The Best Grilled Cilantro Lime Chicken {Of All Time}

Juicy,delicious and amazingly flavorful Grilled Cilantro Lime Chicken!  Grilled chicken with ultimate cilantro lime chicken marinade makes it so flavorful and goes well with rice,salsa and even corn on the cob.

Summer calls for grilling and this Grilled Cilantro Lime Chicken is one of the best grilled chicken recipes that you can try.



The recipe is very easy and so flavorful,and with very basic steps you will enjoy the amazing grilled chicken on you lunch/dinner table.



Recipe of this cilantro lime chicken is very straightforward. Firstly make a mix of cilantro lime marinade,then marinate the chicken with some of the marinade and refrigerate then finally grill the chicken till cooked well.

Cilantro Lime Chicken Ingredients:

• Chicken Breast Meat: Since chicken breast is more of flat/cutlet sort of shape so its easier to use it in grilling recipe.But you can also make cilantro lime chicken thighs too.Thigh meat is juicy and it will equally give amazing flavors.

•  Cilantro Lime Marinade: The marinade used in this recipe is so very delicious. It has a mix of olive oil,mandarin orange juice(or use orange juice),mango juice,lime juice,honey,cilantro and spices that makes it so amazing.
  

Cilantro Lime Chicken Marinade

The grilling chicken marinade is very easy to put together.

In a mixing bowl add the lime juice,honey,mandarin orange juice,olive oil,mango juice,cilantro along with all the spices like cumin,smoked paprika,red chili flakes and few more ingredients.

Just mix the ingredients well and use 1/3 of the portion to marinate the chicken and refrigerate it.

Remaining portion of marinade is used to brush the chicken when grilling/prepare the glaze for chicken.

How to make Grilled Cilantro Lime Chicken

Step 1:  In a mixing bowl,prepare the cilantro lime marinade as shown in Picture(1-2).Just mix all the ingredients for the marinade.

Step2:  If you are using chicken breast and slice the breast vertically into two halves. Pound each piece to get an even chicken piece.

Step3:  Marinate the chicken pieces with 1/3rd of the marinade and refrigerate for at least 20 mins. The more you marinate the better are the flavors.(picture 3). Try placing the chicken along with the marinade in a Ziploc bag that will help the chicken to submerge in the marinade.

Step4:  Heat a grilling pan / outdoor grill and apple some oil to the grill gates/pan. 

I have used a grilling pan,so it was better for me to use the leftover marinade mix as a glaze over the grilled chicken.

Here I have add the leftover marinade mix on to the pan and let it cook for some time till it starts to thicken,then place the chicken breast meat and discard the leftover marinade which is used to marinate chicken.(picture 4)

Step5:  Grill the chicken along with the marinade mix,keep turning the chicken so that it wont stick to the pan(picture 5). Check if done, and serve with salad,rice,salsa of your choice.

Tips for Grilling Chicken  to make the BEST Cilantro Lime Chicken

• Pound the chicken breast to make even layer of chicken for better cooking. Even sized chicken will help it cook better and faster.

• Try making the marinade with fresh ingredients as much as possible. If you can use fresh lime juice in the recipe then the flavor will be amazing.

• Marinating time varies as per size of chicken being marinated. If you are in a hurry then you can marinate for atleast 20 to 30 mins and then grill the chicken.But best results will be achieved with overnight marination.

• Apply some oil to grilling pan /grill to avoid chicken sticking to the grilling pan. 

• Keep checking for chicken to avoid overcooking which will make it hard.

• Keep turning the chicken so that it evenly cooks and you will get to enjoy the best grilled chicken.

• Before serving let  it cool for a minute.

What to serve with Cilantro Lime Chicken

Serve this amazing grilled cilantro lime chicken with Pineapple Jalapeno Salsa.

You can also try this Pickled Pineapple along with this chicken recipe.

The Best Grilled Cilantro Lime Chicken {of All Time}

By Savory Bites Recipes
Published 06/26/2019

Juicy,delicious and amazingly flavorful Grilled Cilantro Lime Chicken! Grilled chicken with ultimate cilantro lime chicken marinade makes it so flavorful and goes well with rice,salsa and even corn on the cob.

