Cilantro Lime Chicken with Avocado Salsa
This Cilantro Lime Chicken is packed with flavor and topped with a fresh avocado salsa! This marinade is a go-to and makes the best chicken!
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
Cilantro Lime Marinade
- 1.5 pounds Foster Farms Simply Raised Air Chilled Chicken; thin sliced breast fillets; about 4 or 5
- 4 whole limes; plus the zest of 2 whole limes
- 1/4 cup oil
- 1/3 cup cilantro; packed and chopped
- 1 Tbsp. honey, melted
- 1 Tbsp. garlic; minced
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. black pepper
Avocado Salsa
- 1 large avocado or 2 small; cubed
- 1 roma tomato; seeds removed and diced
- 1/4 cup red onion; diced
- 1 tsp. fresh lime juice
- 1/4 tsp. garlic powder
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1- 1/2 jalapeno; finley minced (optional for spice)
Instructions
To make Cilantro Lime Chicken
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the lime juice, lime zest, oil, cilantro, honey, garlic, salt, and pepper.
- Add the chicken to the marinade and massage for a minute with your hands. Add the chicken and the marinade to a large ziplock bag and place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to 3 hours.
- When ready to grill, remove the chicken from the refrigerator and heat a grill on medium high heat if using an indoor grill. Lightly coat the grill with olive oil and grill the chicken on each side for 7-8 minutes. When ready the internal temperature will be 165 degrees Fahrenheit. Make the avocado salsa and spoon onto tops of the grilled chicken.
To make Avocado Salsa
- Add the avocado, tomato, red onion, lime juice and garlic powder in a medium bowl. Add salt and pepper to taste and stir together. Top the avocado salsa on top of the grilled Cilantro Lime Chicken