Sunday, April 19, 2009

Cilantro-Lime Chicken with Avocado Salsa

Cilantro-Lime Chicken with Avocado Salsa


Fast: A three-minute dip into a pungent marinade is all that's needed to deliver big flavor to chicken breasts.


Chicken:
2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro
2 1/2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
4 (6-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
1/4 teaspoon salt
Cooking spray

Salsa:
1 cup chopped plum tomato (about 2)
2 tablespoons finely chopped onion
2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 avocado, peeled and finely chopped

1. To prepare chicken, combine first 4 ingredients in a large bowl; toss and let stand 3 minutes. Remove chicken from marinade; discard marinade. Sprinkle chicken evenly with 1/4 teaspoon salt. Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add chicken to pan; cook 6 minutes on each side or until done.

2. To prepare salsa, combine tomato and next 4 ingredients (through pepper) in a medium bowl. Add avocado; stir gently to combine. Serve salsa over chicken.



Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 chicken breast half and about 1/4 cup salsa)

CALORIES 289 ; FAT 13.2g (sat 2.4g,mono 7.5g,poly 1.9g); CHOLESTEROL 94mg; CALCIUM 29mg; CARBOHYDRATE 6.6g; SODIUM 383mg; PROTEIN 35.6g; FIBER 3.6g; IRON 1.6mg

Cooking Light, APRIL 2009

2 comments:

Liz said...

My husband is a YOAD follower which has me looking for really good YOAD friendly recipes for my whole family. This sounds amazing and I will be trying it this week.

Chari said...

Thanks for stopping by Liz, would your husband be Chris? If so congrats on the new baby! Let my know how the recipe turns out, I have not tried it yet.

Chari