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Lime Chicken (marinade – great for grilling!) Recipe
Lime Chicken infused with garlicky, savoury lime flavours! The trick to getting depth of flavour in a easy lime marinade is to make use of soy sauce for saltiness, plus a contact of sugar for excellent caramelisation.
Fabulous for a fast midweek meal and ESPECIALLY nice for the BBQ! Bonus: tremendous wholesome at lower than 300 energy for an entire chicken breast.
Lime Chicken
In case you love lime flavour – and I’m but to fulfill anybody who doesn’t – this Lime Chicken has your title written throughout it.
It’s juicy. It’s caramelised. And it actually tastes of lime. (gasp shock horror!)
(PS The bottom line is to make use of lime ZEST. That’s the place a lot of the lime flavour is 👌🏻)
Grill it. Pan fry it. You’ll be able to even BAKE it!
And it’s HEALTHY, clocking in at beneath 300 energy per serving!
Lime Marinade for Chicken
The trick with contemporary citrus based mostly marinades is getting depth of flavour into it. In case you simply use lime juice, salt and garlic, the flavour is sort of flat and the chicken – particularly if utilizing chicken breast – will lack one thing (as a result of breast has just about no fats, and fats = flavour).
So I add a little bit of sugar and olive oil (so the chicken caramelises when cooked), use soy or fish sauce for the salt (provides complexity however doesn’t style fishy OR Asiany!) and throw in chopped cilantro / coriander for an additional layer of flavour!
Really, this marinade relies on Vietnamese marinades, just like the one I take advantage of in my Vietnamese Chicken Noodle Bowl and Vietnamese LemongrassPork Cutlet. The Vietnamese know their marinades, that’s for positive!!
However this one doesn’t style Asian. 🙂
How lengthy to marinade chicken
For this Lime Marinade, chicken is greatest marinated for 12 to 24 hours. It would make the surface a contact white as a result of the quantity of lime juice on this marinade “cooks” the chicken a bit (assume ceviche).
However it doesn’t take it up to now that the chicken begins to interrupt down so don’t be alarmed. In reality, this marinade is okay for 48 hours, although I wouldn’t take it additional than that.
TIP: I like to arrange freezer baggage of the chicken in marinade then instantly pop it within the freezer. Then the evening earlier than, put it within the fridge and let it defrost for twenty-four hours, throughout which era it’s going to marinate.
What to serve with Lime Chicken
The Lime Marinade makes the chicken juicy on the within and injects with flavour so that you received’t want a sauce with it. And after resting the chicken for a couple of minutes earlier than serving it, a few of these juices will sweat to the floor, such as you see beneath.
As for what to serve on the aspect, listed below are just a few ideas!
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Lime Coconut Rice (pictured beneath) – lime overload?? Nope! Lime tastes completely different when cooked with the chicken vs in a coconut rice. 😇
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Retaining with the wholesome theme, serve this with Creamy Mashed Cauliflower
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Mushroom Rice – as a result of this goes with the whole lot!
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Lemon Potato Salad (brilliant lemon flavours!) – or everyone’s favorite creamy Bacon Potato Salad
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Candy/savoury Fondant Candy Potato for distinction towards the citrusy chicken
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Tremendous Fast Couscous Salad – nice emergency aspect with leftovers for lunch!
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Leafy greens with French Dressing or Balsamic Dressing
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Heat crusty rolls slathered with butter, Garlic Bread or Fast Tacky Garlic Bread
Take pleasure in! ~ Johnsat x
Watch methods to make it
Ingredients
- 600-750g / 1.2 – 1.5 lb chicken breasts (4 pieces) or boneless thigh (Note 1)
- Zest of 1 lime (zest before juicing)
- 4 tbsp lime juice (1 – 2 limes)
- 2 garlic cloves , minced
- 3 tbsp brown sugar
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp finely chopped cilantro/coriander (optional)
- 1 tbsp fish sauce (OR 2 tbsp soy sauce) (Note 2)
- 1 – 2 tbsp olive oil
Instructions
- Use fist (or rolling pin!) to pound fat end of chicken breast to about 1.7 cm / 2/3″ thickness (not required for thigh).
- Place chicken and Marinade in a ziplock bag, massage to distribute marinade evenly. Place on a plate or bowl and refrigerate for 24 hours (min 12 hrs, max 48 hrs – Note 3)
- Remove chicken, discard Marinade. Cook using one method below.
- STOVE: Heat oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Cook chicken for 3 minutes on each side or until caramelised and golden brown (see video!).
- BBQ: Brush grills with oil and heat to medium high (or medium if your BBQ is strong). Cook chicken for 3 minutes on each side until caramelised (see video!).
- OVEN: Preheat oven to 425F/220C. Bake 15 minutes, then flick broiler/grill on high and grill for 3 minutes to caramelise surface & finish cooking.
- Transfer chicken to a serving plate, cover loosely with foil and rest for 3 minutes.
- Garnish with extra coriander/cilantro, lime wedges and chilli if desired, then serve!
Notes
1. Chicken – chicken breast pictured in post. Marinade is especially great for breast because it adds juiciness and caramelises the surface. Also terrific with boneless thigh, and any other cut of bone in skin on chicken, but see notes for adjusted cook times and methods.
2. Fish sauce is better than soy because it has deeper, more complex flavours. Adds depth of flavour to this otherwise simple marinade, but does NOT make it taste fishy!
Sub with soy – but use more (1.5 tbsp) because soy doesn’t have as complex flavours as fish sauce. Soy – use light or all purpose, do not use dark soy (too strong)
3. Marinating time – Lime juice will make the surface of skin white with 24 hour marinating time but it won’t break down the surface. 12 hours minimum to really get the lime flavour into the chicken. 48 hrs is the max marinating time – after this, chicken will start to break down.
Prepare ahead, place the chicken and marinade in a ziplock bag in the freezer straight away, then defrost in the fridge overnight, during which time the chicken will marinate.
4. Optional extra flavourings: chilli is fantastic in this. Add finely chopped fresh chilli or chilli paste added to the marinade.
5. Nutrition per serving, assuming 4 servings. This takes into account that most of the marinade is discarded.
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