Ingredients

• 2 Chicken Breast,vertical cut,halved
• For Marinade:
• 1/3 Cup Fresh Lime Juice
• 1/3 Cup Mandarin Oranges Juice / Orange Juice
• 1/4 Cup Mango Juice
• 3 Tbsp Honey
• 1 Tbsp Lime Zest
• 1 tsp Cumin Ground
• 1/2 tsp Smoked Paprika/ Red Chili Powder
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 1/4 tsp Red Chili Flakes
• 1/2 Cup Fresh Cilantro,chopped with stem
• 1/4 Cup Olive Oil
• 1/2 tsp Coriander,ground

Instructions

1. Clean and cut the chicken breast,lengthwise.
   Pound the chicken piece to get even chicken.
2. In a mixing bowl add the sauce ingredients and mix to combine everything.
   In a Ziploc bag or even a bowl add the chicken pieces and 1/3rd of the marinade mix.
   Make sure the chicken pieces submerge in the marinade.
   Keep this aside for at least 20 to 30 mins.
   Ideal is to keep it overnight.
3. Heat a grilling pan,apply some oil to the pan.
   Add the leftover marinade mix to the pan and let it start to cook.
   When its starting to thicken ,add the chicken pieces on the pan and grill them.
4. Discard the marinade used to marinate the chicken pieces.
5. Keep checking the pieces and turning them to avoid sticking the chicken to the pan.
   Once the chicken is cooked well with grill marked formed,take it off the pan.
   Serve after a minute with your choice of sides.

Yield: 4 Servings
Prep Time: 00:30:00 mins.

Cook time: 00:10:00 mins.
Total time: 40 mins.
Tags: grilled chicken,cilantro lime chicken,grilling

Recipe Notes:

• Pound the chicken breast to make even layer of chicken for better cooking. Even sized chicken will help it cook better and faster.

• Try making the marinade with fresh ingredients as much as possible. If you can use fresh lime juice in the recipe then the flavor will be amazing.

• Marinating time varies as per size of chicken being marinated. If you are in a hurry then you can marinate for atleast 20 to 30 mins and then grill the chicken.But best results will be achieved with overnight marination.

• Apply some oil to grilling pan /grill to avoid chicken sticking to the grilling pan. 

• Keep checking for chicken to avoid overcooking which will make it hard.

• Keep turning the chicken so that it evenly cooks and you will get to enjoy the best grilled chicken.

• Before serving let  it cool for a minute.

More Grilling Recipes to try:

• Cajun Butter Grilled Street Corn

• Grilled Pineapple Slices

• Grilled Moroccan Chicken

• Tandoori Fish

• Grilled Hariyali Chicken

• Greek Chicken Kabobs

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The 30-Minute Authentic Lo Mein Recipe

The very best and easy authentic lo mein recipe is what you need to fix your dinner or lunch under 30 mins! Stir-fry vegetables, amazing sauce mix all tossed together with egg noodles make the best restaurant style dinner and even better than takeout hidangan dish!

If you love Chinese takeout then this very authentic lo mein recipe is what you need to quick fix your dinner/lunch ,under total of 30 mins and you are sorted!


I like to fix quick dinner,after whole days work and chores,all I look forward to is quick and easy dinner on our dining table.


I have shared a lot of easy dinner recipes before too. One of the most famous recipes on my website is Chicken Lo Mein!


Here is the link to this recipes Pinterest Pin,you can save it and try later-it's been loved by a lot of people.  Chicken Lo Mein recipe.


Also if you are Olive Garden fan then this Fettuccine Alfredo recipe is just like from restaurant and so easy to put together. This recipe's Pinterest Pin is shared- Olive Garden Fettuccine Alfredo.



So coming back to our topic: Here I have shared some information related our Veggie Lo Mein recipe.

What is the difference between lo mein and chow mein?

Both the chow mein and lo mein dishes that are served in most American-Asian/Chinese restaurants are chinese noodle dishes.


