Cilantro Lime Grilled Chicken Breast

 Cilantro Lime Grilled Chicken Breast

4 Servings

Note: Traditionally this recipes calls for honey but we are going to use an orange as the sweetener instead.

Ingredients

4 – 6 ounce b/s¹ chicken breast  

For the marinade:

1 lime, juiced

1 orange, juiced

½ cup fresh cilantro, chopped

6 garlic cloves, chopped

1 tablespoon olive oil

½ teaspoon sea salt

½ teaspoon granulated onion powder

¼ teaspoon crushed red chili pepper s

Method

Place chicken breasts in a shallow baking pan, or zip lock bag.

In a blender puree the marinade ingredients, or in a small bowl, whisk together the juice, cilantro, garlic, olive oil, salt, onion powder and chili peppers.

Pour over chicken and turn pieces to coat evenly, cover and chill at least 1 hour or overnight.

Preheat a gas grill to a medium heat or start coals in a charcoal grill and let them burn until there is a white coating of ash on all the coals.

Remove chicken from marinade and reserve marinade for basting.

Place chicken on the grate in the grill. Cover with the grill lid and check in 10 minutes. Turn chicken over and grill another 10 minutes.

Move chicken to the sides of the grate, away from direct heat. Brush with  marinade if desired.

Cook until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees and remove from the grill.

If you’re not using a meat thermometer, cook chicken 35 – 45 minutes.  

Allow grilled chicken to rest on a platter for 10 minutes before serving.

This will help keep the chicken juicy and not let all the juices run out when the chicken is cut into.

¹ boneless/skinless