Lime, cilantro and chicken are great together. I like a good, simple marinade and this is just that. If you've cooked for awhile, then this is pretty common sounding marinade.
I cubed my chicken - more marinade flavor per square bite is my motto. Otherwise, this recipe stood on it's own and I made no modifications to it.
Grilled Cilantro Lime Chicken
Recipe from Simplyrecipes.com
Serves 4
Photo from Simply Recipes
2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breasts
2 T extra virgin olive oil for the marinade, plus more for grilling
Grated zest from 2 limes
Juice from 2 limes (about 1/4 cup)
3 T chopped cilantro
1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
Lime wedges, fresh sprigs of cilantro, and slices of avocado, to serve
Pound chicken breasts to even thickness: Place the chicken breasts between two piece of plastic wrap or wax paper and pound to an even thickness with a meat mallet or rolling pin.
Marinate the chicken: Mix the olive oil, lime zest, lime juice, cilantro, sugar, salt, and pepper together in a large bowl. Add the chicken and massage the marinade into the chicken. Cover and chill for at least 30 minutes, and up to 4 hours or overnight.
Preheat Grill: Preheat a gas or charcoal grill for medium-high heat grilling, or until you can hold your hand about an inch over the grates for 1 second.
Grill the chicken: Remove the chicken breasts from the refrigerator. Remove them from the marinade and pat them dry with paper towels. Coat the chicken breasts with some olive oil.
When the grill is hot, place the chicken breasts on the grill. Grill for a few minutes on each side, until just cooked through.
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