Cilantro Lime Chicken Marinade

Hey there - it's been awhile! Now that we're living back in the U.S., I've been away from the blog for a few months. But I do want to try to continue posting India friendly recipes for my friends who still live there! If you ever have any great recipes to share, please send them my way to post.

I started making this Cilantro Lime chicken the past few months, and it's one of our favorite meals! The great thing is, it would be super easy in India too. We grill the chicken, but you could easily cook it on the stove in a little olive oil, or on a grill pan if you have one, or you could probably even bake it in the oven! It's great by itself with some veggies on the side, or you could eat it with some rice or quinoa.

Put your chicken in a plastic bag or a bowl, then whisk together all of the marinade ingredients together and pour over the chicken. Let it marinate at least for several hours, but I prefer to marinate it overnight in order to really get that flavor locked in. It's delicious!

All you need is:

1 lb of chicken breasts

1/4 cup olive oil

1/3 cup of lime juice

Zest of one lime

3 cloves of minced garlic

1 1/2 tsps honey

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

1 bunch of cilantro (coriander leaf) chopped

I don't have a pretty picture of the finished product, but I do have a gross picture of raw chicken in the marinade 

** A note on the lime juice - the "limes" in India notoriously don't have any juice at all in them, at least where I was in the country! So rather than drive yourself to tears trying to get 1/3 cup of juice from the sad limes, I would just use some store bought lime juice in a bottle. I would still use a fresh lime for the zest though to add the extra lime punch of flavor. 

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