Cilantro Lime Grilled Chicken with Strawberry Salsa

Cilantro Lime Grilled Chicken with Strawberry Salsa – a light and refreshing strawberry and jalapeno salsa with cilantro lime marinated grilled chicken, perfect for summer!

With this beautiful weather that we’ve been having, all I can think of is summer BBQs and Mojitos. The weather really has been incredible and I’m loving every minute of it. After a nice long walk today with hubs and my best friend, my beagle Mia, we were ready for a nice light dinner and some drinks. So Mojitos it was, and I made this yummy cilantro lime grilled chicken with my favorite, a strawberry salsa with tomatoes and jalapeno peppers. I love this chicken because it’s really quick and easy and because of that delicious salsa. I really don’t serve it with a side dish, the salsa acts like a side dish. Usually I make a little bit extra so that we can really enjoy it with this chicken.

I like to pound my chicken breasts until they’re about 1/2 inch in thickness and I do that simply by placing the chicken breasts between plastic wrap and using a meat mallet I pound it a bit, gently because you don’t want the meat to tear. This way the chicken cooks a lot quicker and it takes a lot less time to marinate. For the marinade I used lots of cilantro, some lime juice and honey and I added a bit of club soda which helps tenderize the meat, but if you don’t have club soda don’t worry about it.

You just need to marinate the chicken for 20 minutes, basically while the grill heats up and while you make the strawberry salsa. Now if you’ve never had strawberry salsa, you must make this. It’s so good and you can use it on all sorts of things. As a matter of fact you can turn this whole dish into tacos if you want, just slice up the chicken and serve it with this stunning strawberry salsa on some whole wheat or corn tortillas.

This salsa is quite simple to make. I used heirloom tomatoes here but regular tomatoes work just as well. So all you need is about a cup of chopped tomatoes, a cup of chopped strawberries, jalapeno pepper, some chopped green onions and lime juice of course. Season it with a bit of salt and pepper, then toss it all together and magic happens.

After you’ve grilled your chicken, just spoon some of this salsa over the chicken and enjoy it, that’s all you have to do. It’s flavorful, it’s summery, and if you’ve got a party coming up for Cinco de Mayo, it’s perfect for your party. Oh and trust me, if you serve this with my yummy Mojitos, you’ll thank me!

5.0 from 2 reviews

Cilantro Lime Grilled Chicken with Strawberry Salsa

 

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Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

10 mins

Total time

25 mins

 

Author: Jo Cooks

Serves: 4

Ingredients

For Cilantro Lime Chicken

• 4 small chicken breasts
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp honey
• ¼ cup cilantro, chopped
• zest from a lime
• juice from a lime
• salt and pepper to taste
• ¼ cup club soda (optional, helps to tenderize the meat)

For Strawberry Salsa

• 1 cup tomatoes, chopped small
• 1 cup strawberries, chopped small
• 1 jalapeno pepper, chopped
• 5 green onions, chopped
• ¼ cup cilantro, chopped
• juice from a lime
• salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

1. In a blender add the cilantro lime chicken ingredients; olive oil, honey, cilantro, lime zest, lime juice, salt and pepper. Also add club soda if using it. Blend for about 30 seconds until smooth.
2. Place each chicken breast between plastic wrap and gently pound using a meat mallet until chicken is about ½ inch in thickness. Place chicken in a large bowl and pour cilantro lime marinade over chicken. Marinate for about 20 minutes, while grill heats up and you make the strawberry salsa.
3. To make strawberry salsa, toss all the salsa ingredients together in a bowl and cover and refrigerate until chicken is ready to serve. Grill the chicken on both sides. about 3 to 4 minutes per side.
4. To serve spoon salsa over grilled chicken.

Nutrition Information

Serving size: 1 chicken breast Calories: 351 Fat: 14.6g Saturated fat: 3.5g Unsaturated fat: 0.0g Trans fat: 0.0g Carbohydrates: 10.6g Sugar: 7.8g Sodium: 132mg Fiber: 1.9g Protein: 43.3g Cholesterol: 130mg

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