Easy Fajita Sauce

This flavorful fajita sauce recipe pairs well with beans, chicken, steak, or shrimp! It is quick to prepare with just a few ingredients.

Here’s an awesome hack that makes fajitas in minutes: It’s easy Fajita sauce Recipe! The big advantage of this sauce: It works with any protein: beans, chicken, shrimp or beef. This makes it extremely adaptable to meals of any diet! Or you can split it half and half if you’re cooking for different types of eaters. The zesty flavor of bright lime and smoky adobo sauce makes the perfect pinto bean topping in veggie fajitas, or you can flip it and use it for shrimp fajitas. Here are the tips for preparing this delicious homemade marinade.

Ingredients for this fajita sauce recipe

This easy fajita sauce only takes 5 minutes to make and is way better than most store-bought brands. (Though there are some great all-natural brands out there these days! Comment below if you have a recommendation.) Here’s what you need (or jump straight to the recipe for amounts):

• lime juice
• Spanish spice and marinade mix: from 1 can of chipotle peppers (see below)
• olive oil
• cumin
• garlic powder
• Salt

That’s it! Whisk everything together in a bowl and it becomes a delicious Tex-Mex marinade. It has hints of lime and an incredibly compelling smoky undertone. Speaking of…

Key Ingredient: Chipotle Peppers in Adobo Sauce

The most important ingredient in this fajita sauce? Adobe sauce. There is no perfect substitute for this magical ingredient, so you should find the real one. The Adobo sauce adds a smoky undertone and an impossible-to-reproduce complexity! Here’s more information on this particular ingredient if you’ve never used it before:

• Chipotle Peppers in Adobo Sauce are easy to find at most grocery stores near Mexican produce. The box includes chipotle peppers: smoked and dried jalapeños that are rehydrated and canned, and adobo sauce, a puree made with tomatoes, vinegar, garlic, and other spices.
• You use the sauce, not the chipotle peppers. Using a spoon, scoop the adobo sauce out of the can, working around the peppers.
• The sauce adds a moderate spiciness. It’s not super spicy. Use 1 tbsp for a mild fajita sauce and 2 tbsp for a moderately hot (not even medium) sauce.
• What to do with leftovers Refrigerate or freeze the rest and use in other adobo sauce recipes like tortilla soup, chipotle ranch dressing, or enchilada sauce.

How to use this bean fajita sauce

We created this fajita sauce recipe specifically for our epic vegetarian fajitas to offer great flavor without the need for meat. It works perfectly and packs enough intrigue to take this plant-based protein to rock star levels. Here’s the basic concept for using it with beans:

• Use pinto or black beans: Drain two 15-ounce canned beans. No need to rinse!
• Heat in a pan for 6 to 8 minutes. Place the sauce and beans in a pan and cook until the sauce thickens. It’s really easy.

Here’s how to use this fajita sauce with meat or seafood

This fajita sauce also works with chicken, steak, or shrimp as a marinade. Here’s what to do:

• Use 1 pound of protein. If using shrimp, use them peeled and deveined.
• Marinate with the protein for 20 minutes. Mix the ingredients together and then add the proteins.
• Cook in the pan until cooked through, following the fajita recipe.

Do you need vegetables? We have them too

Need veggies for your fajitas recipe? We have them too. Our standard method is to grill them until charred and then finish them off in a sizzling pan. Opt for the classic vegetable fajitas.

And that’s it! Let us know if you’ve tried this sauce and what you think of it. It has already become a staple in our household.

This recipe for fajitas recipe is…

Vegetarian, vegan, plant-based, dairy-free and gluten-free.