Grilled Cilantro Lime Chicken

By Tracy

5 Person

45 Minutes

0 Calories

Grilled Cilantro Lime Chicken! Marinate skinless boneless chicken breasts in lime juice and cilantro marinade and then quickly grill to perfection. So easy! Hello, summer and cooking chicken on a grill! I don’t know about you, but sometimes I struggle with grilling chicken breasts. The meat can very easily end up charred and dry on the outside or ends, while still raw on the inside. What we’ve done here helps result in juicy chicken breasts, with nice grill marks to boot.

Ingredients

Serving

Slices of avocado
Fresh sprigs of cilantro
Lime wedges

1/4 teaspoon Black pepper
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1/2 teaspoon Sugar
3 tablespoons Chopped cilantro
Juice from 2 limes
Grated zest from 2 limes
2 tablespoons Extra virgin olive oil for the marinade
2 pounds Skinless, boneless chicken breasts

Method

01

Pound chicken breasts to even thickness: Place the chicken breasts between two pieces of plastic wrap or wax paper and pound to an even thickness with a meat mallet or rolling pin.
02

Marinate the chicken: Mix the olive oil, lime zest, lime juice, cilantro, sugar, salt, and pepper together in a large bowl. Add the chicken and massage the marinade into the chicken. Cover and chill for at least 30 minutes, and up to 4 hours or overnight.
03

Preheat Grill: Preheat a gas or charcoal grill for medium-high heat grilling, or until you can hold your hand about an inch over the grates for 1 second.
04

Grill the chicken: Remove the chicken breasts from the refrigerator. Remove them from the marinade and pat them dry with paper towels. Coat the chicken breasts with some olive oil. Soak a paper towel in a little more oil and use tongs to wipe the grill grates. When the grill is hot, place the chicken breasts on the grill. Grill for a few minutes on each side, until just cooked through.

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Grilled Cilantro Lime Chicken

4.6

( By Tracy )

01 Information

Grade easy
Serving 5 servings
Prep Time 5 Mins
Cook Time 40 Mins
Total Time 45 Mins

02 Ingredients

Serving

Slices of avocado

Fresh sprigs of cilantro

Lime wedges

1/4 teaspoon Black pepper

1/2 teaspoon Salt

1/2 teaspoon Sugar

3 tablespoons Chopped cilantro

Juice from 2 limes

Grated zest from 2 limes

2 tablespoons Extra virgin olive oil for the marinade

2 pounds Skinless, boneless chicken breasts

03 Method

Step 1

Pound chicken breasts to even thickness: Place the chicken breasts between two pieces of plastic wrap or wax paper and pound to an even thickness with a meat mallet or rolling pin.

Step 2

Marinate the chicken: Mix the olive oil, lime zest, lime juice, cilantro, sugar, salt, and pepper together in a large bowl. Add the chicken and massage the marinade into the chicken. Cover and chill for at least 30 minutes, and up to 4 hours or overnight.

Step 3

Preheat Grill: Preheat a gas or charcoal grill for medium-high heat grilling, or until you can hold your hand about an inch over the grates for 1 second.

Step 4

Grill the chicken: Remove the chicken breasts from the refrigerator. Remove them from the marinade and pat them dry with paper towels. Coat the chicken breasts with some olive oil. Soak a paper towel in a little more oil and use tongs to wipe the grill grates. When the grill is hot, place the chicken breasts on the grill. Grill for a few minutes on each side, until just cooked through.

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