Baked Chicken and Peppers

Baked Chicken and Peppers recipe is a true healthy dinner crowd pleaser! Chicken is baked with sauteed peppers, onions, and mushrooms under a blanket of cheese for a flavorful meal that will be a new family favorite.

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Baked chicken and peppers use just a handful of fresh healthy ingredients, which is my favorite way to cook. Meat, veggies, seasoning, and a bit of cheese all come together in one dish for an easy dinner.

It’s ready under 1 hour and made without any high sodium, sugar, or preservatives. Just fresh and flavorful ingredients that have amazing taste.

It’s a home cooked, simple, and hearty dinner you can serve your family for a weeknight meal or serve to company and earn rave reviews!

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

• Pure and simple: Real food ingredients that taste amazing. 
• It’s flexible: I love this dish the way it is, but by all means, tweak the veggies and seasonings to how you like it.
• Easy meal: Serve on top of healthy mashed potatoes or perfect brown rice with the juices, and everyone will be blown away!
• Leftovers: A warm meal tonight, then reheating leftovers or eat cold for lunch the next day.

Ingredients Needed

Since this chicken pepper bake focuses on fresh ingredients, select the best possible ones you can find to really let them shine!

• Chicken: Boneless skinless chicken breasts or boneless skinless chicken thighs.
• Bell peppers: You’ll need two, use a variety of colors. Red bell pepper, yellow or orange bell pepper. Green bell pepper works, too!
• Brown or portobello mushrooms: Adds a umami robust taste to the dish.
• Aromatics: Onion and garlic, yum!
• Seasoning: Salt and pepper, easy-peasy!
• Oil for frying: Coconut oil, avocado oil, grapeseed oil, or olive oil all work. This is used to sauté the veggies over medium-low heat so you can use an oil that doesn’t require a high smoke point.
• Cheese: Any sharp cheese will do. Cheddar, marble, gouda, or gruyere cheese will work. Shred your own to avoid packaged pre-shredded cheese that comes with anti-clumping agents.
• Garnish: Optional addition is to throw in some finely chopped parsley. If you don’t have it, don’t sweat it.

How to Make Chicken and Peppers

This dish really comes together easily in a few steps. You will need a baking dish, a skillet, and a good chopping knife.

Prep: If you’re using skinless chicken breasts, cut them in halves lengthwise. Preheat the oven and grab your baking dish. You want a dish big enough to fit all your chicken and the delicious toppings.

Add to the dish: To the large baking dish, add the chicken, garlic, salt, and pepper and combine everything. Using your hands or a pair of tongs, mix everything, making sure all pieces of chicken are coated.

Even though this dish uses very little seasoning, chicken is one thing that needs it!

Bake chicken: Cover the dish and bake until the chicken is completely cooked through.

Saute veggies: While the chicken is baking, preheat a large ceramic non-stick skillet over medium heat. Drizzle oil and swirl to coat.

Once it’s hot, add onion and sauté for a few minutes. Add mushrooms and continue to cook, then add bell peppers last.

Continue to stir occasionally until your veggies are soft and their natural flavors and sweetness have been brought out.

Remove chicken from oven: You’ll know your chicken is cooked because it will be surrounded by its own clear juices. Get excited because those juices add another layer of flavor to this dish!

Take it out of the oven and turn on the broiler.

Top chicken then broil: Separate chicken pieces just slightly to allow any veggies to sit around the chicken as well as on top. Top each piece with sauteed veggies and then top with cheese. Broil until the cheese is melted.

Serve: This dish is as good served cold as it is hot! I do recommend you keep the juices with it when serving hot over rice or quinoa.

For a lower carb option try making zoodles like I do in zucchini noodles with chicken.

Optional Substitutions

• Seasonings: Feel free to add additional seasonings to your chicken! Italian seasoning, oregano, paprika or even taco seasoning.
• Mushrooms: Use brown mushrooms or portobello mushrooms for more flavor than white mushrooms. Either will work and each one will have great texture. But if it’s the taste you want, opt for the brown ones.
• Onion: Try red onion or green onions for some color or different taste.
• Cheese: Sharp cheese works well and adds a bold flavor to this dish. You can, however, use a milder cheese such as mozzarella cheese or provolone cheese.
• Heat: Throw in a dash of red pepper flakes for some extra heat.

Recipe Tips

• Type of chicken: Don’t opt for a butterfly cut for a baked chicken breast. It’s thinner and will be quite dry. Use a plumper breast for the ultimate flavor. You can also use chicken tenderloin, just bake them for 5 minutes less.
• Chop veggies in similar sizes: Not only does it help them cook better but it will be easier to get some in each bite.
• Saute the right way: You’ll notice that the recipe states you add one veggie at a time to saute. Adding them all together will steam them, which will cause them to become mushy. Mushrooms contain quite a bit of water, so follow the recipe and it will be great.
• A sear. If you are really wanting a sear on your chicken you can brown it first in the skillet before adding it to the baking dish.

FAQs

What To Serve With Chicken and Peppers?

• Grain: You could serve this dish with any grain like white rice, brown rice, or learn how to cook quinoa on the stovetop.
• Potatoes: If you like potatoes try this dish with Instant Pot mashed potatoes.
• Low carb: Try zucchini noodles or cauliflower mashed potatoes.
• Serve it cold: On a summer evening with lemon kale salad and a basket of bread to sop up those juices!

Storing and Reheating

Store: Refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

Freeze: Can be frozen in an airtight container for up to 3 months. To thaw, place in the fridge overnight.

Reheat: To reheat, place in the oven at 350 degrees F along with all of its juices, covered. Bake for 10 minutes, until the dish is heated through.

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