The main difference in lo mein and chow mein are the ways in which they are prepared.


Chow Mein: 

• Uses  flat egg noodles,which are crisp fried or stir fried till crisp.

• The sauce is almost same in both the noodles preparations.

• Also the vegetable choice is similar but you can always vary the dishes with addition of protein of your choice.

•  The noodles are par-boiled and then stir-fried till crisp and served along with stir-fried veggies,chicken/shrimp/pork or any other protein choice.

Lo Mein:

• Uses egg noodles,round and chewy texture noodles.

• Here the noodles need to be boiled and then used in the dish.

• The tamat dish soft and chewy noodles,compared to chow mein where the noodles are crisp pan fried.

• In this dish the noodles are soft which soak up most of the sauce,not stir-fried but tossed with sauce and cooked noodles.

Lo mein noodle ingredients:

The two most important ingredients in Lo mein or chow mein are the noodles and sauce mix. 

The sauce mix is the most important ingredient that will decide the tamat dish flavor.

Lo mein Noodle ingredients are mentioned under:

• Egg Noodles:  Soft,round,chewy noodles are the best choice for this dish.
• But if you can't find these egg noodles for lo mein then you can use any noodles as per availability.
• Even ramen noodles would do too.

• Sauce Mix: Here the easy sauce mix is the most important ingredient in the recipe. The sauce defines how the tamat taste of the dish would be.
• I have not added oyster sauce or fish sauce but you can add too.

• Vegetable Choice: I have added celery,bell peppers, scallions,carrots,onion. But you can also add snap peas,broccoli too.

What is lo mein sauce made of?

To make the delicious homemade noodles, I have made a delicious lo mein sauce mix.

The sauce mix contains dark soy sauce,light soy sauce,sesame oil,vinegar,sriracha,sugar,vegetable stock. Mix this and keep aside till you need this sauce.

In the sauce mix you can also add oyster sauce and fish sauce if you are fine with the addition of these sauces.

What noodles are used in lo mein?

The best noodles used in the lo mein recipe is egg noodles but if you do not find them close to you then you can even try any chinese egg noodles or even ramen noodles too.

For Lo mein the ideal noodles are round,soft,chewy noodles which are boiled and then used in the recipe to be tossed with veggies and sauce mix.

How to make authentic lo mein recipe from scratch:

• Firstly, cook the noodles as per package instructions. Toss them with little oil and keep aside so that they should not stick together.

• In a mixing bowl,add the ingredients for the lo mein sauce and mix well.

• In a large wok/pan, add oil and add the ginger and garlic.Once its hot,fry it till starts browning.

• Add the vegetables and start frying them on medium to high heat. Make sure they don't burn.

• Reduce the heat and add the noodles and sauce mix. Increase the heat again and start tossing everything so that everything is mixed well.

• Add the scallions and adjust salt and toss further.

• Serve immediately and enjoy!

What vegetables can be used in lo mein?

You can use all kind of vegetables that you or your family loves. 

In this recipe I have used:

• Red Sweet Onion

• Red and Green Bell Peppers

• Celery

• Scallions

• Carrot

You can also try adding:

• Snow Peas

• Broccoli

• Bok Choy

• Spinach

More information you will find Here

More Quick / Easy Dinner ideas that you will love:

• Mushroom Pasta

• Olive Garden Shrimp Fettuccine Alfredo

• Best Shrimp Fried Rice Recipe

• Easy Shrimp Fajitas(Best Skillet Shrimp Fajitas)

• Best Shrimp Quesadilla

The 30-Minute Authentic Lo Mein Recipe

By Savory Bites Recipes
Published 05/26/2019

The very best and easy authentic lo mein recipe is what you need to fix your dinner or lunch under 30 mins! Stir-fry vegetables, amazing sauce mix all tossed together with egg noodles make the best restaurant style dinner and even better than takeout hidangan dish!

