Instant Pot Fajitas are the easiest and quickest way to get chicken and beef fajitas on to your kitchen table in less than 10 minutes! Let your pressure cooker do all the work to produce sizzling hot and savory gluten-free tex-mex fajitas!

Easy Instant Pot Fajitas are the best!

These pressure cooked fajitas cook in under 10 minutes once you have your ingredients at hand! They cook up with flavorful meat and deliciously tender-crisp vegetables with just the right amount of savory juices on the bottom of your instant pot!

Roll this amazing meat and veggie combo up in warm fluffy tortillas or top a delicious crisp green salad with quinoa and this fajita meat for one fantastic taco salad!

What to pair with these quick instant pot fajitas:

I highly recommend pairing these easy fajitas with Cilantro Lime Rice, Instant Pot Jasmine Rice, Mexican Street Corn Salad, Instant Pot Quinoa, or Corn + Tomato Salad!

What type of fajita meat works best in the pressure cooker?

The real answer is.. whatever your fajita meat preference is!

Our family has a hard time of deciding between chicken and beef fajitas. Every once and a while I'll even splurge and grab some steak from the butcher shop for a treat.

But most times I do a little bit of chicken and a little bit of beef, like in these pictures that I snapped last time I made fajitas for the boys.

If you are going with chicken, I like to purchase chicken tender strips from the meat counter at the grocery store. Just one less thing I have to do. It cuts out that step of having to slice your chicken breasts into strips!

If you are going with beef, I usually will just pick up what our grocery store meat counter labels as "fajita beef" which is already sliced really thin.

Pro fajita tip: If you found the piece of beef you want but it's not cut into thin strips, go up to the meat counter of the store and ask them to slice it for you. I've never heard of a grocery store to charge anyone for slicing their meat.

Instant Pot Fajita Ingredients:

• 1.5 pounds of chicken breast (thinly sliced tenders work best!) or thinly sliced steak
• 2 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 bell peppers, cut into slices
• ½ white onion, cut into slices
• 1 tablespoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon ground paprika
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper

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What type of pressure cooker to use?

You will need a pressure cooker and some jasmine rice! Obvi, as the title insinuates, this dish uses an Instant Pot but you can always use a different brand of pressure cooker to create the same masterpiece of rice perfection.

I highly recommend two pressure cookers that I use in my own kitchen.

The first is the 6 Quart Instant Pot.

The other pressure cooker is my beloved Pampered Chef Quick Cooker.

No matter which pressure cooker is on your kitchen counter, follow these foolproof steps to perfectly cooked jasmine rice!

How to make quick Instant Pot Fajitas:

*For in-depth instructions, please scroll down to the full recipe card! 🙂

1. Set your Instant Pot pressure cooker to saute and place the oil in the bottom. While it's heating up, mix the cumin, chili powder, paprika, cayenne, and garlic and onion powders together in a small bowl.
2. Place your meat and ½ of the seasoning mix in the bottom of the Instant Pot, stirring occasionally, to initially cook and sear the meat partially for 3-4 minutes.Add the chopped vegetables and the second ½ of the seasoning mix to the pressure cooker, stir, and set to cook for 4-5 minutes on the "poultry" setting of your pressure cooker.
3. Immediately after the timer is done, release the pressure from your pressure cooker manually by venting the pressure cooker (do not allow a natural pressure release. This will keep your vegetables from becoming mushy!).
4. Remove your fajita fixings from the pressure cooker, insert inside tortillas and top with fresh squeezed lime juice, cilantro, and shredded cheeses. Enjoy!

How to serve pressure cooker fajitas to others:

You can definitely serve your fajitas naked.

Let me quickly clarify what I mean by naked fajitas.

To our little family, naked fajitas are just a tortilla filled with fajita meat and fajita veggies, nothing else.

There is nothing wrong with a naked fajita if you ask me!

BUT, if you are wanting to impress the palates of dinner guests then might I suggest a few easy things to add to your tablescape:

• Shredded cheeses! Our favorites are montery jack, colby jack, and pepper jack. We like Jack!
• Chopped fresh herbs! Never has there been more of a reason to pick a bunch of cilantro leaves off their branches and sprinkle them onto your plate!
• Pico de gallo and/or salsa! Whoop whoop . this suggestion adds a pop of color and a pop of caliente to the mix!
• Sour Cream. Because sour cream. Just a dollop.
• Freshly squeezed lime. How to make your Instant Pot Fajitas all gourmet and stuff.... Fresh. Squeezed. Lime.

How to store leftover Instant Pot Fajitas:

You can store leftover fajitas in an airtight container in the fridge for 2-3 days.

To reheat leftover refrigerated fajitas you can put them in the microwave in a covered microwave-safe dish for 45-90 seconds depending on:

1. How much leftovers you are reheating at one time
2. How powerful your microwave is. All microwaves vary.
3. How hot you like your leftovers.

For moister reheated BEEF fajita meat, I would recommend reheating them in a skillet over medium-low heat on the stove. Heat a skillet with 1 tablespoon oil, and allow the fajita meat and veggies to warm to your liking, usually no more than 3-5 minutes is ever necessary.

More easy tex-mex dishes!

For someone who can never get over tex-mex food - seriously I cannot get enough - I've got my favorite tex-mex picks!

• Skinny Mexican Grilled Corn
• Mexican Street Corn Nachos
• Grilled Flank Steak Tacos
• Bulgogi Beef Tacos
• Slow Cooker Mexican Quinoa Dip
• Healthy One-Pot Mexican Chicken Noodle Soup
• Salsa Lime Chicken
• Fresh Pork Breakfast Tacos