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.
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