Grilled Chipotle Lime Chicken Breasts - Or Thighs

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 1/2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts, about 6
• 1 chipotle chile in adobo, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon adobo sauce, from the canned peppers
• 1/4 cup lime juice
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 2 tablespoons honey

Recipe

• 1 preheat grill to moderate heat for gas or medium indirect heat for charcoal and away from fire, lightly oil or spray cool cooking rack for easy cleaning.
• 2 mix minced pepper, adobo, lime juice,garlic, oil and pour half into resealable bag. do not add the honey. that comes later. reserve the rest for basting.
• 3 season chicken with salt and pepper- sometimes we use season salt or lemon pepper for a twist.
• 4 add chicken to bag and allow to marinate for 15 minutes. no need to refrigerate for this short time.
• 5 remove chicken from marinade and place on preheated grill. discard used marinade.
• 6 grill chicken about 4-5 minutes then flip over and cook another 4-5 minutes.
• 7 now add the honey to reserved marinade and baste chicken. immediately flip chicken and baste the unbasted side. grill until lightly browned, about 2 minutes.
• 8 remove from grill and pour any remaining reserved sauce on top.
• 9 note: this can be done on an indoor grill as well. make sure you spray or oil it before heating grill.
• 10 oamc: if freezing ahead: put ingredients in a ziploc bag and place in freezer, flattened. to cook from frozen: thaw in refrigerator. cook as directed above.