Cajun Spiced Oven Baked Chicken

Cajun spiced oven baked chicken is an easy low cost lean and tasty quick healthy meal. This time-saving recipe makes for an excellent lunch or dinner.

Let's hear it for chicken. And in particular this delicious Cajun spiced oven baked chicken.

Take a piece of chicken and turn it into something really special for lunch or dinner.

 It's simple.

1) Grind up all the spices and coat the chicken breasts in them.
2) Whilst the chicken is baking in the oven make the bulgur wheat, tomato and cucumber salad.

With Christmas and New Year now behind us, and lower fat, healthier meals and fitness on the menu, this baked chicken recipe fits the bill.

It’s not too time consuming and it’s not too difficult to make!

And If you loved the Cajun flavours here then be sure to try my one pot Cajun chicken pasta!

Why I Love Oven Baked Chicken Recipes

The thing about chicken is that generally everyone likes it (obviously those that eat meat) and it’s a really lean choice of protein.

And oven baked chicken recipes are easy to compliment with rice / couscous or vegetables.

Here, this bulgur wheat salad has a really refreshing taste to it, which just compliments the chicken.

I love this dish especially as it’s one that you can have served and on the table in just over 30 minutes.

If my other half and I are just back from the gym after an early evening workout it suits us perfectly especially because it’s one that has healthy complex carbohydrates to make us full up!

What I also love about this Cajun spiced oven baked chicken recipe is that baking it in the oven, in it's little parcel, means that once it's cooked it still retains all its juiciness.

There's also less washing up too. Which is always a bonus!

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Equipment

• Baking tray
• Pestle and mortar
• Saucepans
• Chopping board
• Kitchen knives
• Measuring spoons

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Cajun Spiced Oven Baked Chicken Recipe

I’ve made this recipe for 2. Just double up the spice quantities if you want to make it a family meal with 4 chicken breasts.

Alternatively you could half the chicken breasts, once cooked, to share amongst 4 and make a larger portion of salad.

I’d love to hear what you think of my recipe in the comments below and please do rate my recipe 5* if you like it! 🙂

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Cajun Spiced Oven Baked Chicken Recipe

Low cost, healthy, lean and quickly prepared for a mid-week dinner or lunch option.

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time25 mins

Total Time35 mins

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: International

Servings: 2

Calories: 582kcal

Author: Neil

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Equipment

• Baking tray
• Pestle and mortar
• Saucepans
• Chopping board
• Kitchen knives
• Measuring spoons

Ingredients

Cajun Spiced Baked Chicken

• ½ teaspoon caraway seeds
• ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• ½ teaspoon freshly ground pepper
• ½ teaspoon dried oregano or dried thyme
• Low fat cooking oil spray
• 2 boneless about 150g each, skinless chicken breasts
• Lemon juice

Bulgur Wheat Tomato and Cucumber Salad

• 100 g bulgar wheat
• 300 ml hot vegetable stock
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice and a little extra for garnish.
• 1 clove garlic crushed
• 1 tablespoon mint dried is fine
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
• 1 finely chopped tomato
• A thumb sized piece of cucumber finely chopped
• Salt and pepper to season
• Lemon wedges for decoration optional

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

For the Cajun Spiced Baked Chicken

• Pre-heat oven to 220C (fan) with a baking tray inside.
• Cut 2 pieces of aluminium foil, big enough to fold over and wrap around each chicken breast.
• Lightly spray one side of each piece of aluminium foil with the low fat cooking spray.
• Grind all of the spices in a pestle and mortar or a spice grinder until a fine powder is formed.
• Lightly spray each chicken breast with the low fat cooking spray, then sprinkle a little lemon juice over.
• Coat each chicken breast equally in the ground spices.
• Wrap each chicken breast in their individual piece of aluminium foil to make parcels.
• Place the chicken breast parcel in the oven onto the pre-heated baking tray and bake for 25 minutes or until cooked and the juices run clear.

For the Bulgur Wheat Tomato and Cucumber Salad

• Place the bulgur wheat in a saucepan, pour over the hot vegetable stock and simmer, covered until all the stock is absorbed and the grains are soft. Drain any excess stock.
• Mix the olive oil, lemon juice and crushed garlic together to make a dressing.
• Mix the dressing into the cooked bulgur wheat along with the mint, parsley, chopped tomato and chopped cucumber and then season to taste.
• Divide and spread the warm salad equally between 2 serving plates.
• Slice the cooked chicken breast and place on top of the warm salad. Sprinkle over a little lemon juice and garnish the plates with a few lemon wedges.

Notes

The salad is best served warm.

The Nutrition Label calculation includes a portion of the salad too.

The dip showing in the picture is a simple no fat yogurt mixed with some fresh mint leaves and a dash of olive oil.

Nutrition

Calories: 582kcal | Carbohydrates: 41.7g | Protein: 36.1g | Fat: 31.3g | Saturated Fat: 7.7g | Cholesterol: 112.5mg | Sodium: 136.4mg | Fiber: 2.3g | Sugar: 2.1g | Vitamin A: 1950IU | Vitamin C: 24.8mg | Calcium: 80mg | Iron: 4.7mg