When I had a yearning for Mexican food one night, I came up with this cilantro-lime marinated grilled chicken recipe. Try the marinade on beef flank steak or pork tenderloin. Amazing! For every pound of meat, use one marinade recipe.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 10 mins |
| Additional Time: | 4 hrs 5 mins |
| Total Time: | 4 hrs 30 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 (4 ounce) can diced green chiles
- ½ cup canola oil
- ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 2 limes, zested and juiced
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- ½ jalapeno pepper, ribs and seeds removed, finely minced
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breasts
Instructions
- Combine chiles, canola oil, cilantro, lime zest and juice, garlic, jalapeno, honey, salt, and pepper in a 1-gallon freezer bag and seal completely. Gently massage the bag to combine ingredients well. Add chicken and turn to completely coat with marinade. Place in the refrigerator and allow to marinate for at least 4 hours for best flavor, turning bag occasionally.
- Preheat an outdoor grill for medium heat and lightly oil the grate.
- Remove chicken from the marinade and shake off excess. Discard the remaining marinade.
- Grill chicken, covered, on the preheated grill until chicken is no longer pink and juices run clear, 4 to 6 minutes per side.
- Remove chicken from the grill and let rest under aluminum foil to redistribute juices back into the meat, 4 to 5 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 409 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 10 g |
| Cholesterol | 65 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 24 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 867 mg |
| Sugars | 6 g |
| Fat | 31 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Used this recipes for tacos with boneless thighs. Delicious!!
We didn’t have a jalapeño pepper and these still turned out delicious. Cooked on a pellet grill at 400.
Pretty good but needed more flavor I think, from somewhere.
This was a fantastic recipe!! I had it with a side of leftover red beans that I had also added cilantro to. I think this would also make good tacos.
I made this as directed and it was very tasty! I sliced the chicken and used it to top salads for a light and flavorful meal.