Healthy Chicken Taco Bake (Easy One Dish Recipe with Mexican Flavours)

Healthy Chicken Taco Bake with bean mix, tomatoes, melted cheese and tortilla chips

Healthy Chicken Taco Bake (Easy One Dish Recipe with Mexican Flavours)

Try this healthy chicken taco bake, a one-dish recipe loaded with Mexican flavours, black beans, and veggies. Easy to make, nutritious, and perfect for weeknight dinners!

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Course: Main Course

Cuisine: chicken, egg free, freezer friendly, gluten free, grain free, Mexican

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 35

Total Time: 45

Servings: serves

Calories: 444kcal

Equipment

baking dish
chopping board
knife
aluminium foil

Ingredients

600 grams chicken breast
1 onion
1 red capsicum
400 grams canned tomatoes
400 grams canned 3 bean mix
1 cup shredded cheese
2-3 tbsp taco seasoning
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
salt and pepper

Optional ingredients, to serve

tortilla chips - to serve, optional
brown rice - to serve, optional
avocado - to serve, optional

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180C. Finely dice the onion and capsicum. It is important to finely slice these items as the cooking time isn’t super long, and you want the vegetables to be tender at the end - no one likes a big raw chunk of onion!
1 onion, 1 red capsicum
Drain and rinse the canned bean mix. Add the bean mix, sliced veggies, canned tomatoes, extra virgin olive oil and seasoning to a large baking dish and combine. Season with salt and pepper.
1 onion, 1 red capsicum, 400 grams canned 3 bean mix, 2-3 tbsp taco seasoning, 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, salt and pepper, 400 grams canned tomatoes
Add the chicken to the baking dish and spoon some of the tomato mixture over the top to cover the chicken. Cover the whole dish tightly with foil, and bake for approximately 20 minutes.
600 grams chicken breast
Remove the dish carefully from the oven and discard the foil. Sprinkle over the shredded cheese and return to the oven for approximately 10-15 minutes or until the cheese has melted, the chicken is cooked through and the vegetables tender.
1 cup shredded cheese
Serve the chicken bake hot. Ladle over brown rice, tuck in some tortilla chips and top with a generous wedge of creamy avocado.
tortilla chips, avocado, brown rice

Notes

You can swap chicken breast for chicken thigh meat.

Any canned beans or lentils will work in this recipe; my favourites are 3 bean mix, 4 bean mix or black beans.

Leftovers can be stored in the fridge for up to three days, or in the freezer for up to three months. The tortilla chips do NOT store well - please only add tortilla chips and other sides when you want to eat.

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