Fajita Stuffed Hen Breasts

These infants mix all of the belongings you love about fajitas in a single deliciously stuffed piece of rooster. They appear fancy and spectacular, however are surprisingly easy to make. With just a bit preparation and recent components, you’ll have a scrumptious meal very quickly that can completely exhibit your chef abilities.

For extra fajita recipes, strive our Chicken Fajita Salad or our Sizzling Skillet Chicken Fajitas.

Why Our Recipe

• Hen breasts stuffed filled with fajita veggies and gooey pepper jack cheese.
• Use thick breasts, pre-butterflied rooster, or pound them out skinny.
• Seasoned with our customized Fajita spice mix so no packets right here.

These juicy rooster breasts are flattened or “butterflied” and filled with sautéed peppers and onions, after which baked with scrumptious, Pepper Jack cheese to create all types of flavors popping off in your mouth. Whereas the rooster bakes, whip up a facet salad, Mexican rice, or veggies. This flavorful and straightforward dish is so good, it’ll turn out to be a weeknight go-to!

Ingredient Notes

• Boneless Skinless Hen Breasts: Thick ones are excellent so you’ll be able to butterfly them. If they’re skinny, you’ll need to simply pound them out to a good thickness. You can too purchase rooster that’s already butterflied at many grocery shops.
• Olive Oil: You need to use any impartial cooking oil like avocado or vegetable oil as effectively.
• Mushrooms: Both white or cremini works right here, relying in your choice.
• Bell Pepper: We like to make use of a mix of purple and inexperienced for coloration and taste since purple have just a little little bit of sweetness.
• Onion: White or yellow onions will work right here.
• Pepper Jack Cheese: We wish to convey the flavour and the warmth right here. Monterey jack could be the second-place selection.
• Lime Juice: Contemporary limes are greatest, and also you’ll want about two for this recipe. Bottled lime juice can even work.
• Fajita Seasoning: Retailer-bought Fajita seasoning works effectively. We like making our personal so we will higher management the flavour.
• Pink Pepper Flakes: Provides a delicate warmth, which you’ll modify in line with your choice.

Fajita Seasoning

Whereas you will discover pre-made fajita seasoning in just about any grocery retailer, we suggest making your own! Every model differs in its ratios and high quality of spices, so utilizing our spice combine will make sure you get the flavour outcomes as meant. It solely takes a couple of further minutes.

Pink pepper flakes: One other professional of creating your personal spice combine is you could management the spice stage—if your loved ones isn’t as spice tolerant, you’ll be able to scale back the quantity of purple pepper flakes you add in. Or, in case you’re actually searching for some warmth, be at liberty so as to add extra!

Strategies for Stuffing Hen

With a view to stuff a rooster breast, you must both lower it open or pound it out skinny. You should purchase rooster already butterflied at some grocery shops, however the actual difficulty is that rooster breasts range rather a lot in thickness. Right here’s what you do primarily based on the rooster that you’ve got.

Butterfly Technique (For Thick Hen Breasts): That is the most typical methodology for stuffing rooster breasts. You merely slice the rooster horizontally, stopping simply earlier than reducing it throughout on the again facet. If you open it up, it seems to be like butterfly wings. This works greatest when the rooster breast is plump and thick.

Pounding Skinny (For Skinny Hen Breasts): In case your rooster breasts are already on the skinny facet, you’ll be able to place them between two sheets of plastic wrap or parchment paper and use a meat mallet (or perhaps a rolling pin) to pound them to a good thickness. This provides you a flat floor that’s simple to roll up across the stuffing. Simply watch out to not over-pound, or the rooster might tear.