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 Oven Baked Fajitas

This is actually a recipe that I got off Facebook- and usually, under normal circumstances, those kinds of recipes are usually an epic fail for me. Not this one. This one is awesomesauce, even if the kids aren't fond of it. I did have to make some cooking time adjustments for it, but now that I have it down it's good to go.

Oven Baked Fajitas

Ingredients:
1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into strips
2 TBSP vegetable oil
2 teaspoons chili powder
1 1/2 teaspoons cumin
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/4 teaspoon seasoned salt
1 (15 oz) can diced tomatoes with green chiles (Rotel- I have to use 2- 10 oz cans because I don't think they make a 15 oz can of it- I use one can original, one can hot for a very spicy fajita)
1 medium onion, sliced
1/2 red bell pepper, cut into strips
1/2 green bell pepper, cut into strips
(I have been known to use yellow and orange ones as well and quite often the entire pepper sliced up rather than just 1/2)

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 400º. Spray a 13X9 baking dish with cooking spray.
2. Place raw chicken strips in a large bowl.
3. In a small bowl, combine oil, chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, dried oregano and salt and stir until well blended.
4. Pour over chicken and stir until chicken is well coated
5. Next, mix in the Rotel, peppers and onion to the bowl, stir until well mixed and then transfer to greased baking dish.
6. Bake uncovered for 25 minutes, remove from oven and stir (chicken will not be done)
7. Return to oven and bake another 25 minutes or longer- Until chicken is cooked all the way through and the veggies are tender.

 Serve in warmed fajita shells with your favorite Mexican extras (refried beans, sour cream, rice)
 

The Way to a Man's Heart- Parmesan Crust for Chops or Chicken

Parmesan Crust for Baked Chops or Chicken

This recipe started out as a simple one for pork chops, but I've found that you can alter it somewhat and don't always have to use so many crackers or Parmesan. In fact, now that I'm using Italian Seasoned Panko, I've found that a cup of that and a cup of Parm, plus the dash of garlic powder is all I need for the breading of 4 pork chops or 4 chicken breast halves.)

Ingredients-

1 package Saltine Crackers

2 Cups Parmesan Cheese

Italian Seasoning

Dash of Garlic Powder

Melted Butter

(or you can use 1 cup of Panko Breading and 1 cup Parmesan)
(chicken or pork chops)

Directions- 

1. Preheat oven to 425º
2. Crush Saltines in a large Ziploc plastic bag until fine powder
3. Add Parmesan, Italian Seasoning and Garlic Powder, mix well 
4. Dredge Chicken or Pork Chops in melted butter (instead of an egg wash)
5. Coat well with Cracker Parm mixture
6. Place in foil lined 9x13 pan 
7. Bake, uncovered, 30-40 minutes until done

I personally prefer this to Shake & Bake breading. It’s good with white country gravy poured over it, and later on The Way to a Man’s Heart, I will share my recipe for Chicken Parm, in which I use this recipe for breading.