Fajita Stuffed Rooster 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 substances, you’ll have a scrumptious meal very quickly that may completely showcase your chef expertise.

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 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 simple dish is so good, it’ll turn into a weeknight go-to!

Ingredient Notes

• Boneless Skinless Rooster Breasts: Thick ones are excellent so you possibly can butterfly them. If they’re skinny, you’ll wish to simply pound them out to a fair thickness. It’s also possible to purchase rooster that’s already butterflied at many grocery shops.
• Olive Oil: You should 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 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 carry the flavour and the warmth right here. Monterey jack can 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 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 refined warmth, which you’ll modify in line with your choice.

Fajita Seasoning

Whereas yow will discover 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 meant. It solely takes a number of additional minutes.

Pink pepper flakes: One other professional of constructing your personal spice combine is which you can management the spice degree—if your loved ones isn’t as spice tolerant, you possibly can scale back the quantity of pink pepper flakes you add in. Or, if you happen to’re actually on the lookout for some warmth, be at liberty so as to add extra!

Strategies for Stuffing Rooster

To be able to stuff a rooster breast, it’s important to both reduce it open or pound it out skinny. You should buy rooster already butterflied at some grocery shops, however the true concern is that rooster breasts differ quite a bit in thickness. Right here’s what you do based mostly on the rooster that you’ve got.

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

Pounding Skinny (For Skinny Rooster Breasts): In case your rooster breasts are already on the skinny facet, you possibly can 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 could tear.