Ingredients

• 4 oz/ 150 Grams of Lo Mein Noodles
• For Lo Mein Sauce:
• 1.5 Tbsp Dark Soy Sauce
• 1 Tbsp Light Soy Sauce
• 1/2 Tbsp Sesame Oil
• 1 Tbsp Sriracha or more as per spice preference
• 2 tsp Sugar or Brown Sugar
• 1 tsp White Vinegar
• 2 Tbsp Vegetable Stock / Water
• For Lo Mein Stir-fry:
• 2 Tbsp Sesame Oil/ Vegetable Oil or do half-half
• 2 cloves Garlic,minced
• 1 tsp Ginger,minced
• 1 Small Red Sweet Onion,sliced
• 2 Medium Scallion,1.5 Inch long cut
• 1/4 Cup Carrot Sticks
• 1/2 Cup red and Green Bell Pepper,sliced
• 1/3 Cup Celery chopped/sliced

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Instructions

1. Cook the noodles as per package instructions and toss in some oil and keep aside.
2. In a mixing bowl,add the sauce mix and stir well and keep aside.
3. In a large wok/pan/skillet,add oil.
   When its hot,add the garlic and ginger and fry till fragrant.
   Do not overcook on high heat,it will burn.
4. On medium heat start adding veggies one by one and keep stir frying them,except reserve some scallion white and green cut for tamat use.
5. If more oil is required to adjust then adjust accordingly.
   Add the noodles,toss further.
6. Add the sauce mix and toss further and cook high heat now till a nice aroma comes from the cooked noodles.
7. Finally add the scallion reserved pieces and adjust salt.
   Serve while hot!

Yield: 3 Servings
Prep Time: 00:10:00 mins.

Cook time: 00:10:00 mins.
Total time: 20 mins.
Tags: chinese food,restaurant style,better than takeout,lo mein recipe,vegetable lo mein

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Easy Fish Taco Recipe (With Best Fish Taco Sauce)

Taco Tuesdays are fun with this Easy Fish Taco Recipe,served with Best Fish Taco Sauce! The fish is cooked with spices and served in a warm taco shell with Pineapple Jalapeno Salsa and best Honey Chili Sauce!

Dinner/ Lunch is so good and easy to fix with these Easy Fish Taco Recipe,served in a warm tortilla /corn taco,slaw of your choice or this Pineapple Jalapeno Salsa and top with best fish taco sauce(Honey Chili Sauce Recipe).

These are the best fish tacos you can make and enjoy with your family or friends with very easy steps to follow.

The fish taco sauce recipe is very good,so easy with basic ingredients and so delicious. You are going to simply love this sauce and use it on most of your dishes as topping.

I have used this taco sauce recipe to serve with my Crispy Chicken Tacos along with Chipotle Creama served with the Baja Fish Tacos Recipe.

You can also check the Pinterest Pin of Baja Fish Taco , it's getting lot of response from people and they are loving it! You can save this recipe by pinning it.

Also to check out more slaw and sauce recipe do check out this Pinterest Pin of Bang Bang Shrimp Taco too.

What goes good with fish tacos?

Since the easy fish taco with pineapple salsa is the best and complete meal in itself but you can still serve with rice.

Also you can serve these tacos with simple Tomato Soup or even buttery and spicy Cajun Grilled Street Corn .

What kind of fish should I use for fish tacos?

The best fish to be used for any fish tacos should be firm,flaky and white fish.

You can use from mahi mahi,cod,tilapia,flounder,grouper to any fish you find close to you which is firm and flaky.

What are good toppings to put on fish tacos?

There are lot of choice that you can use as toppings on fish tacos.

Few of them are:

• Cabbage Slaw (I have used this in Baja Fish Taco recipe)

• Pico De Gallo (Recipe of this is shared in  Baja Fish Taco recipe)

• Pineapple Jalapeno Salsa

• Cotija Cheese

• Lemon Wedges

• Avocado Sliced

• Chipotle Cream Sauce (Recipe is mentioned in Baja Fish Taco)

• Cilantro Lime Cream (Recipe is mentioned in Shredded Chicken Taco)

• Cabbage Carrot Slaw (Mentioned in Bang Bang Shrimp Taco)

• Sweet Chili-Sriracha Sauce (Mentioned in Bang Bang Shrimp Taco recipe)

• Pickled Pineapple

How to make the best fish taco sauce?

