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Margarita Chicken - TheMessyBaker.com

Margarita Chicken

  • Author: Charmian Chrisite
  • Prep Time: 5 mins
  • Cook Time: 15 mins
  • Total Time: 20 mins
  • Yield: 4 1x
  • Category: Chicken and Poultry
  • Cuisine: Mexican

Description

This chicken recipe, with its lime and tequila, gives you all the flavours of the Mexican grill. Serve straight from the grill or sliced and wrapped in a fresh corn tortilla topped with salsa.


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Ingredients

  • 3 limes, juiced
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 3 tablespoons tequila
  • 3 tablespoons orange-flavoured liqueur (see notes)
  • 2 tablespoons liquid honey
  • 1 tablespoon minced cilantro
  • 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

Instructions

Marinade

  1. In a large, resealable plastic bag, combine the lime juice, olive oil, garlic, tequila, orange liqueur, honey and cilantro.
  2. Add the chicken. Seal the bag and work the marinade through the chicken with your fingers. Refrigerate the chicken for at least 2 hours or for up to 6 hours.

Grilling

  1. Preheat greased barbecue grill to medium-high heat. Remove the chicken from the marinade and discard the marinade. Grill the chicken, turning once, until no longer pink inside, 6 to 8 minutes per side. Let stand for 6 to 8 minutes. Serve immediately whole or sliced crosswise.

Notes

The most common orange liqueurs are Triple Sec, Cointreau and Grand Marnier. Use the one you like best. Coffeen and I both prefer Cointreau. I can’t speak for her reasoning, but I find Cointreau more orangey than Triple Sec and more affordable than Grand Marnier.

This recipe is excerpted from 200 Easy Mexican Recipes by Kelley Cleary Coffeen © 2013 Robert Rose Inc. May not be reprinted without publisher permission.