Roasted Red Pepper Chicken
by Sommer Collier — last updated on Apr 19, 2025 
Skillet Roasted Red Pepper Chicken is our latest family favorite and a fab mid-week meal to serve with rice or pasta. It has just nine ingredients and a lot of kick!
Creamy Roasted Red Pepper Chicken
This simple recipe consists of pan-seared chicken in a silky roasted red pepper sauce. It’s a true one-pan meal you can make in less than 30 minutes.
Sommer’s Recipe Notes
Keeping ingredients you love in stock is a sure bet for pulling together a simple meal that satisfies you as if it were planned. I try to keep proteins in the freezer for impromptu meals, as well as, onions, garlic, and canned and jarred items my family loves in the pantry.
This Roasted Red Pepper Chicken Recipe is a pantry-staple dish my kids ask for regularly, and I think yours will, too!
This is also a great meal to stretch when extra guests show up. Instead of serving one whole chicken breast per person, slice the chicken and cover it with sauce to feed up to eight people.
Ingredients You Need
- Chicken – boneless chicken breasts or boneless skinless chicken thighs
- Butter – to sear the chicken (or olive oil)
- Garlic – minced, for a zesty note
- Onions – for depth
- Fresh basil – for a fresh pop of herby sweetness
- Cream cheese – regular or low fat cream cheese
- Chicken broth – or water to thin out the sauce
- Roasted red bell peppers – jarred or homemade roast peppers
- Crushed red pepper flakes – optional
How to Make Roasted Red Pepper Chicken
Find the full Roasted Red Pepper Chicken recipe with ingredient proportions, detailed instructions, video tutorial, and extra cooking tips in the printable form at the bottom of the post.
Frequently Asked Questions
How Long Do I Cook Chicken In A Skillet? Don’t worry; cooking chicken in a skillet is really simple.
Sear average-sized chicken breasts for 5 minutes per side. Then remove the chicken from the skillet and set aside. If the chicken pieces are larger than normal, cook them for up to 7 minutes per side.
Sure! Consider adding black pepper, smoked paprika, ground cumin, or cayenne pepper to the sauce. You can make it extra rich by adding shredded mozzarella cheese, or grated parmesan cheese.
Try adding heavy cream to the sauce in place of cream cheese. The sauce will be thinner, but still delicious. Or substitute full-fat coconut milk (and olive oil) for a dairy-free option.
If you want the sauce to be extra smooth, use an immersion blender to puree the cooked sauce before adding the chicken back to the sauce.
This healthy recipe is low in fat and high in protein. It’s wonderful served over rice or pasta, or add a side of Steamed Potatoes with Garlic Herb Butter or Best Mashed Potatoes. Or add Roasted Cauliflower Rice for a low carb meal.
Add a Couscous Salad (with Pickled Vegetables), Broccoli Cauliflower Salad, Air Fryer Asparagus, or Crispy Fried Brussels Sprouts.
And a loaf of Focaccia Bread or Easy Garlic Bread to round out the meal.
See? Quick and simple can be dazzling.
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Roasted Red Pepper Chicken Recipe
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Ingredients
- 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breast, 4 pieces
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1/4 cup onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 12 ounces roasted red peppers, finely diced (1 jar or fresh roasted peppers are fine)
- 1 1/4 cup chicken broth
- 4 ounces lowfat cream cheese
- 1/4-1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 1/4 cup basil leaves, chopped
Instructions
- Place a large skillet over medium heat. Add the butter and once melted, add the chicken breasts. Sear the chicken for 5 minutes per side. Then remove the chicken from the skillet and set aside.
- In the same skillet, sauté the onions and garlic for 2-3 minutes. Pour in the diced red peppers and sauté another 1-2 minutes. Then add the chicken broth, cream cheese, and crushed red pepper. Simmer and stir to melt the cream cheese into the broth.
- Once the sauce is smooth, add the chicken breasts back to the skillet to warm. Stir in the chopped basil and simmer another 2 minutes before serving. Salt and pepper to taste. Slice and serve the chicken covered in the creamy pan sauce.
Made this for dinner last night and my hubby said it was the best thing we’ve ever cooked at home before. He told me I should make it again tonight lol! It was super easy and fairly inexpensive as well! We served it over brown rice with asparagus on the side. DELICIOUS!
Lovely
Tonight will be the third time using this yummy recipe. I add just a little mild curry powder and fresh coriander and we love it.
Yum! It was so delicious. Made this tonight and added a little shredded mozzarella and the whole family loved it!
This is the family’s favorite Dish! After making it the first time I decided to try it differently and added more cream cheese, omitted crushed red pepper, added mozzarella, heavy cream and put I over penne, my family begs for this meal! Thanks for such a wonderful recipe
I’m fairly certain the nutritional info for this recipe is wrong. After calculating out each individual item, there is significantly LESS than 64.5 grams of carbs. It’s roughly 6 grams of carbs. Perhaps the decimal is in the wrong place?
Hi Sarah,
Thanks so much for pointing that out! We had some outside assistance when we first added nutritional facts. I hoped their wouldn’t be any typos. It’s all fixed now! :)
I cook just for myself, so the first time I made it, I halved the recipe, spooned the sauce on top of the cooked chicken (with drippings) rather than adding it to the skillet and spread the basil leaves before serving. Because there was a lot of sauce left, I froze it and used it later as a spaghetti sauce. This time, I made the recipe as is, but adding 4 extra tbs of the cream cheese as a thickener. Out of this, I get three succulent creamy chicken dinners. It doesn’t get any better than that. Thank you!
Great flavor! Will definitely be making this again…and again!
I made this last night for my fiance and friends, they all LOVED it and i did too! I roasted asparagus for a side and it went well together! I recommend this recipe. Yum!
I would like to make this tomorrow but, I only have a jar of marinated red peppers instead of the roasted as listed. Can I still make this work? I have all other ingredients. Tia!
Hi Lisa,
The marinated peppers are still cooked and peeled. I think they would work just fine! :)
My but was this was as delicious as your photo was beautiful! I substituted thighs for breasts and threw in some frozen peas for texture. The leftovers were just as wonderful. Thanks for sharing.
This is really delicious. Had some fresh peas, so I added them, otherwise made as directed and it was scarfed down! Thank you, I will be making again.