Cilantro Lime Chicken Breast with Mango Avocado Salsa

These grilled cilantro lime chicken breasts are perfect for a tasty and healthy weeknight meal. Cooked in a delicious cilantro and lime marinade and served with a mango avocado salsa, this chicken dinner is a real treat!  Perfect to serve with a side of rice or with a fresh salad.

This dish is sure to zing up your weeknight meals! This marinated chicken is so fresh, vibrant and full of flavor, it’s become a favorite in this house! Easy and fuss free to make and the mango avocado salsa is to die for!  You have to put this on your weekly meal rotation!

How to make Grilled Cilantro Lime Chicken Breast with Mango Avocado Salsa – step by step

This cilantro lime chicken recipe serves four, I love saving leftover chicken to have with a salad the next day for a tasty lunch!

Why marinate chicken?

Marinading chicken is an easy and delicious way to get a hit of flavor into your food and it’s such a simple technique.  Simply mix the marinade ingredients, add the chicken, and let it do it’s job. 

Place the marinading chicken in either a glass container or a food safe plastic like Tupperware or a ziplock bag and keep it in the refrigerator. Marinading the chicken it will also tenderize it and help keep it succulent when you grill it.

Grilled chicken breasts

Grilling these cilantro lime chicken breasts is a really great way to keep all that flavor in and it’s much healthier than shallow frying it. I love the way that it really browns the chicken and gives it a great color.

It doesn’t take long either to cook through, about 15 minutes, making it a great easy dinner option.

Mango and Avocado Salsa side

We have to talk about this salsa!  It’s so deliciously fresh and it’s vibrant flavors work so well with the cilantro lime chicken. Chunks of creamy avocado mixed with juicy mango , the texture of the corn and black beans, every mouthful is a taste explosion!

I love the color it adds to the plate and it comes together in no time at all.  This salsa would work so well with tacos too!

Be sure to check out these other delicious Grilled Chicken Breast Recipes

• Grilled Chicken with Strawberry Salsa
• Juicy Grilled Chicken
• Grilled Balsamic Chicken
• Grilled BBQ Chicken
• Huli Huli Chicken
• Chipotle Chicken
• Bruschetta Chicken

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Cilantro Lime Grilled Chicken Breast with Mango Avocado Salsa

These grilled cilantro lime chicken breasts are perfect for a tasty and healthy weeknight meal. Cooked in a delicious cilantro and lime marinade and served with a mango avocado salsa, this chicken dinner is a real treat! 

Prep: 15 minutes minutes

Cook: 20 minutes minutes

Total Time : 4 hours hours 35 minutes minutes

Marinate: 4 hours hours

Servings: 4 people

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Ingredients

Cilantro Lime Grilled Chicken

• ▢ 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts
• ▢ 2 cups fresh cilantro chopped
• ▢ 1 clove garlic
• ▢ 2 tbsp lime juice about 2 limes
• ▢ Zest of 1 lime
• ▢ ¼ cup olive oil
• ▢ ½ tsp coriander
• ▢ ½ tsp salt

Mango Avocado Salsa

• ▢ ½ cup mango cubed
• ▢ 1 cup avocado cubed
• ▢ ½ cup corn canned or cut off a cob
• ▢ ½ cup black beans drained
• ▢ 1 tbsp red onion chopped
• ▢ 1 tbsp lime juice
• ▢ 2 tsp olive oil
• ▢ ¼ tsp coriander
• ▢ ½ tsp salt

Instructions

Cilantro Lime Grilled Chicken

• Pat chicken dry and set aside
• In the bowl of your food processor add the cilantro, garlic, lime juice, lime zest, olive oil, coriander and salt
• Process on high until all of the cilantro and garlic has been fully processed and the marinade is smooth
• Place the chicken in a gallon sized plastic bag or a sealable tupperware container and then pour the cilantro lime marinade over it
• Marinate the chicken for at least 4 hours or overnight
• Take the chicken out about 30 minutes before you are ready to grill it
• Turn your grill on high
• When the grill reaches 400°F put the chicken on, pour the excess marinade over the chicken
• Close the grill and cook for about 6-8 minutes*
• Flip the chicken and grill on the other side about 6-8 more minutes*
• Check the internal temperature of the chicken with a thermometer, the chicken is cooked when it reads 165°F
• When chicken is cooked, remove from the grill and put it on a clean plate
• Let rest about 5 minutes
• Serve over cilantro lime rice and top with mango avocado salsa

Mango Avocado Salsa

• Add the mango, avocado, corn black beans and red onion to a medium sized bowl, mix with a spoon
• Add the lime juice, olive oil and spices, toss to evenly coat
• Serve on top of chicken

Notes

*Grill time will vary depending on the thickness of your chicken breast

Nutrition Facts

Cilantro Lime Grilled Chicken Breast with Mango Avocado Salsa

Amount Per Serving

Calories 524 Calories from Fat 252

% Daily Value*

Fat 28g43%

Saturated Fat 4g25%

Cholesterol 145mg48%

Sodium 852mg37%

Potassium 1216mg35%

Carbohydrates 17g6%

Fiber 5g21%

Sugar 4g4%

Protein 52g104%

Vitamin A 935IU19%

Vitamin C 21.5mg26%

Calcium 27mg3%

Iron 1.8mg10%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Author: Becky Hardin

Course:Main Course

Cuisine:Mexican

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