Cheesy Fajita Chicken Bake with Bell Peppers – gluten free, Mexican-style recipe.
Fajita-style chicken breasts seasoned with the Mexican spices, topped with bell peppers and pepper jack cheese, and roasted in the oven. Easy dinner recipe!
Preheat the oven to 400 F.
Grease the bottom of the casserole dish with olive oil. Add chicken breasts to the casserole dish. Note about chicken: use 4 thin chicken breasts, or use 2 large thick chicken breasts, sliced in half horizontally each to make 4 thin chicken breasts. Sprinkle chicken breasts with salt.
Mix the spices (chili powder, cumin, paprika) together, and sprinkle half of that mixture evenly over the chicken.
Prepare to top the chicken with sliced bell peppers. Note: Do not put too many bell pepper slices on top or chicken – there should be just one layer of bell pepper slices over the chicken breasts (use small bell peppers). If your bell peppers are large, you might have to use only half of each bell pepper (yellow, green, red) for roasting on top of chicken.
After you added sliced bell peppers on top of chicken, sprinkle the remaining half of the seasoning mixture over the peppers. Top with torn pepper jack cheese (Monterey cheese).
Bake, uncovered, for about 20-30 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through and no longer pink in the center. The cooking time will depend on the thickness of your chicken breasts.
Cheesy Fajita Chicken Bake with Bell Peppers - gluten free, Mexican-style recipe. Fajita-style chicken breasts seasoned with the Mexican spices, topped with bell peppers and pepper jack cheese, and roasted in the oven. Easy dinner recipe!
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 4 chicken breasts (use 4 thin chicken breasts, or use 2 large chicken breasts, sliced in half, horizontally)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- 1 yellow bell pepper , small, thinly sliced
- 1 green bell pepper , small, thinly sliced
- 1 red bell pepper , small, thinly sliced
- 1 cup pepper jack cheese (Monterey cheese), torn
- Preheat the oven to 400 F.
- Grease the bottom of the casserole dish with olive oil. I used the the oval casserole dish measured 13 inches x 9 inches x 4 inches deep.
- Add chicken breasts to the casserole dish. Note about chicken: use 4 thin chicken breasts, or use 2 large thick chicken breasts, sliced in half horizontally each to make 4 thin chicken breasts.
- Sprinkle chicken breasts with salt.
- Mix the remaining spices (chili powder, cumin, paprika) together, and sprinkle half of that mixture evenly over the chicken.
- Top the chicken with sliced bell peppers. Note: Do not put too many bell pepper slices on top or chicken - there should be just one layer of bell pepper slices over the chicken breasts (use small bell peppers). If your bell peppers are large, you might have to use only half of each bell pepper (yellow, green, red) for roasting on top of chicken.
- Sprinkle the remaining half of the seasoning mixture over the peppers
- Top with torn pepper jack cheese (Monterey cheese)
- Bake, uncovered, for about 20-30 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through and no longer pink in the center. The cooking time will depend on the thickness of your chicken breasts.
Great idea!
I’m making this tonight
Enjoy!
What other kind of cheese could I use? Not a fan of Mexican food-I know, I’m the only one!
You can use shredded Mozzarella cheese, gouda cheese, or Parmesan cheese.
I plan to make this tonight. What are good side dishes to go with it?
Plain or flavored rice. Cauliflower rice. Roasted broccoli. Here are some side dishes that will go well, too:
https://juliasalbum.com/asiago-roasted-broccoli/
https://juliasalbum.com/asiago-bacon-and-garlic-roasted-asparagus/
https://juliasalbum.com/cilantro-lime-black-bean-rice/
Really good! I added some chopped zucchini with peppers, yum
Thank you, Magda! Chopped zucchini with peppers sound delicious!
Yummy!! I cheated and used a packet of fajita seasoning. Had lots of flavor & was a big hit with the husband & granddaughter.
So glad you liked it! A packet of Fajita seasoning is perfect for this recipe!
Oops! 5 Stars!
Thanks! 🙂
I joined weight watchers today, and 5is is the first no carb meal I made. Think it will be a staple! Thank you so much,it was excellent!
You’re very welcome! So glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
Made this for the first time tonight!! So good! I used a Mexican cheese blend to top and it was perfection. It’s definitely going into our regular rotation. Thank you!!
You’re very welcome, Brittney! So glad you enjoyed the recipe! 🙂
Second time doing this dish and still great! Made in a cast iron skillet in the oven. Had fajita seasoning and cheddar cheese made it taste great!
Thank you, Melissa! I am so glad you’ve been enjoying this dish!