Cheesy Fajita Chicken Bake

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.

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Cheesy Fajita Chicken Bake

Prep Time

20 mins

Cook Time

30 mins

Total Time

50 mins

 

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!

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Mexican

Servings: 4 servings

Calories: 289 kcal

Author: Julia

Ingredients

• 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

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 400 F.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Sprinkle chicken breasts with salt.
5. Mix the remaining spices (chili powder, cumin, paprika) together, and sprinkle half of that mixture evenly over the chicken.
6. 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.
7. Sprinkle the remaining half of the seasoning mixture over the peppers
8. Top with torn pepper jack cheese (Monterey cheese)
9. 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.

Nutrition Facts

Cheesy Fajita Chicken Bake

Amount Per Serving

Calories 289 Calories from Fat 135

% Daily Value*

Fat 15g23%

Saturated Fat 6g38%

Cholesterol 97mg32%

Sodium 432mg19%

Potassium 618mg18%

Carbohydrates 5g2%

Fiber 1g4%

Sugar 2g2%

Protein 31g62%

Vitamin A 1450IU29%

Vitamin C 117.9mg143%

Calcium 223mg22%

Iron 1.1mg6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.