Marinated Chicken with Salsa

9 ingredients
13 steps

Ingredients

  • 4 (about 1 1/2 pounds) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
  • 1 teaspoon grated lime or lemon zest
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lime or lemon juice
  • Salt and dried red pepper flakes
  • 4 navel oranges, scrubbed clean
  • 1/2 cup fine dice of seeded red bell pepper
  • 1/4 cup snipped chives
  • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 to 2 tablespoons lime juice

Directions

  1. 1
    Remove all fat from the chicken breast halves and pound them slightly.
  2. 2
    In a mixing bowl combine the lime zest and juice and season with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon dried red pepper flakes.
  3. 3
    Coat the chicken with this mixture, and transfer it to a zippered plastic bags.
  4. 4
    Press out all the air and refrigerate until ready to grill.
  5. 5
    Make the salsa.
  6. 6
    Over a mixing bowl, grate 1 teaspoon of the orange zest.
  7. 7
    Peel away the skin and white pith from the oranges.
  8. 8
    Over the bowl with the zest, cut between the membranes of the oranges to release their sections, and combine them with the zest.
  9. 9
    Squeeze remaining juice from the membranes over the orange sections and stir in the pepper, chives, olive oil, and lime juice.
  10. 10
    Season with salt to taste and a pinch of dried red pepper flakes, if you wish.
  11. 11
    When ready to eat, lightly oil a grill or broiler pan.
  12. 12
    Remove the chicken and arrange on the rack and grill or broil for about 3 to 4 minutes a side.
  13. 13
    Remove to a plate (grill the eggplant next) and serve at room temperature with the salsa.

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