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 contemporary components, you’ll have a scrumptious meal very quickly that may completely showcase 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 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 aspect salad, Mexican rice, or veggies. This flavorful and simple dish is so good, it’ll turn out to be 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 need to simply pound them out to a good thickness. You may as well 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 properly.
• Mushrooms: Both white or cremini works right here, relying in your choice.
• Bell Pepper: We like to make use of a mix of crimson and inexperienced for coloration and taste since crimson have a little 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 could be the second-place alternative.
• 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 properly. 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 in accordance 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 supposed. It solely takes a number of additional minutes.

Purple pepper flakes: One other professional of creating your individual spice combine is you could management the spice degree—if your loved ones isn’t as spice tolerant, you possibly can scale back the quantity of crimson 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 Rooster

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

Butterfly Methodology (For Thick Rooster Breasts): That is the commonest technique for stuffing rooster breasts. You merely slice the rooster horizontally, stopping simply earlier than slicing it all over on the again aspect. Whenever 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 aspect, 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 good 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.