Fajita Stuffed Rooster Breasts

These infants mix all of the stuff you love about fajitas in a single deliciously stuffed piece of hen. 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, attempt our Chicken Fajita Salad or our Sizzling Skillet Chicken Fajitas.

Why Our Recipe

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

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

Ingredient Notes

• Boneless Skinless Rooster Breasts: Thick ones are excellent so you may butterfly them. If they’re skinny, you’ll wish to simply pound them out to an excellent thickness. It’s also possible to purchase hen that’s already butterflied at many grocery shops.
• Olive Oil: You need to use any impartial cooking oil like avocado or vegetable oil as nicely.
• Mushrooms: Both white or cremini works right here, relying in your choice.
• Bell Pepper: We like to make use of a combination of pink and inexperienced for coloration and taste since pink have just a little little bit of sweetness.
• Onion: White or yellow onions will work right here.
• Pepper Jack Cheese: We prefer to convey the flavour and the warmth right here. Monterey jack could be the second-place selection.
• Lime Juice: Recent limes are greatest, and also you’ll want about two for this recipe. Bottled lime juice may also work.
• Fajita Seasoning: Retailer-bought Fajita seasoning works nicely. We like making our personal so we are able to higher management the flavour.
• Purple Pepper Flakes: Provides a delicate warmth, which you’ll regulate based on 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 supposed. It solely takes a number of further minutes.

Purple pepper flakes: One other professional of creating your personal spice combine is which you could management the spice degree—if your loved ones isn’t as spice tolerant, you may scale back the quantity of pink pepper flakes you add in. Or, in the event you’re actually in search of some warmth, be happy so as to add extra!

Strategies for Stuffing Rooster

With a view to stuff a hen breast, you need to both reduce it open or pound it out skinny. You should purchase hen already butterflied at some grocery shops, however the true difficulty is that hen breasts range lots in thickness. Right here’s what you do based mostly on the hen that you’ve.

Butterfly Technique (For Thick Rooster Breasts): That is the commonest methodology for stuffing hen breasts. You merely slice the hen horizontally, stopping simply earlier than slicing it throughout on the again facet. While you open it up, it appears to be like like butterfly wings. This works greatest when the hen breast is plump and thick.

Pounding Skinny (For Skinny Rooster Breasts): In case your hen breasts are already on the skinny facet, you may 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 an excellent thickness. This offers you a flat floor that’s straightforward to roll up across the stuffing. Simply watch out to not over-pound, or the hen might tear.