Grilled Cilantro Lime Chicken
Cilantro is one of my favorite fresh herbs of summer. It comes in our CSA share, but I had to plant some in our garden this year as well because I simply cannot get enough! Although my cilantro took off, I can’t seem to keep up with the four plants I planted along with our CSA two bunches. Can we say a little overzealous with the cilantro?
I came across this recipe in a magazine ad a few years ago and decided to adapt it to our family taste. It goes just perfectly with our family Salsa Verde! It’s great on the grill or the stovetop, whatever you choose you will not be disappointed.
Grilled Cilantro Lime Chicken
Author/Source:
Kelly @ Onceamonthmom.com
Ingredients:
- 1 pound Chicken breasts, preferably organic
- 2 tablespoons Extra virgin olive oil
- 2 medium limes, juiced
- 2 medium Garlic, cloves, minced
- 2 tablespoons Cilantro, fresh, chopped
- 0.25 teaspoons Salt
- 0.125 teaspoons Pepper
- 1 cups Salsa Verde
Directions:
Mix olive oil, garlic, lime juice, cilantro, salt and pepper in a bowl. Divide and pour into freezer bag with Chicken marinade for at least one hour or freeze until ready to use. Heat grill or grill pan to medium high heat, Grill for about 6 minutes a side. Serve with salsa verde.
Freezing Directions:
Divide and pour into freezer bag with Chicken. Freeze until ready to serve. TO SERVE: Thaw. Heat grill or grill pan to medium high heat, Grill for about 6 minutes a side. Serve with salsa verde.
Servings:
This Post will be linked at:
- Cooking Thursday at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom
- Full Plate Thursday at Miz Helen’s Country Cottage
- Recipe Swap Thursday at Prairie Story
- It’s a Keeper Thursday at It’s a Keeper
You can freeze the cilantro- I pick it from the stem and freeze only the leaves. Then when you want some in the dead of winter you can pull it out and crumble it instead of having to chop it.
Great tip Shellei! Thanks!!
This looks like some delightful chicken! ANd healthy too! I’d love fo ryou to add this to my recently new link up, Healthy 2day Wednesdays for sharing tips, ideas, recipes, going “green” suggestions, natural rememdies, etc. (you can add posts every week until Saturday) Hope you’ll add this & check out some of the other entries!
Looks delish.
We’d love you to share your recipes with us at
Simply Delish Saturday
Lime and Cilantro are a great combination and one that we love. We would just love this delicious recipe. Thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and hope to see you next week. Have a great week end!
Miz Helen
Definitely adding this to my menu list! I have a cilantro chicken recipe I use for tacos and I love the idea of using this marinade to freeze the chicken ahead of time!!
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I made a large batch of this on my mini-cooking day without the salsa verde since I didn’t have it on hand. My entire family (kiddos included) absolutely loved it! So moist and tasty! Next batch will be with the salsa, which can only make it even more yummy.
It’s a staple in my house! Glad you enjoyed it!
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