a different product or brand. Also make sure to adjust your delivery each month for the new recipe so you don't get sent the same items again! Sign up for our newsletter.

 

 

Shopping for Pint size jar:

(Feeds 2-3 people)

Makes 15-16 pint size jars

• Thrive Green Bell Peppers (2 pantry cans)
• Thrive Seasoned Chicken Slices (2 pantry cans)
• Thrive Onion Slices (2 pantry cans)
• Thrive Red Bell Peppers (2 pantry cans)
• Thrive Green Chili Peppers (1 pantry can)
• Thrive Chef's Choice (1 spice can)
• Thrive Cilantro (1 spice can)
• Thrive Limeade Powder - optional (1 pantry can)

*You can grab a family can and just have some extras of those items since it's more cost-effective to purchase in a family can.

 

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