The sauce recipe that I have used in this easy recipe of  fish tacos is really very easy to put together and soooooo goood!

I literally licked the bowl after we finished our tacos and just finished leftover sauce,it was that good!

To make this Honey Chili Sauce,you need to mix the honey,sriracha,onion and garlic powder,cumin,chili powder and tomato ketchup with a dash of salt. That's it!  It's that easy!

How to make the best Fish Tacos?

• Firstly clean and and dry the fish pieces completely. 

• Next marinate the fish pieces with the spices mentioned and coat the fish very well with spices.

• Either keep the fish aside or cook the fish directly.

• Heat a grilling pan or a cast iron skillet or a regular skillet.

• Brush with little oil or cooking spray.

• Arrange the fish pieces on the pan and cook them until done.

• Here do not turn the fish often as that might break the fish and make everything messy.

• Once fish is blackened and cooked well,take it off the heat.

• Let it cool a little and then shred it or make pieces as per choice.

• Next make the honey chili fish taco sauce.

• To make this sauce,you need to simply mix in a bowl all the ingredients mentioned and you will have an amazing sauce that goes well with wraps,taco,rolls,burgers and even in sandwiches.

• Next warm the tortilla/taco shell and arrange the fish then next place the pineapple salsa and finally add the sauce.

• Enjoy when its slightly hot!

Easy Fish Taco Recipe (with Best Fish Taco Sauce)

By Savory Bites Recipes
Published 05/23/2019

Taco Tuesdays are fun with this Easy Fish Taco Recipe,served with Best Fish Taco Sauce! The fish is cooked with spices and served in a warm taco shell with Pineapple Jalapeno Salsa and best Honey Chili Sauce!

Ingredients

• 4 or more,White Fish fillets/pieces,without skin,1 Inch thick
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• 1/4 tsp Sugar
• 1/4 tsp Smoked Paprika
• 1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
• 1/2 tsp Onion Powder
• 1 Tbsp Vegetable Oil
• 1 Tbsp Lime Juice
• 1/2 tsp Cayenne Pepper
• 1/2 tsp Cumin Powder
• For Topping:
• Pineapple Jalapeno Salsa
• Lime Wedges
• For Fish Taco Sauce / Honey Chili Sauce:
• 1/4 Cup honey
• 1/8 tsp Salt
• 1/2 Tbsp Sriracha Chili Hot Sauce
• 1/2 tsp Onion Powder
• 1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
• 1/2 tsp Cumin Powder
• 1/8 tsp Red Chili Powder
• 1/2 Tbsp Tomato Ketchup
• Additional:
• 6, 6" Soft Corn Tortillas

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Instructions

1. Wash and dry the fish fillets.
   Apply the spices along with oil to the fish fillets.
   
2. Either use the fish immediately or leave it aside to infuse the flavors more.
3. On a skillet / cast iron pan,add little more oil or spray with cooking spray and arrange the fish pieces to cook till blackened.
   
4. Cook the fish well and keep it side to cool off.
   Once cooled make pieces or shred it.
5. In a mixing bowl add the ingredients for sauce and mix well.Keep this sauce aside.
6. Warm the tortilla,place the fish pieces,pineapple salsa and finally sauce.
   Serve while its warm.

Yield: 6 Servings
Prep Time: 00:20:00 mins.

Cook time: 00:10:00 mins.
Total time: 30 mins.
Tags: mexican food,taco recipe,fish taco,fish taco sauce

Recipe Notes:

• More you will keep the fish marinated the better flavors you will be able to experience.
• The sauce is very easy to put together and does not need cooking time.
• You can refrigerate the sauce for few days.It still remains amazing.
• Salsa should be very fresh otherwise it will be leaving juices and will get the taco soggy. 

More Taco Recipes:

• Crispy Chicken Taco

• Bang Bang Shrimp Taco

• Shredded Chicken Taco

More Summer Recipes you can try:

• Best Kale Salad

• Mango Falooda

• Orange Mojito

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