📋 Baked Cajun Stuffed Chicken Breast

Baked Cajun stuffed chicken breast. Delicious chicken breasts stuffed with Cajun cheesy goodness. This easy recipe makes dinner amazing!

Course Dinner

Cuisine American

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 30

Servings

Calories 230kcal

Author Neil

Equipment

Ingredients

For the Cajun Seasoning: -

1 teaspoon caraway seeds
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
2 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
½ teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1 teaspoon dried oregano or dried thyme

For the Baked Stuffed Chicken: -

1 tablespoon olive oil
100 g button mushrooms sliced
½ green bell pepper diced
½ red bell pepper diced
1 tomato diced
4 chicken breasts. About 1 Kg.
75 g grated mozzarella
Cooking oil spray
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

For The Cajun Seasoning: -

Grind all the spices in a pestle and mortar or a spice grinder until a fine powder is formed.

For The Baked Stuffed Chicken: -

Preheat oven to 200C (Fan) and lightly grease a baking dish.
Heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan and sauté the mushrooms and diced pepper for 4 - 5 minutes until softened.
In a small bowl mix together the sautéed vegetables, Cajun seasoning, and diced tomato.
Slit the chicken breasts with a sharp knife horizontally (but not all the way through) and open them up.
Spread each open chicken breast with equal amounts of the Cajun mushroom pepper tomato mixture on one side. Then scatter over an equal amount of the grated mozzarella.
Fold other side of chicken over on top and place a toothpick in each end to hold it together.
Place each chicken breast in the greased baking dish. Lightly spray with some cooking oil and season with the salt and pepper.
Bake for about 25 minutes until chicken is cooked through. Allow to sit for a few minutes and remove toothpicks before serving.

Notes

*You can make this with shop bought Cajun seasoning if you want to save time. The nutritional label is for making the recipe with the homemade seasoning though.

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