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Creamy High Protein Chicken Fajita Pasta

Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 8

Equipment

  • 1 Cutting board
  • 1 Large Sautee Pan
  • 1 Large saucepan
  • 1 Sharp knife

Ingredients
  

  • 2 lbs chicken breasts
  • 1 pkg protein pasta
  • 1 each red, yellow, and orange bell peppers
  • 1 lg sweet onion
  • 1 pkg laughing cow cheese wedges
  • 1 tsp red pepper flakes
  • 1 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 pkg pepper jack cheese
  • 2 tbsp avocado oil

Instructions
 

  • Cut peppers and onion into strips
  • Cube chicken
  • Heat oil over medium heat
  • Add chicken and cook until half cooked stirring in seasonings and searing the outside
  • Pull chicken to edges of pan
  • Add sliced vegetables to pan and cook until tender
  • While vegetables cook, cook pasta per instructions
  • Once vegetables become tender, clear a space in the middle of the pan and add cheese wedges one at a time breaking them up so they melt.
  • Combine everything in pan coating it with cheese.
  • Add 1/3 cup of pasta water (or more depending on how much liquid you prefer)
  • Drain pasta and stir into rest of mixture
  • Serve topped with pepper jack cheese