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Grilled Lime Cilantro Chicken with Guacamole
4.9 from 36 votes

Grilled Lime Cilantro Chicken with Guacamole

🍋‍🟩🍗 🥑 EASY, ready minutes, and the chicken is tender, juicy, and full of Mexican-inspired flavors!! Chunky guacamole pairs PERFECTLY with this grilled chicken! A family favorite recipe everyone loves!!

Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Additional Time
30 mins
Total Time
50 mins
Servings: 6
Calories: 345 kcal
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Mexican

Ingredients

Chicken and Marinade
  • 3 pounds chicken breast thinly sliced or pounded to an even thickness, boneless skinless
  • ⅓ cup olive oil
  • ⅓ cup lime juice
  • ¼ cup honey
  • 2 tablespoons chili powder or to taste
  • 2 teaspoons kosher salt or to taste
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper or to taste, freshly ground
  • ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper optional and to taste
  • cilantro for garnishing, fresh
Guacamole
  • 2 avocados scored and seeded, large, ripe, Hass variety
  • ⅓ cup red onion finely diced
  • ⅓ cup tomato Roma, finely diced, seeds removed
  • ¼ cup cilantro finely minced or to taste, fresh
  • 2 to 3 tablespoons lime juice or to taste
  • 1 to 2 teaspoons kosher salt or to taste
  • ½ teaspoon black pepper or to taste, freshly ground
  • ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper optional and to taste

Instructions

Chicken and Marinade
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  1. To a large ziptop plastic bag, add all ingredients (except the cilantro for garnishing), seal, and smoosh around to evenly coat chicken. Place bag in fridge for at least 30 to 60 minutes, or overnight, to marinate.
  2. Lightly oil grill grates and preheat grill to medium-high heat.
  3. Add the chicken, discard the bag with the marinade, and grill for about 5 minutes on the first side with lid closed, flip, and cook for about 4 to 5 minutes on the second side with lid closed, or until chicken is cooked through and as done as desired.
  4. Garnish chicken with additional cilantro, optional lime wedges, and serve immediately with the guacamole.
Guacamole
  1. While the chicken is in it's final 15 minutes or so of marinating or when you start to preheat the grill, score the flesh of ripe avocados both vertically and horizontally after halving them, and scoop the flesh out with a spoon into a bowl. For chunkier guac, keep as is; for smoother guac mash the avocado lightly with a fork.
  2. Add all remaining ingredients, stir to combine, and taste. If the guac tastes at all flat, it likely needs more salt, and/or a pinch of heat from either additional black pepper or cayenne pepper*.
  3. Store the guac covered very tightly with plastic wrap in the fridge while you're grilling the chicken.

Notes

  • *The cayenne in neither the chicken marinade nor in the guacamole adds any real heat because you’re not using enough. However, it prevents anything from tasting on the bland side.
  • Storage: Chicken will keep airtight for up to 5 days in the fridge or for up to 4 months in the freezer. Guac will keep for up to 24 hours, noting that it will become more watery (from the salt) and it will oxidize at time passes.

Nutrition Information

Serving 1 Calories 345kcal (17%) Carbohydrates 21g (7%) Protein 20g (40%) Fat 21g (32%) Saturated Fat 3g (15%) Polyunsaturated Fat 17g (100%) Cholesterol 51mg (17%) Sodium 1538mg (64%) Fiber 5g (20%) Sugar 13g (26%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 6 Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 345

% Daily Value*

Serving 1
Calories 345kcal 17%
Carbohydrates 21g 7%
Protein 20g 40%
Fat 21g 32%
Saturated Fat 3g 15%
Polyunsaturated Fat 17g 100%
Cholesterol 51mg 17%
Sodium 1538mg 64%
Fiber 5g 20%
Sugar 13g 26%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.