I don’t remember where I obtained this recipe, but for me, a recipe is just a set of instructions, so I’m not sure if this is the original or my own interpretation of it. Even the name of it eluded me! My entire family and I adore this dish. I serve with salad, ranch beans, or Spanish rice.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 50 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
- 1 lime, or to taste
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 1 cup chunky salsa
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Arrange chicken in the bottom of a 2-quart casserole dish. Squeeze lime juice over the chicken and season with salt and pepper.
- Mix salsa and garlic together in a bowl. Spoon 1/4 cup of the salsa mixture over each chicken breast; top with more lime juice.
- Cook chicken breasts in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, 50 to 60 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 137 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 5 g |
| Cholesterol | 59 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 23 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Sodium | 476 mg |
| Sugars | 2 g |
| Fat | 2 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I really enjoyed this. I didn’t change a thing.
I did not care for this recipe.
Under whelming at best.
Cha Cha Chicken Haiku: “Baking time WAY off. Mine done twenty-five minutes. It needed … something.” I bet this chicken would taste fabulous if used in AR’s “Cha Cha’s White Chicken Chili” not just b/c of the identical names, but b/c this particular chicken recipe isn’t much of a stand-out on its own. The flavor is subtle enough (I used a heavy hand both w/ the lime juice and the Herdez salsa) that the chicken would be best suited for use in a soup, quesadilla, salad or what-not. For ease of prep and overall taste, I’d hover around a 4, but where it’s flawed is the baking time of 50-60 min. No chicken breast half should be subjected to that long of baking, and I’m glad that I checked mine at 20ish minutes and found it ready.