Zesty Lime Marinated Chicken with Homemade Watermelon Salsa

Zesty Lime Marinated Chicken with Homemade Watermelon Salsa

  Ready in : 45 mins

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.

Ingredients

cucumber

cucumber

0.5 cup

ear corn

ear corn

1 small

extra virgin olive oil

extra virgin olive oil

1 tablespoon

cilantro

cilantro

2 tablespoons

garlic powder

garlic powder

0.5 teaspoon

ground pepper

ground pepper

4 servings

honey

honey

2 tablespoons

lime juice

lime juice

2 tablespoons

orange pepper

orange pepper

0.5 cup

onion

onion

3 tablespoons

pepper flakes

pepper flakes

0.5 teaspoon

salt

salt

1 teaspoon

chicken breasts

chicken breasts

16 ounces

tabasco sauce

tabasco sauce

1 teaspoon

watermelon

watermelon

2 cups

Cooking in Steps

  1. 1
    To 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

    red pepper flakes

    olive oil spray

    olive oil spray

    salt and pepper

    salt and pepper

    garlic powder

    garlic powder

    sweet pepper

    sweet pepper

    lime juice

    lime juice

    watermelon

    watermelon

    olive oil

    olive oil

    cilantro

    cilantro

    cucumber

    cucumber

    chicken

    chicken

    honey

    honey

    onion

    onion

    salsa

    salsa

    corn

    corn

    salt

    salt

    grill pan
    grill pan
    bowl
    bowl
    frying pan
    frying pan
  2. 2
    Add chicken, cover, and saut over medium heat until browned on both sides and cooked through, about 10-12 minutes total.

    chicken

    chicken

  3. 3
    Remove the chicken from the pan

    chicken

    chicken

    frying pan
    frying pan
  4. 4
    To Make Honey Lime Glaze: In a small bowl, mix together cup lime juice, 2 tablespoons honey and Tabasco.

    lime juice

    lime juice

    tabasco sauce

    tabasco sauce

    honey

    honey

    lime

    lime

    bowl
    bowl
  5. 5
    Add 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.

    cooked chicken

    cooked chicken

    chicken

    chicken

    honey

    honey

    lime

    lime

    frying pan
    frying pan
  6. 6
    Remove 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

    watermelon

    chicken

    chicken

    salsa

    salsa

    frying pan
    frying pan
  7. 7
    Serve with our recipe for Simple Garlic Toast, if desired. Recipe follows.Recipe for Simple Garlic Toast

    garlic

    garlic

    sandwich bread

    sandwich bread

  8. 8
    Start 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

    bread

  9. 9
    Cut each slice in half and toast all of them.

    sandwich bread

    sandwich bread

  10. 10
    Spread each half with 1 teaspoon reduced-fat butter or Smart Balance Light.

    butter

    butter

  11. 11
    Sprinkle each with a little garlic powder.

    garlic powder

    garlic powder

  12. 12
    Place 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

    garlic powder

    parsley

    parsley

    microwave
    microwave