The sauce for this meal is flavored with lime zest, lime juice, gold tequila, and honey. This recipe resembles one from a well-known chain of restaurants.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 30 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- ½ teaspoon lime zest
- ¼ cup lime juice
- 2 tablespoons gold tequila
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- ¼ teaspoon garlic salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
- 4 (10 inch) flour tortillas, warmed
- 1 tomato, cut into 8 wedges
- 1 avocado – pitted, peeled, and cubed
- 1 lime, cut into 8 wedges
Instructions
- Preheat oven to Broil.
- Combine the lime zest, lime juice, tequila, honey, oil, cornstarch, garlic salt and pepper in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, stirring, to thicken the sauce.
- Broil chicken breasts for 10 to 15 minutes, or until cooked through (no longer pink inside). Baste with prepared sauce for last 5 minutes of cooking time.
- To serve, arrange a folded tortilla on each of 4 plates; add a chicken breast, 2 tomato wedges and some avocado chunks. Drizzle chicken with remaining sauce and garnish with 2 lime wedges.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 552 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 58 g |
| Cholesterol | 68 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 7 g |
| Protein | 35 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Sodium | 793 mg |
| Sugars | 11 g |
| Fat | 19 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Turned out great!
I did make some changes to this recipe. I just felt it lacked some ingredients. First off, I doubled the ingredients for the sauce. After heating the sauce I set it aside. Next I fried a couple of strips of bacon in another frying pan. After removing the bacon I sautéed an onion, a red bell pepper, a green bell pepper and cilantro in the drippings. Also I grilled the chicken along with wood chips to give it a smokey flavor. With five minutes remaining on the cook time I removed the chicken from the grill. I placed a sheet of foil on the grill then put the chicken back on top of the foil. I then basted with some of the sauce. I then added all of the sautéed ingredients along with some fresh diced tomatoes to the remaining sauce and stirred until hot. I did add a small amountof water to thin the sauce. Next step was to remove the chicken and top with the sauce. Add the diced avocado and serve with Spanish rice and seasoned pinto beans. (I dislike black beans) This dish was sooo good!! I will definitely make this again!!
Easy, quick and delicious
WE really liked this recipe. I did add some cilantro to the marinade and grilled instead of broiled it. I boiled the marinade and reduced it by half and drizzled it on the chicken. I also added some chunks of onion and red & green bell peppers to the marinade and grilled them also. I’ve already make this twice and will be making it again tonight!
This is a simple recipe that creates a wonderful meal. The lime sauce is also great with fish!
I doubled the sauce recipe and it was so tart we could barely eat it. I also used leg & thigh meat, which was a whole lot of work for not much difference. So I’d skip that. I loved the combination though and will try it again and not double the lime juice.
Read reviews and other colorful pictures available…the one featured is bland! Reviewers suggested doubling the sauce, grilling the meat, and eliminating the tortilla.
We added red onion, jalapeño and a little more margarita. Delicious!!
We added red onion, jalapeño and a little more margarita. Delicious!!
Very easy and quick to make.
This was very good and so easy
The sauce and avacodo combined bursting with flavor. Chicken not over cook being tender and juicy. Family loved it!
This is so good that I’ve made it twice in the past week. The only change I made was to omit the alcohol. I may double the recipe as well.
Yes, I would try it again. Very tasty. Tried to broil in toaster oven. Tough. Not sure if it was the Walmart chicken. Served it with baked potato and veggies and double the sauce.
Juicest chicken breast I’ve ever eaten. Easy to make
Made this this weekend, didn’t change a thing and was very good.
My family loved it! Next time I’ll add a little less honey and a little more lime and tequila. I doubted the sauce recipe this time just because we are “sauce people” – and we grilled the chicken like others had suggested (I’m not super broiler comfy!). It was excellent!! Severed it with a cilantro lime rice – yummmm
No & it was super !
Neither my husband nor I liked this.
This was so good, and super easy to make on a weeknight! I actually ended up cutting up the chicken after broiling it, and poured the remaining sauce over it to make a taco filling. Then I served it in the shell with black beans, rice, red onion, tomato, and avocado. It was delicious!
Made this for my husband and daughter, both VERY PICKY eaters, and they both loved it!! I will definitely be making this again!