Fajita Stuffed Hen Breasts

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

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

Why Our Recipe

• Hen breasts stuffed stuffed 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 full of 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 simple dish is so good, it’ll turn into 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 fair thickness. You may as well 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 desire.
• Bell Pepper: We like to make use of a mix of pink and inexperienced for colour and taste since pink have somewhat little bit of sweetness.
• Onion: White or yellow onions will work right here.
• Pepper Jack Cheese: We wish to deliver the flavour and the warmth right here. Monterey jack could be the second-place alternative.
• Lime Juice: Contemporary limes are greatest, and also you’ll want about two for this recipe. Bottled lime juice may even work.
• Fajita Seasoning: Retailer-bought Fajita seasoning works effectively. We like making our personal so we will higher management the flavour.
• Purple Pepper Flakes: Provides a refined warmth, which you’ll regulate in line with your desire.

Fajita Seasoning

Whereas you could find pre-made fajita seasoning in just about any grocery retailer, we advocate 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 supposed. It solely takes just a few additional minutes.

Purple pepper flakes: One other professional of constructing your personal spice combine is which you can management the spice stage—if your loved ones isn’t as spice tolerant, you’ll be able to cut back the quantity of pink pepper flakes you add in. Or, for those who’re actually in search of some warmth, be at liberty so as to add extra!

Strategies for Stuffing Hen

As a way to stuff a rooster breast, it’s important to both lower it open or pound it out skinny. You should buy rooster already butterflied at some grocery shops, however the actual difficulty is that rooster breasts fluctuate so much in thickness. Right here’s what you do based mostly on the rooster that you’ve.

Butterfly Technique (For Thick Hen Breasts): That is the most typical technique for stuffing rooster breasts. You merely slice the rooster horizontally, stopping simply earlier than chopping it right through on the again facet. If you open it up, it appears to be like 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 fair thickness. This offers 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.