Citrus Grilled Chicken Recipe
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Today, I have a citrus grilled chicken recipe for you!
I chose this recipe because of its easy-to-find ingredients as well as the fact that the weather is getting quite nice here, and it’s definitely time to pull out the grill! But don’t worry, if you don’t have a grill, you can do this in a pan as well. Give it a try!
How To Serve This Grilled Citrus Chicken
- A side of rice.
- A side of veggies.
- Inside a sandwich with whole grain bread.
- Shred and put inside of tacos or burritos.
This is wonderful off the barbecue with some potato salad and some corn salad (without the feta). That’s how I served it, and everyone loved it! In fact, almost everybody went back for seconds. Not too shabby for a group of folks that sort of looked down their nose at eating clean!
About The Ingredients
Orange
Lime
Extra virgin olive oil – Or possibly a higher smoke point oil such as almond oil or coconut oil.
Garlic – Pressed or minced.
Boneless skinless chicken breasts
Salt
Black pepper
How To Make Citrus Grilled Chicken
Zest the orange and lime directly into a large bowl, and squeeze the juice from the orange into the same bowl.
Add the oil, garlic, and chicken to the bowl, ensuring that everything is well coated. Toss well to fully coat the chicken in the sauce.
Cover the bowl and place it in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes but no more than 2 hours.
Meanwhile, prepare your grill or grill pan by heating it to medium-high heat.
Once the chicken has marinated, remove it from the bowl and sprinkle it with salt and pepper.
Place the chicken on the grill or grill pan, and cook for approximately 6 minutes on each side or until the chicken is fully cooked. If you prefer a hint of lime flavor on your chicken, you can squeeze the remaining lime juice over the chicken while it’s cooking. This step is optional but adds a delicious twist!
It’s worth noting that if your bowl isn’t wide enough to allow the chicken to marinate evenly, you can use a large Ziplock bag instead. Simply transfer everything from the bowl into the bag and let it sit in the bag. This ensures that the marinade reaches every part of the chicken.
Storage
Store leftovers in an airtight container and keep them in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Freezing
This will freeze well if wrapped up well. It will keep in the fridge for up to 4 months.
Reheating
If frozen, thaw fully in the fridge for at least 24 hours. From the fridge, simply reheat in a microwave or in a skillet on your stovetop.
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(Recipe courtesy of eMeals)
Citrus Grilled Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 medium orange
- 1 medium lime
- 2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp. garlic (minced)
- 2 (6 oz.) boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- ¼ tsp. kosher salt
- ¼ tsp. black pepper
Instructions
- Zest the orange and lime directly into a large bowl, and squeeze the juice from the orange into the same bowl.
- Add the oil, garlic, and chicken to the bowl, ensuring that everything is well coated. Toss well to fully coat the chicken in the sauce.
- Cover the bowl and place it in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes but no more than 2 hours.
- Meanwhile, prepare your grill or grill pan by heating it to medium-high heat.
- Once the chicken has marinated, remove it from the bowl and sprinkle it with salt and pepper.
- Place the chicken on the grill or grill pan, and cook for approximately 6 minutes on each side or until the chicken is fully cooked. If you prefer a hint of lime flavor on your chicken, you can squeeze the remaining lime juice over the chicken while it's cooking. This step is optional but adds a delicious twist!
- It's worth noting that if your bowl isn't wide enough to allow the chicken to marinate evenly, you can use a large Ziplock bag instead. Simply transfer everything from the bowl into the bag and let it sit in the bag. This ensures that the marinade reaches every part of the chicken.
Notes
Nutrition
I'm Tiffany, a writer for MSN and the AP Newswire, a cookbook author, digital publisher, food lover, and mom. I create healthy, clean eating recipes for everyday living.
Made this last night. It was really good but sour due to the lime. Next time I don’t think I would squeeze the lime juice over the chicken while its cooking; at least not as much as I did. Other than that, a really great recipe that I will definitely make again!
Made this tonight! Loved it, I had a lemon on had but no lime. We loved it
Daphne – Fantastic! 🙂
This was excellent! I made it with Cilantro lime rice and it was just amazing! Thanks again Tiffany!
Gms2606 – Fantastic! So glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
Made this last night and they turned out so delicious!! Super moist!! I actually used the marinade to make a sauce after the chicken breast where done. My hubby loved it!! Thanks!!
Tayra – Awesome! So glad you both enjoyed it!
Made this recipe for dinner tonight and it was soooo good!
Jeanine – Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
Made this tonight, very good. We are just start on the journey of clean eating and every recipe I have made from your site has been great. Thank you for sharing!
I made these and they were great. But thanks to the weather I can’t grill a whole bag outside yet. If I wanted to bake them in the oven, how long would you grill say six breasts at once? Thanks for your help.
Casey – I did mine on the stove top grill. If you do it in the oven, it would be just like any other chicken breast. I would guess about 40 minutes at 350 F. But that’s just a guess.
Cheers from Singapore! I stumbled across your blog recently, thanks to my new-found love for clean eating. Made this citrus chicken last night and loved it 🙂 We Asians love spicy food, so it was a little out of my comfort zone, but tasty nonetheless. I’d like to try baking the french toast casserole this weekend, looking forward to it! Thanks for this fantastic blog and your delish recipes!
Filzah – My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it. And if you make it again, feel free to add some cayenne or other spice to it. It should be quite tasty!
I tried this recipe today and it was perfect! I used skinless chicken breast tenderloins instead and used lemon instead of lime. I actually squeezed the lemon in the marinade and the flavors were well balanced! Clean eating doesn’t mean tasteless food and this recipe clearly showcased that. With the use of your website, there may be hope for me after all lol thank you 🙂
Anquanette – On the contrary! Eating clean means eating delicious foods! Happy I could help. 🙂
Making this tonight. Will let you know who it turned out. I can’t wait!
Angel – Please do!
Made this for dinner last night and totally LOVED it. Just starting with clean eating and you my dear, are an angel.
Lee B – Awesome! So glad you liked it!
I’m new to clean eating and this was the first recipe I tried. I added some chipotle seasoning to add a little spice! I was concerned my husband wouldn’t be on board with clean eating, but he loved it! Thanks, Tiffany!
Teresa – My pleasure! 😀
I started clean eating today! I’m making this recipe tonight for my family. I was just wondering the calorie count in this recipe?
Erin E – I don’t know. I don’t figure data for eMeals recipes. But there are lots of calculators on the web. MyFitnessPal.com is a good one.
Just finished the last bite & it was Delish!
I’m wondering though, how many calories are in it?
Johnine – Glad you enjoyed it! I don’t figure data for eMeals recipes, so you would have to enter the recipe into a nutrition calculator online. I usually use MyFitnessPal.com, but there are many others.
One thing, is it sour orange you should used( I new to cooking in general and well yes sour oranges are used more in cooking but I just wanna make sure)
Daniel J – No, I did not use sour oranges. I used a Naval orange.
How many calories are in this recipe?
Anna – Just updated that for you. Enjoy! 🙂