Easy Cilantro Lime Chicken Recipe

This easy Cilantro Lime Chicken marinates in a zesty blend of cilantro, lime, garlic, and cumin, then sears and bakes up juicy and tender.

Course Main Course

Cuisine Mexican

Keyword Cilantro Lime Chicken

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 30

Total Time 40

Servings servings

Calories 337kcal

In a ziplock bag add the cilantro, scallions, garlic, lime zest, lime juice, lime juice, olive oil, cumin, honey, salt, onion powder, garlic powder, and pepper. Close the bag and mix the ingredients around until combined.
½ cup finely chopped fresh cilantro, 2 scallions, 2 cloves garlic, Zest of 1 lime, 1 ½ tablespoons lime juice, 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 tablespoon ground cumin, 1 teaspoon honey, ½ teaspoon kosher salt, ½ teaspoon onion powder, ¼ teaspoon garlic powder, ¼ teaspoon black pepper
Add the chicken to the bag, close it and massage the marinade into the chicken. Place the bag into the fridge for 1-2 hours.
4 chicken breasts
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
In a large oven-safe skillet (I like to use cast iron) over medium add the vegetable oil. Once hot, sear the chicken until golden brown, repeat on the other side. We are not looking to cook it all the way through, just searing. About 3-5 minutes per side.
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
Place the skillet into the oven and continue to cook until an internal temperature reaches 165°F. About 15-20 minutes.

Nutritional value is for chicken and marinade only.
Any cut of chicken can be used for this, we use chicken breasts. Also, this is great for pork chops!
We bake this recipe, but it can also be grilled, see my tips above.
Easily double this recipe using a larger pan.
Make sure that you let the chicken sit in the marinade for at least 1-2 hours.
Serve this as is or over rice and with your favorite side dish, we use black beans.
This can be frozen, see my tips above.