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Turn everyone's favorite protein into a complete meal with this simple chicken with peppers and onions recipe!

Spruce up your dinner plans! Whether you serve chicken with peppers and onions over rice in a bowl or with tortillas, with minimal effort, you'll get a protein-rich meal loaded with flavor in every bite.

overhead view of skillet filled with chicken strips and roasted peppers and onions

Quick Chicken with Peppers & Onions

Chicken is often our go-to ingredient for healthy dinner ideas because it fills bellies with lots of protein and it’s low in calories and fat. Paired with peppers and onions, the combination is a classic people pleaser!

You can make this recipe even faster by using a frozen fajita mix that includes pre-sliced peppers and onions, and to cook the chicken faster, you could also butterfly the chicken breasts.

Ingredients

Chicken breasts (or thighs), yellow or white onion, and bell peppers of any color are the base of this recipe. For seasoning and cooking, you’ll need salt, black pepper, butter, olive oil, garlic powder, and Italian seasoning. Other great options for seasoning chicken and peppers are Cajun seasoning, Creole seasoning, Taco Seasoning, Jamaican Jerk seasoning, or even curry powder!

Laura standing in kitchen cutting red bell peppers into slices

How to Make Skillet Chicken Peppers & Onions

You’re about to see why this is in our regular meal rotation at our house! Check out the steps:

Pat the chicken dry and season with salt and black pepper.
Cook the chicken in melted butter for 7 minutes, flip, and cook the other side for an additional 7 to 8 minutes, until the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165F.
Meanwhile, cook the peppers in another pan. Once the onion begins to soften and becomes translucent, after about 4 minutes, add the bell peppers to the pan and cook for an additional 4 minutes until they are soft.
Combine the veggies with the chicken in the pan and mix to combine.

Can You Cook Raw Chicken and Peppers Together

While you can cook raw chicken and peppers in the same pan, it’s important that you continue cooking the peppers until the chicken is fully cooked. I start cooking the chicken, and in the meantime, I cook the peppers and onions in a separate pan. Reduce cleanup by cooking the chicken first, removing it to a pan, then cooking the peppers in the same pan and adding the chicken back in at the end.

skillet with chicken strips and roasted peppers and onions

How to Serve Chicken & Peppers

This chicken and peppers are a terrific low-carb meal by itself, turn it into a burrito, inside a tortilla as tacos, or on top of a bed of lettuce. You can also pair it with Spanish cauliflower rice, roasted sweet potatoes, cilantro lime cauliflower rice, blueberry spinach salad, or an everyday side salad.

Chicken with Peppers

skillet of chicken tenders, sliced onions and sliced red, green and yellow peppers

Servings: 4

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 20

Total Time: 30

Turn everyone’s favorite protein into a complete meal with this simple chicken with peppers and onions recipe!

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Ingredients

1 ½ lbs chicken breasts
Salt and freshly ground black pepper, for seasoning
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
1 large yellow onion, sliced
2 large bell peppers, any color or a combo, sliced
1 ½ teaspoons garlic powder
1 tablespoon Italian seasoning

Instructions

Pat chicken dry; season with salt and black pepper.
Heat a large saute pan over medium-high heat. Add butter and 1 tablespoon of oil to the pan. Once the butter is melted, add the chicken to the pan.
Cook the chicken breasts for 7 minutes, flip, and cook the other side for an additional 7 to 8 minutes; until the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165F, turn off the heat.
Meanwhile, in another pan, heat up the remaining oil, add the onion and seasonings. Once it begins to soften and becomes translucent, after about 4 minutes, add the bell peppers to the pan and cook for an additional 4 minutes until they are soft.
Transfer the veggies and their juices into the chicken pan, mix to combine the peppers and chicken juices, and serve.