Cajun-spiced chicken breasts stuffed with bell peppers, mushrooms, onions and melted zesty pepper-jack cheese. This easy dinner is bursting with flavor! Serve plain, with rice, or over buttered pasta.
This recipe has all the goodness of cajun chicken pasta, without the pasta. Of course, you can serve it with buttered pasta, or you can skip the carb loading and serve it up with veggies or a salad as shown. Either way no one is going to complain about that gooey cheese oozing out of the middle with mushrooms, bell pepper, and onion all stuffed inside a deliciously seasoned chicken breast.
MAKE YOUR OWN CAJUN SEASONING:
Cajun seasoning can be bought in the seasoning section of the grocery store. Each brand will be slightly different in their ingredients and proportions. We like to save the money and make it ourselves. Bonus, you also get to control the flavor and spice level. Mix it up in a ziploc bag or small jar, and if you want to make a big batch to store, just change all the measurements to tablespoons.
- 4 1/2 teaspoons paprika
- 2 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 2 teaspoons onion powder
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 2 teaspoons dried basil
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon white pepper
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
If you don’t have white pepper, you can replace the white pepper with black pepper for a total of 2 teaspoons black pepper.
Cheese Options:
Don’t love the zing of pepper-jack cheese? You can use shredded cheddar cheese instead, or any other good melting cheese like mozzarella or monterey jack.
How should I cut my chicken so I can stuff it?
There are a few different ways to stuff your chicken. You can butterfly it (slice lengthwise and fold it out into butterfly wings). You can pound it out thin, using a meat mallet, or even a rolling pin. You can also slice a little pocket into it.
How can I keep the stuffing from falling out while the chicken bakes?
Use toothpicks to secure the chicken and help keep all that delicious stuffing on the inside. Slide the toothpicks right through the chicken vertically to pinch the chicken together. Just be sure to remove the toothpicks before serving.
Spice Level:
By making your own cajun seasoning you can control the amount of spice. Simply reduce or omit the cayenne pepper in the cajun seasoning to make this recipe more mild.
If you like this recipe, you may be interested in these other amazing recipes using cajun seasoning:
Are those dried thyme and dried oregano for the Cajun seasoning?
Yes, both dried.
What kind of gravy would go with this?
I wouldn’t make a gravy to go on top of this meat as it would drown out the flavor, but as a side, I’d use bacon gravy of course! Bacon goes with everything.
I made a home made cheese sauce, and served with baby new potatoes. Absolutely gorgeous!
This was absolutely out of this world!!!! I’m also glad you did the video, because I would have had no idea how to pound out the chicken like that. I’m already dreaming of tomorrow’s leftovers!
I’m glad you appreciate the video! I feel like it really helps explain some things that are hard to explain in writing.
Could this be put in a pan and put on a charcoal grill instead of putting in oven.
If you are an experienced barbecuer then you can go ahead and try. If it’s in a pan it should work, but you’ll have to be careful with temperature control. I wouldn’t recommend putting this directly on a grill.
This recipe looks so good and it’s probably for cultural reasons but I didn’t see you wash the chicken with vinegar and lime did you really just start making chicken just like that without not so much as washing it off all that slime and Gunk I hope not I hope that part was just clipped out other than that this looks really delicious also would it be more flavorful to maybe season it ahead of time like a couple hours before?
Where are you located? In the United States our chicken tends to come ready to cook. I actually buy my meat from a specialty butcher so it’s extra well prepared for cooking.
My friend is a chef in tha U.S., and she always washes her chicken first.
Then she is doing it wrong. Just google “should I wash chicken?” There are dozens upon dozens of results there that will back me up.
So tasty and flavorful! Will definitely keep this recipe for future reference.
What would be a good side dish for these?
A simple pasta like this: https://thestayathomechef.com/brown-butter-garlic-parmesan-angel-hair/
Mashed potatoes, salad, any kind of vegetable. They all work really well with this chicken.
Made this recipe today and it was absolutely delicious! I love spice ,so I added just a bit more seasoning and it was that much more delish!!
This recipie was delicious! It not only tastes amazing but also looks beautiful as well. Perfect dish for a small dinner party. I do have a question though, I want to make it for my kids but they still have not acquired the taste for mushrooms. What would you recommend as the best substitute?
If they don’t like mushrooms I would just leave them out. They are missing out! 😉
I don’t like mushrooms myself. I thought about adding spinach instead. I’m trying this tonight!
Let me know how you like it!
This was a great recipe?. It is great for a person who likes to eat healthy.