Fajita Peppers
Fajita Peppers
I have some bell peppers I need to put to good use so I thought up this idea last night, basically stir frying the chicken, onion, and bell pepper tops with fajita seasoning and stuffing into bell peppers with cheese and baking. I made this on 26 Apr 2018 and they are very good! Link to the shortcut is listed in the Recipe Notes section.
Ingredients
- 500 grams chicken breasts, (1 lb)
- 1 packet fajita seasoning mix, Shortcut
- 3 tablespoons lemon or lime juice
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 5 bell peppers, 2 red, 2 yellow, 1 green
- 1 small onion, sliced
- 1 1/2 - 2 cups Monterey Jack cheese, or a good 4 cheese blend, shredded
Instructions
To Marinate the Chicken
- Cut the chicken breasts into 4 strips lengthwise, then cut each strip into 1 inch pieces, i.e., bite size 🙂
- Place the chicken, olive oil, lemon juice, and seasoning mix in a large zip lock bag, squeeze out the air and squish everything to mix and coat the chicken. Place in the fridge for 1 hour or even overnight to marinate.
To Prepare
- Cut the tops off the yellow and red bell peppers and empty out the seeds and remove the membranes as well. Place peppers in an 8x8 baking dish.
- Preheat your oven to 180 C (350 F). Remove the stems from the tops and dice the tops. Dice the entire green bell pepper.
- Drain off any liquid from the marinated chicken. Heat a large non stick pan with a splash of olive oil, when hot, add the sliced onion and the diced peppers, when starting to soften, add the drained chicken. Cook until the chicken is cooked on the outside and the onion and bell pepper is softened (the chicken cooks more in the oven).
- Fill each bell pepper halfway with the chicken mixture, then add some shredded cheese, then top that and fill the peppers to the top, be generous and spoon some extra chicken on the top to round them off. Sprinkle with a bit more cheese.
- Add about 1/2 inch water to the baking dish, cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Remove foil and continue to bake until the cheese is just starting to brown up, about 10 to 15 minutes.
- Remove from oven and serve with your favorite vegetable side dish or a salad. Enjoy.
Notes
Chicken breasts will cost about 30 Baht/500 grams. The peppers are about 40 Baht for 2, so 5 peppers would be about 90 Baht. For 4 servings, this is about 94 cents per serving.
Shortcut: Fajita Seasoning Mix.
The Real Person!
The Real Person!
I made these on 26 April 2018 and very good indeed! I used two chicken breasts that was just over 500 grams. For the seasoning I received a store bought bottle from a good friend, butter flavored chicken fajita seasoning, excellent, I used 3 tablespoons for the marinade. On my go to list now.