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 may completely exhibit your chef abilities.

For extra fajita recipes, attempt our Hen Fajita Salad or our Scorching Skillet Hen 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 filled with 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 rooster bakes, whip up a aspect 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 may butterfly them. If they’re skinny, you’ll need to simply pound them out to a fair thickness. You can too purchase rooster that’s already butterflied at many grocery shops.
• Olive Oil: You should utilize any impartial cooking oil like avocado or vegetable oil as nicely.
• Mushrooms: Both white or cremini works right here, relying in your desire.
• Bell Pepper: We like to make use of a mix of purple and inexperienced for coloration and taste since purple have a bit 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 can be the second-place alternative.
• Lime Juice: Recent limes are finest, and also you’ll want about two for this recipe. Bottled lime juice may even work.
• Fajita Seasoning: Retailer-bought Fajita seasoning works nicely. We like making our personal so we will higher management the flavour.
• Purple Pepper Flakes: Provides a delicate warmth, which you’ll regulate in accordance with your desire.

Fajita Seasoning

Whereas you’ll find pre-made fajita seasoning in just about any grocery retailer, we advocate making your individual! 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 additional minutes.

Purple pepper flakes: One other professional of constructing your individual spice combine is which you can management the spice stage—if your loved ones isn’t as spice tolerant, you may cut back the quantity of purple pepper flakes you add in. Or, for those who’re actually on the lookout for some warmth, be happy so as to add extra!

Strategies for Stuffing Hen

So as to stuff a rooster breast, it’s a must to both lower it open or pound it out skinny. You should buy rooster already butterflied at some grocery shops, however the actual challenge is that rooster breasts range loads in thickness. Right here’s what you do based mostly on the rooster that you’ve got.

Butterfly Methodology (For Thick Hen Breasts): That is the commonest technique for stuffing rooster breasts. You merely slice the rooster horizontally, stopping simply earlier than slicing it during on the again aspect. While you open it up, it appears like butterfly wings. This works finest when the rooster breast is plump and thick.

Pounding Skinny (For Skinny Hen Breasts): In case your rooster breasts are already on the skinny aspect, 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 a fair thickness. This provides you a flat floor that’s straightforward to roll up across the stuffing. Simply watch out to not over-pound, or the rooster might tear.