Recipe: Tasty Grilled Herb Lime Chicken

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Grilled Herb Lime Chicken. Grilled Herb and Lime Chicken is the perfect dish to get grilling season started. Thin chicken breasts are marinated in a herb sauce with extra sauce used for finishing the dish, so easy and delicious. I love cooking with herbs because it's a healthy way to incorporate a lot of fresh flavor into a dish and in this dish.

Grilled Herb Lime Chicken This citrus and herb chicken is marinated to perfection, then grilled until caramelized on the outside, yet tender and juicy on the inside. Best of all, it's super easy to make! The marinade for this citrus chicken is made with olive oil, garlic, orange and lemon zest and juice, and plenty of dried herbs. You can cook Grilled Herb Lime Chicken using 6 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Grilled Herb Lime Chicken

  1. It's 4 each of Boneless skineless chicken breast halves*..
  2. It's 1 of salt and pepper to taste.
  3. Prepare 2 tbsp of fresh basil (or 2 tsp dried).
  4. Prepare 1 tbsp of freah thyme (or 1 tsp dried).
  5. Prepare 1 clove of garlic, minced.
  6. It's 2 of limes, juiced.

Lime Grilled Chicken with Vegetables and Herb Sauce. The original recipe was in an article having to do with cooking one night to eat for two. When you made the recipe, you were making enough for tacos the next day. All you had to do the next day was make a salsa and a crema and you were good to go.

Grilled Herb Lime Chicken step by step

  1. Salt and pepper both sides of all of the breasts. Comined basil, thyme , garlic, and lime juice in a small bowl. Rub mixture onto the chicken..
  2. Put chicken in a ziplock bag and marinate for 6-8 hours..
  3. Grill the chicken in a grill pan or outdoor grill until cooked throughtly and at a minimum temperature of 165°F.
  4. *I use free range antibiotic free chicken.

Grilled chicken in the summer is easy and quick! We love grilling and often make Grilled Chicken Bruschetta, Korean Grilled Chicken and Grilled Bourbon Chicken, just to name a few!. Basil Lime Chicken with Grilled Vegetables & Herb Sauce. Cutting chicken breasts into thin cutlets helps them cook quickly on the grill - if you can find pre-sliced cutlets, use them instead and save yourself the prep work. A quick blender sauce with fresh basil and lime is smothered over top for a zesty, spicy kick.