Cooking Light Cilantro-Lime Chicken With Avocado Salsa
photo by Linky
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
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1 breast and 1/4 cup salsa
- Serves:
- 4
ingredients
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Chicken
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro
- 2 1⁄2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons olive oil
- 24 ounces boneless skinless chicken breast halves
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- cooking spray
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Salsa
- 1 cup chopped plum tomato (about 2)
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped onions
- 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄8 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
- 1 avocado, peeled and finely chopped
directions
- To prepare chicken, combine first 4 ingredients in a large bowl.
- Toss and let stand 3 minutes.
- Remove chicken from marinade; discard marinade.
- Sprinkle chicken evenly with 1/4 teaspoon salt.
- Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat.
- Coat pan with cooking spray.
- Add chicken to pan; cook 6 minutes on each side or until done.
- To prpare salsa, combine tomato and next 4 ingredients (through pepper) in a medium bowl.
- Add avocado; stir gently to combine.
- Serve salsa over chicken.
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Reviews
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This was fabulous! I added extra lime juice to the marinade and a tablespoon of fresh minced garlic. I needed everything ready to cook up quickly in the evening, so I made the salsa in the afternoon and marinated the chicken for 5 hours or so. So glad I did! The chicken was amazingly moist and tender. I also added some cilantro to the salsa and doubled the amount of everything in the salsa except for the avocado. It was light and fantastically flavorful. Definitely making this again!
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