Cilantro Lime Chicken

Cilantro Lime Chicken - juicy Mexican-inspired chicken marinated with cilantro, lime & garlic. Pan-fry, bake or grill with this recip

Ingredients

Ingredients:

1 1/2 s lb skin-on deboned chicken thighs

Lime wedges for garnishing

Chopped cilantro for garnishing

Marinade:

3 tablespoons olive oil

4 cloves garlic minced

4 tablespoons finely chopped cilantro stems and leaves

2 tablespoons lime juice

1 heaping teaspoon red chili flakes

1/2 teaspoon salt or more to taste

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375F.

Whisk all the Marinade ingredients together in a big bowl, mix well. Add the chicken into the Marinade, stir to coat well. Marinate for 15 minutes but best for 2 hours.

Heat up a skillet and pan-fry the chicken with the skin-side down until slightly browned. Turn over and pan-fry the other side of the chicken until slightly browned.

Transfer the skillet into oven and bake for 20 minutes. Transfer the chicken and the Marinade residual (after baking) to a serving platter (discard the oil), squirt some fresh lime juice and garnish with cilantro, serve immediately.

Recipe Notes

Make sure you use an oven-safe skillet or pan before baking the chicken in the oven. You may also grill the chicken. For the chicken, you can use boneless and skinless chicken breast/chicken thighs or bone-in chicken thighs.

 

Nutrition Facts

Cilantro Lime Chicken Recipe

Amount Per Serving (3 g)

Calories 630 Calories from Fat 468

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 52g 80%

Saturated Fat 12g 60%

Cholesterol 222mg 74%

Sodium 574mg 24%

Total Carbohydrates 3g 1%

Protein 38g 76%

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