Cilantro Lime Chicken Breast Recipe
Cilantro Lime Chicken recipe, A Delicious mix of cilantro and Lime with the tenderness of Chicken breast together to make a flavorful dish!
I don’t know about you but I love chicken but I only eat chicken breast. Sounds silly but I really don’t like the rest LOL.
Cilantro Lime Chicken Recipe
The thing with chicken breast is that it gets really dry and sometimes hard to really give them a taste. But I love it anyway. Recently in the kitchen with my mom, we were like, what do we do with the chicken?…
Then I saw a bowl of limes and I said what if instead of orange that we always use, we use some limes? Mom liked the idea and we did it. I remembered I had seen some cilantro-lime chicken recipes before but we decided to go with our ideas.
That dish was fun to make because we were using what we had and what we like.
So while I was getting the lime juice my mom was chopping the cilantro and so on. And then all of a sudden I remembered the blog I said Mom photos!!!! LOL, So we started preparing it to share it LOL.
I need to say this, if you marinate the chicken overnight, you have no idea, how good it gets. OMG, we made a lot so we had some for the next day and Oh My! The flavor was something amazing so I do recommend that if you want to make it, prepare everything today and cook it tomorrow!
How to make Cilantro Lime Chicken
Here we go!
Direction:
In a medium-big bowl mix all the ingredients except for the chicken.
Mix all ingredients well and start adding in one breast at a time and spread the mixture all over it. Make sure all the chicken breasts are well spread.
Seal the bowl with plastic wrap and put in the fridge. Best results overnight but if you want to cook it the same day then I recommend at least leaving it for a couple hours.
To cook, use a large pan and spread a bit of olive oil and wait until really hot over high heat. Place the chicken breast all over the pan but don’t let them pile. Each piece should have its space. I had to use 2 pans LOL
Let it get golden and turn over and let it get golden even a bit crispy outside. This helps to seal the chicken and keep inside moist.
When it’s golden both sides the add in the rest of the cilantro lime mixture and the white wine.
This probably will create a lot of steam so open the windows LOL. Take it to a simmer with the put lid on the pan until is totally cooked.
Serve with veggies and potatoes or white rice and enjoy!!!
So, what do you think??? Is this Cilantro Lime chicken good or what???
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🥣 Recipe
Cilantro-Lime Chicken
Ingredients
- 5-6 chicken breasts {no bones}
- 3 limes juice { and the zest of one of them}
- ¼ cup of Olive oil
- 2 garlic gloves {smashed}
- 2-3 tbsp of chopped cilantro
- Salt
- Mixed pepper
- ¼ Cup white wine {for kitchen}
Instructions
- In a medium-big bowl mix all the ingredients except for the chicken.
- Mix all ingredients well and start adding in one breast at a time and spread the mixture all over it. Make sure all the chicken breasts are well spread.
- Seal the bowl with plastic wrap and put in the fridge. Best results over night but if you want to cook it the same day then I recommend at least leaving it for a couple hours.
- To cook, use a large pan and spread a bit of olive oil and wait until really hot over high heat. Place the chicken breast all over the pan but don’t let them pile. Each piece should have its space. I had to use 2 pans LOL
- Let it get golden and turn over and let it get golden even a bit crispy outside. This helps to seal the chicken and keep inside moist.
- When it’s golden both sides the add in the rest of the cilantro lime mixture and the white wine.
- This probably will create a lot of steam so open the windows LOL. Take it to a simmer with the put lid on the pan until is totally cooked.
- Serve with veggies and potatoes or white rice and enjoy!!!
My good friend Dana from This Silly Girl’s Life has another delicious version of a Cilantro-Lime Chicken Marinate. You probably want to check her out too. You can never go wrong with Cilantro-Lime right?
Til' next time...
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I’m always looking for ways to switch up my chicken breast so it isn’t boring. This was absolutely perfect! So much flavor.
What a great idea! I never know what to do with chicken breast.
Thank you!!!! This is so easy and delicious!!!
Hugs
This looks delicious Camila! Cilantro – or coriander, as we call it – and lime is not a common flavor combo here in Australia, but I think I’ll have to give it a try – sounds so fresh and summery!
Thanks for contributing this post to The Sunday Brunch Magazine.
All the best,
Eliza & Bel x
I found this recipe via Showcase Your Talent Thursday at What’s Cooking, Love?
This marinade sounds wonderful. I am pinning this.
Thank you so much… So glad you like it! I appreciate you stopping by to check out my recipe!
XOXO
This looks like an amazing dinner! Thanks for lsharing this recipe!
So glad you like this recipe! It’s super tasty! Thanks for stopping by!
XOXO
Mm, I love cilantro lime chicken! I like how simple you made it. Thanks for sharing.
Woot So glad you like it… When I cook with mom, it’s always simple hahaha… We love simple recipes! Tanks for your sweet visit!
XOXO
That looks so tasty — love that flavor combo too! I’m the same way about chicken — my husband is the only one who prefers the dark meat! Thanks for sharing!
I love white meat! Chicken and turkey rocks! LOL Thanks so much for stopping by!
XOXO
Very yum!! This sounds like the perfect week night dinner!
Sarah