# Cheesy chicken fajita pasta bake

An easy, filling, high-protein pasta bake that tastes like real food, featuring chicken, pasta, and a creamy, cheesy fajita sauce.

- Servings: 4 servings
- Total time: 50 min
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 200 g dry pasta of choice
- 650 g chicken breast
- 80 g grated mozzarella
- 1 onion
- 2 peppers
- 200 g low-fat cream cheese
- 4 tsp lazy garlic
- 1 fajita seasoning packet
- 400 g chopped tomatoes
- Salt
- Pepper
- 100 ml water

## Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 190°C.
2. Dice the chicken, onion and peppers.
3. Add everything into a large ovenproof dish except the mozzarella. That’s pasta, chicken, veg, cream cheese, garlic, fajita seasoning, chopped tomatoes, salt and pepper.
4. Rinse out the chopped tomato tin with 100ml water and pour it into the dish.
5. Mix everything really well so it’s evenly coated.
6. Sprinkle the mozzarella evenly over the top.
7. Cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes at 190°C.
8. Remove the foil and bake for another 5 minutes to melt and colour the cheese.
9. Remove from the oven and let it rest for 5 to 10 minutes so the sauce thickens and the pasta soaks everything up.
10. Serve and enjoy.

## Equipment

- ovenproof dish
- foil

## Tips

- Let it rest for 5 to 10 minutes after baking so the sauce thickens and the pasta soaks everything up.
- You can bake it without foil, but the top may brown more quickly.

## Source

- Original video: https://youtube.com/shorts/icQDSc0Zj4c?is=BqJrXtjDxnf30y0d
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/c365f416-7f33-4e35-a4da-06e33ad4803a
- Extracted: 2026-05-29

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