Fajitas Stuffed Chicken Breasts. Heat the canola oil (for the veggies) in a pan over high heat. Cook the peppers, onion, salt, and pepper until soft and slightly caramelized. Transfer the cooked veggies to a bowl.
It combines all the things you love about fajitas in a tidy main dish.
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You can cook Fajitas Stuffed Chicken Breasts using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Fajitas Stuffed Chicken Breasts
- It's 2 of Tbl. grape seed oil.
- It's 1/2 of each : yellow, green, orange, and red bell peppers, cut in slices.
- It's 1/2 of onion , cut in slices.
- It's of sea salt.
- It's of fresh ground black pepper.
- Prepare 4 oz of cream cheese.
- Prepare 1/4 c. of shredded cheddar cheese.
- Prepare 1/4 c. of pepper jack cheese.
- You need 4 of chicken breasts.
- You need 2 tsp of each : cumin, chili powder, garlic, salt, pepper (mixed together in bowl).
- Prepare 2 Tbl of grape seed oil.
Slice a pocket in the chicken horizontally and fill the pocket with a heaping spoonful of the fajita mixture. Repeat for all chicken breasts and remove any excess fajita mixture from the pan. If Mexican chicken is your thing, you're gonna' flip over this ah-ma-zing fajita stuffed chicken recipe! It's one of those stuffed chicken breast recipes with lots of rich decadent spices and plenty of cheesy goodness that makes other low carb chicken recipes seem like child's play….
Fajitas Stuffed Chicken Breasts instructions
- Heat first two tablespoons of grapeseed oil on high. Add sliced bell peppers and onions. Sprinkle with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. Cook on high until peppers are almost caramelized.
- In a small bowl mixed together cooked peppers and onions and all the cheeses. Set aside.
- Coat each chicken breast with spices on both sides. Cut a small pocket in each chicken breast and stuffed with bell pepper cheese mixture.
- Add 2 tablespoons of grapeseed oil back into skillet and Heat on high. Place each stuffed chicken breast in the skillet and cook 5 minutes on each side.
- Serve with Mexican style rice.
Some low carb recipes can turn out dry and chewy, but this mouth-watering fajita stuffed chicken. Next, slice all your vegetables and set aside. Butterfly your chicken breasts (slicing the centre open, still leaving one side in tact), and begin to fill with the peppers, onions and cheese, and close. Season the chicken on both sides with fajita seasoning. Air-Fryer Fajita-Stuffed Chicken I had all the ingredients for fajitas, but instead of heating up my big oven I decided to try out the air fryer.