Chicken with Coriander and Lime: The Delicious Easy Recipe.
Fancy an exotic and easy-to-make recipe?
Then you will love this chicken with cilantro and lemon!
This juicy, tender and marinated chicken is delicious!
This Mexican-inspired recipe couldn't be easier.
Look at the pictures ...
Doesn't that make your mouth water already? That is what I thought !
All you need are a few simple ingredients: fresh cilantro, lime, garlic, and chili flakes.
The secret to this recipe is to use a lot of stems and only a few cilantro leaves.
Simply marinate the chicken for 15 minutes before cooking it for 20 minutes.
Dinner will be ready before you have time to say "dinner!" ".
And after tasting this dish, I'm sure the whole family will give you lots of compliments! Look :
Ingredients for 3 people
- 1 to 1.5 kg of boneless chicken thighs, with the skin
- lime slices for garnish
- coriander leaves for garnish.
For the marinade:
- 3 tablespoons of olive oil
- 4 minced garlic cloves
- 4 tablespoons finely chopped cilantro (stems and leaves)
- 2 tablespoons of lime juice
- 1 teaspoon of red pepper flakes
- ½ teaspoon of salt
How to do
Preperation : 5 minutes. Cooking: 20 min. Marinade: 15 min. Total: 40 min.
1. Preheat the oven to 200 ° C.
2. Mix all the marinade ingredients well in a large dish.
3. Add the chicken to the marinade.
4. Stir well so that the chicken soaks up the marinade.
5. Marinate for at least 15 minutes, but even better 2 hours.
6. Heat a pan with a little oil.
7. Brown the chicken pieces, skin side down, until lightly browned.
8. Turn it over and cook again until all the pieces are golden.
9. Now place the pan in the oven and cook for 20 minutes.
10. Take the pan out of the oven.
11. Put the chicken and the remaining marinade in a serving dish (without keeping the cooking oil).
12. Squeeze the lime over the chicken and add cilantro leaves.
Results
And there you go, your chicken marinated in lemon and cilantro is already ready :-)
I told you this recipe was quick and easy!
Make sure your pan is oven safe, like these! Otherwise use a gratin dish to cook the chicken in the oven.
Note that you can also grill the chicken, if you like this type of cooking.
You can choose boneless chicken like here, but this recipe is just as delicious with chicken fillets, thighs or wings.
Your turn...
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