Quick Lime Cilantro Chicken

sillyvalentine

Boneless Chicken, 3 breasts
Limes, 3 or 4
Garlic, 4 to 6 cloves
Olive Oil
Cumin
Cayenne or Chili Powder
Cilantro, 1/4 cup, snipped


Mince the garlic, snip the cilantro and zest a lime. Juice the lime carcass along with two more limes. Cut a lime into wedges and slice and avocado for the table.
Cut the chicken into chunks. You can skip this and cook them whole but chunks cook faster.
Pour a little olive oil into a large skillet or saute pan, just enough to not quite cover the bottom. Heat it over medium high heat until it’s very hot, almost smoking. Add the chicken and let it cook undisturbed.
Once the chicken is browned nicely on the bottom and will easily let go of the pan, sprinkle it generously with cumin and chili powder or pepper. Let it cook another minute or two, until the white line has moved about halfway through the pieces.
Turn the chicken and let it cook another couple of minutes, long enough to brown. Reduce the heat to medium low and sprinkle in the garlic and lime zest. Stir it little and let it cook another couple of minutes but be careful not to let the garlic burn.
Once the chicken is cooked through add the lime juice and stir up all the browned goodness from the pan.
Remove the chicken to a bowl or platter and sprinkle it with cilantro.

Info:

Serves 3. per serving

Cals 247, Carb 0, Fat 2, Pro 52

Docpremie

This looks good, thanks! I can see using this in a lettuce wrap with some tomatoes, green onions, black beans, 4-mix Mexican cheese & a tiny bit of sour cream or plain greek yogurt. Or make it into a salad with all the previous & substitute Boat House Greek Yogurt Ranch Dressing. YUM!

ShannanRocks

This looks delicious. I will probably try it for dinner tomorrow!

orodee

BUMPITY BUMP!!!
I've gotta try this!

Lambja

Yum

wolfsbayne

Bump for my feed

Lesa_Sass

How much oil was used to make this and was it calculated into the nutritional value?

A_Healthier_Me2013

looks good!

kickivale

I do this for the chicken I put in little fajitas! You can start it in a beer marinade if you have the time!
yummmm so good with a little cojita, quick pickled red onions and fresh salsa

ladyliz25

This looks delicious!!! Will be trying this recipe really soon...thank you so much for sharing!

MarCarCas

Bump

mcjmommy

bump

teerae326

That looks hella delicious right now. Could be that I'm hungry.

bobbinalong

Yum! It's on the menu!!!

kelseysmommy

That looks great! A new way for me to do my chicken chunks!

lyssad2003

Looks easy peasy and yummy!

thinklivebefree

Looks good but i'm sure your fat totals are off!

WarriorReady

Bump - looks super tasty! Thanks! :drinker:

Zaftique

How are you getting the nutrition numbers? When cooking with olive oil, are you not supposed to count it?


When I pop the ingredients into the recipe database, I get:

(I don't know how to attach a pic, so I just c/p the text)

Ingredients Calories Carbs Fat Protein Sodium Sugar
Chicken - Breast, meat only, raw, 3 breast, bone and skin removed 779 0 9 163 460 0
Limes - Raw, 3 fruit (2" dia) 60 21 0 1 4 3
Garlic - Raw, 5 clove 22 5 0 1 3 0
Oil - Olive, 2 tablespoon 239 0 27 0 1 0

Total: 1,100 26 36 165 468 3
Per Serving: 367 9 12 55 156 1

MostlyWater

thank you !!!

thinklivebefree

How are you getting the nutrition numbers? When cooking with olive oil, are you not supposed to count it?


When I pop the ingredients into the recipe database, I get:

(I don't know how to attach a pic, so I just c/p the text)

Ingredients Calories Carbs Fat Protein Sodium Sugar
Chicken - Breast, meat only, raw, 3 breast, bone and skin removed 779 0 9 163 460 0
Limes - Raw, 3 fruit (2" dia) 60 21 0 1 4 3
Garlic - Raw, 5 clove 22 5 0 1 3 0
Oil - Olive, 2 tablespoon 239 0 27 0 1 0

Total: 1,100 26 36 165 468 3
Per Serving: 367 9 12 55 156 1

Bro! What are you talking about there are no calories in Olive Oil! ikid ikid...I said the same thing too! and if you bake the chicken it will be 10x better especially if you cook it "low and slow" yummy !!