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Crispy Baked Fajita Tacos

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  • Author: She Likes Food
  • Total Time: 34 minutes
  • Yield: 10 1x
  • Diet: Vegetarian

Description

These Crispy Baked Fajita Tacos are made with just a handful of ingredients are only take about 30 minutes to cook!  They are great for your next vegetarian taco night!

Ingredients

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  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • 1 red bell pepper, diced
  • 1 green bell pepper, diced
  • 1 yellow bell pepper, diced
  • 1/2 yellow onion, diced
  • 10 corn tortillas
  • 1 1/3 cup refried beans
  • 1 1/3 cup shredded cheese, I used pepper jack
  • Cooking spray
  • Your favorite taco toppings

Fajita Seasoning Recipe (or about 2 tablespoons packaged fajita seasoning)

  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 teaspoon granulated garlic
  • 1 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika (optional)

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat oven to 425 degrees F.  Add all fajita seasoning ingredients to a small bowl and mix to combine.  You can also add them into the pan one by one if you like.
  2. Dice the peppers and onion into bite size pieces.  Traditionally fajitas are made with thinly sliced bell peppers, but these tacos will be much easier to eat if you make them bite size pieces.
  3. Heat a large pan over medium heat and add olive oil, peppers, onion and fajita seasoning.  Give it a good mix and let the everything cook until peppers are softened and covered in the fajita seasoning, about 10 minutes.
  4. Lightly spray a large baking sheet with cooking spray and set aside.  Warm your tortillas so that you can easily fold them without breaking.  I just heat mine for a few seconds in a skillet with some cooking spray.  You could also microwave them.
  5. Spread a couple of tablespoons of refried beans onto one half of each tortilla.  Top with a small handful of shredded cheese and then a spoonful of the fajita veggies.  I like to top with a little extra cheese, just to help everything stick together.  Fold the other half of the tortillas over and place the tacos on the greased sheet pan.  Spray the tops of the tortillas with cooking spray and place in the oven.
  6. Bake tacos until cheese is melted and bubbly and tortillas are crispy and starting to brown, about 10 minutes.  Let cool and enjoy with your favorite taco toppings!

Notes

*If you have trouble with the top side of your tortilla staying down before putting them in the oven, just let it lay open and then after they have been in the oven for about a minute you should be able to carefully press them down and they will stay.

For each tortilla, I used about 2 tablespoons each refried beans, fajita veggies and cheese.  Mine were pretty stuffed, so you could easily stretch the recipe and only add 1 tablespoon of each ingredient to each taco.

  • Prep Time: 14
  • Cook Time: 20
  • Category: Dinner, Vegetarian
  • Method: Stovetop, Oven
  • Cuisine: Mexican Inspired

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