Lime Chicken
June 3rd, 2009 | View Comments
Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 15 mins
Serves: 4
Yep, that’s the spicy crab and avocado salad from yesterday. I made another batch to go with this easy peasy chicken. I was a bit sloppy about it today, just throwing everything together and mixing, rather than prepping the sauce first and gently tossing in the crab and avocado chunk. End result was gloppy-looking, but still tasty.
The original chicken recipe calls for some sour cream with poblano peppers, but that part proved to be a lot of work and made a lot of mess for a weeknight, what with the broiling, peeling, and dicing of the peppers. I didn’t think the sour cream added that much to the dish, but the chicken by itself was yummy.
Lime Chicken
Adapted from Fine Cooking Feb/Mar 2007
8 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs (3-3.5 lbs.), trimmed of excess skin and fat
1 T. ground coriander
1 t. ground cumin
2 t. Kosher salt
1/2 t. black pepper
3 T. olive oil
1 lime, sliced into wedges
Place an oven rack 5-6 inches from the broiler and heat it to high.
Combine the salt, coriander, cumin, and pepper in a bowl. Rub the oil all over the chicken pieces to coat, then season both sides with the spice mixture. Arrange the chicken skin-side down on the broiler pan. Broil until nice and brown, about 10 minutes.
Turn the chicken over and broil until the skin is brown and crisp and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the meat reads at least 165 degrees, 4-5 minutes more. If the skin looks like it’s about to burn before the meat cooks through, move the pan to a lower rack.
Remove from broiler and allow meat to rest a few minutes before serving. Serve with lime wedges
You can easily make the entire spicy crab and avocado salad while the chicken broils.
Total cost of chicken: $3.32 for $0.83 per serving. Add it to the cost of the spicy crab and avocado salad and tonight’s dinner was $6.83 per serving. Not as much as dinner out, but not the best choice if the budget is really tight.
On the other hand, this is a really good choice if you have no time. Less than 30 minutes of work and very few dirty dishes.
Yvonne posted this on June 3rd, 2009 @ 11:19pm in Chicken, Low Carb, Quick Meals | Permalink to "Lime Chicken"
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