Zesty Lime Marinated Chicken with Homemade Watermelon Salsa
Zesty Lime Marinated Chicken with Homemade Watermelon Salsa takes roughly 45 minutes from beginning to end. This gluten free and dairy free recipe serves 4 and costs $1.8 per serving. One serving contains 245 calories, 26g of protein, and 7g of fat. This recipe from Foodista has 3 fans. Only a few people really liked this main course. It is a rather cheap recipe for fans of Mexican food. A mixture of ground pepper, pepper flakes, extra virgin olive oil, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. Summer will be even more special with this recipe. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 56%. This score is solid. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Marinated Grilled Chicken With Watermelon Salsa, Marinated Grilled Chicken with Cucumber-Watermelon Salsa, and Marinated Grilled Chicken with Cucumber-Watermelon Salsa.
Diets
Ingredients
cucumber
0.5 cup
ear corn
1 small
extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon
cilantro
2 tablespoons
garlic powder
0.5 teaspoon
ground pepper
4 servings
honey
2 tablespoons
lime juice
2 tablespoons
orange pepper
0.5 cup
onion
3 tablespoons
pepper flakes
0.5 teaspoon
salt
1 teaspoon
chicken breasts
16 ounces
tabasco sauce
1 teaspoon
watermelon
2 cups
Cooking in Steps
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1To Make Salsa: In a medium bowl, combine watermelon, cucumber, sweet pepper, corn, cilantro and onion. In a small bowl, mix together cup lime juice, honey, red pepper flakes and salt. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving, to blend flavors.To Make Chicken: In a shallow bowl add the chicken, 3 tablespoons lime juice and sprinkle with a little garlic powder, salt and pepper. Marinate in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Coat a large nonstick pan or a grill pan with olive oil spray, add olive oil and heat.
red pepper flakes
olive oil spray
salt and pepper
garlic powder
sweet pepper
lime juice
watermelon
olive oil
cilantro
cucumber
chicken
honey
onion
salsa
corn
salt
grill pan
bowl
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2Add chicken, cover, and saut over medium heat until browned on both sides and cooked through, about 10-12 minutes total.
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3Remove the chicken from the pan
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4To Make Honey Lime Glaze: In a small bowl, mix together cup lime juice, 2 tablespoons honey and Tabasco.
lime juice
tabasco sauce
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5Add the honey lime glaze to the same pan. Cook for about 30 seconds until melted. Return cooked chicken to pan, flipping the chicken once to coat with the glaze.
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honey
lime
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6Remove from pan and plate each piece. Spoon watermelon salsa on top of each piece of chicken and serve with more salsa on the side.
watermelon
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salsa
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7Serve with our recipe for Simple Garlic Toast, if desired. Recipe follows.Recipe for Simple Garlic Toast
garlic
sandwich bread
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8Start with 4 slices sourdough wheat bread. We bought ours at Trader Joes but most markets sell sourdough wheat bread or use regular sourdough slices.
bread
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9Cut each slice in half and toast all of them.
sandwich bread
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10Spread each half with 1 teaspoon reduced-fat butter or Smart Balance Light.
butter
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11Sprinkle each with a little garlic powder.
garlic powder
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12Place all 8 halves on a plate and reheat in microwave for about 15 seconds.Our favorite garlic powder is Lawrys with parsley. Weve been buying it for years because it taste much better than most garlic powders.
garlic powder
parsley
microwave
