Zesty Lime Marinated Chicken with Homemade Watermelon Salsa
Zesty Lime Marinated Chicken with Homemade Watermelon Salsa takes roughly 45 minutes from beginning to end. This gluten free and dairy free recipe serves 4 and costs $1.8 per serving. One serving contains 245 calories, 26g of protein, and 7g of fat. This recipe from Foodista has 3 fans. Only a few p
- Prep time
- 13 min
- Cook time
- 31 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- 0.5 cup cucumber
- 1 small ear corn
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons cilantro
- 0.5 teaspoon garlic powder
- 4 servings ground pepper
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 0.5 cup orange pepper
- 3 tablespoons onion
- 0.5 teaspoon pepper flakes
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 16 ounces chicken breasts
- 1 teaspoon tabasco sauce
- 2 cups watermelon
Instructions
- 1
To Make Salsa: In a medium bowl, combine watermelon, cucumber, sweet pepper, corn, cilantro and onion. In a small bowl, mix together cup lime juice, honey, red pepper flakes and salt. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving, to blend flavors.To Make Chicken: In a shallow bowl add the chicken, 3 tablespoons lime juice and sprinkle with a little garlic powder, salt and pepper. Marinate in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Coat a large nonstick pan or a grill pan with olive oil spray, add olive oil and heat.
- 2
Add chicken, cover, and saut over medium heat until browned on both sides and cooked through, about 10-12 minutes total.
- 3
Remove the chicken from the pan
- 4
To Make Honey Lime Glaze: In a small bowl, mix together cup lime juice, 2 tablespoons honey and Tabasco.
- 5
Add the honey lime glaze to the same pan. Cook for about 30 seconds until melted. Return cooked chicken to pan, flipping the chicken once to coat with the glaze.
- 6
Remove from pan and plate each piece. Spoon watermelon salsa on top of each piece of chicken and serve with more salsa on the side.
- 7
Serve with our recipe for Simple Garlic Toast, if desired. Recipe follows.Recipe for Simple Garlic Toast
- 8
Start with 4 slices sourdough wheat bread. We bought ours at Trader Joes but most markets sell sourdough wheat bread or use regular sourdough slices.
- 9
Cut each slice in half and toast all of them.
- 10
Spread each half with 1 teaspoon reduced-fat butter or Smart Balance Light.
- 11
Sprinkle each with a little garlic powder.
- 12
Place all 8 halves on a plate and reheat in microwave for about 15 seconds.Our favorite garlic powder is Lawrys with parsley. Weve been buying it for years because it taste much better than most garlic powders.