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Creamy Cajun Chicken Fajita Pasta Bake

This recipe is the best pasta bake to add to your weeknight meals! Easy and so yummy, you'll be looking forward to this every month.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Servings 6 Meals

Equipment

  • Stove top
  • Oven

Ingredients
  

  • 3 Chicken Breasts cut into cubes
  • 1 Whole Bell Pepper sliced into long strips
  • 1/2 Sweet Onion sliced into long strips
  • 2 Cloves Garlic minced
  • 1 Pasta Of Choice portioned per person & cooked
  • 2 Cups Cream Of Choice
  • 1 Bag Shredded Cheese half in sauce and half on top
  • 1/2 Stick Salted Butter
  • 1 Tbsp Olive Oil
  • 1 Cajun Seasoning
  • 1 Chicken Bouillon
  • 1 Salt
  • 1 Pepper
  • 1/2 Lime for zest and juice

Instructions
 

  • Add half of the spices to your raw chicken breast cubes to marinate for a few minutes while you cook the veggies
  • On medium/high heat, place a saucepan on the stove and add your olive oil, garlic, onions and bell peppers to cook slightly
  • Once this has been tossed for a few minutes, remove from pan
  • Add a bit more olive oil and pan fry the marinated chicken breast
  • Remove the cooked chicken from pan and set to the side with the cooked veggies
  • In the same pan, add in the rest of your spices as well as half the juice of the lime
  • Set your pan to medium heat and add in your cream to heat up
  • Once cream and seasonings are well combine, add in half the bag of shredded cheese
  • Let sauce thicken up then add in the veggies and chicken back in
  • Set your oven to 375 F and grab your baking pan
  • In your pan mix in the pasta and sauce together until the pasta is well coated
  • Place the rest of the shredded cheese on top and add some lime zest on top
  • Bake in the oven for 10-15 mins on 375 F then Broil for 10 mins

Notes

  • Use any cream you'd like and if the sauce needs to be thicken, you could add some cornstarch or flour
  • Also, cilantro or parsley would be great to use as garnishÂ