The Chicken Fajita Pie, who would have thought you would ever hear those words in the same sentence. This dish is a little bit like a Mexican lasagne, with layers of spicy fajita filling between tortillas, and then covered in cheese. Sounds delicious doesn’t it, and for less than 500 calories, it won’t break the calorie budget. If your calories don’t stretch that far for an evening meal, why not cut it into 6 portions instead of 4, and each portion will come in at 328 calories, and you will have a couple of portions left for lunches.
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Chicken Fajita Pie
- Total Time: 55 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
Description
You will love this twist on a Mexican favourite
Ingredients
Low calorie cooking spray
3 chicken breasts (skin and visible fat removed), cut into strips
2 large yellow and/or red peppers, deseeded and thinly sliced
2 large onions, thinly sliced
1 tbsp ground cumin
1/2 tbsp ground coriander
1 tsp mild chilli powder
1/2 tsp dried chilli flakes (optional)
sea salt and fresh ground black pepper
1 x 500g carton of passata
1 x 400g tin kidney beans in chilli sauce (can use plain if you aren’t a fan of too much spice)
2 x low calorie tortilla wraps cut to fit the tin if necessary
70g low fat mozzarella cheese
40g reduced fat cheddar cheese, finely grated
Instructions
- Preheat oven 200C(fan 180C/gas mark 6) and line the base of a 24cm (9 1/2 inch) spring-form cake tin with baking parchment.
- Spray a large frying pan with low calorie cooking spray and place over a low heat. Add the chicken strips and cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Add the peppers and onions to the frying pan, then add the spices, season with salt and pepper and mix well.
- Stir in the passata and kidney beans and leave to simmer gently for 15 minutes.
- When the chicken is cooked, put a layer of chicken mix in the base of the lined tin, followed by a wrap, then another layer of chicken mix and another wrap, before finishing with a final layer of chicken mix.
- Top with chunks of the mozzarella and sprinkle with the grated cheddar.
- Place in the oven and cook for 25 minutes until golden, then divide into 4 pieces and serve
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 45
Nutrition
- Calories: 492