Lime Cumin Chicken – this versatile quick and easy grilled chicken can be used in chicken burgers, in tacos, on nachos, served with rice and veggies or turned into outstanding panini wrap sandwiches.
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Lime Cumin Chicken
If you have a two sided grill hanging out in a cupboard that’s rarely seen, it’s time to break it out and start using it. I find they can be real time savers on very busy days when there is little time to cook. I mean, where else can you cook a butterflied chicken breast in 4 minutes and have it taste great? I use mine for burgers, steaks, and occasionally pork loin chops too.
This particular recipe for lime cumin marinated chicken, I have served as is with a salad or rice and veggies on the side. Sometimes I serve them as a grilled chicken burger, in chicken tacos and, as shown in the photo, as a kid-favorite panini wrap with some homemade salsa and lime guocamole. The chicken is only 10 minutes in the marinade and then usually less than 5 minutes in a two-sided grill, so it really is a very quick, easy and versatile recipe idea.
If you don’t have an electric two sided grill, you can still cook the chicken in a cast iron grill pan or for a few minutes each side, under the broiler.
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Lime Cumin Chicken Panini Wraps
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Lime Cumin Chicken Panini Wraps
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
6 mins
Total Time
21 mins
Lime Cumin Chicken - this versatile quick and easy grilled chicken can be used in chicken burgers, in tacos, on nachos, served with rice and veggies or turned into outstanding panini wrap sandwiches.
Course:
Dinner
Ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
For the Marinade
- 1 clove garlic
- juice of one lime
- zest of one lime finely grated
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp hot sauce optional
- 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
For the panning wraps
- 2 small red peppers
- 4 large tortilla wraps
- 1 1/2 ounces of mozzarella or monterey jack cheese per tortilla
Instructions
To marinate the chicken
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Mix all the marinade ingredients together in a ziploc bag.
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Pound the chicken breasts to a thickness of 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch. Add the chicken breasts to the bag with the marinade.
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Toss well to coat the chicken in the marinade, then set aside for only 10-15 minutes before searing them on a preheated two-sided grill (top and bottom heating) for about 4 minutes.
To prepare the panini wraps
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Cut the peppers in large slices and grill them for a couple of minutes on the two-sided grill.
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Slice the peppers and chicken and roll them in them inside the tortillas along with the cheese.
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Return to the two-sided grill and cook for an additional 2 minutes or until the cheese has melted and there are good grill marks on the tortilla. Serve with homemade salsa and lime guocamole.
Jess - Healthy Exposures
Saturday 16th of January 2010
This sounds and looks awesome; saving the recipe for certain!