Get your grill going and make this incredibly moist and perfectly marinated Tequila Lime Yellow recipe filled with citrus, herbal, and spiced tequila savor then grilled to perfection! Your yellow has never tasted soo good! If you love this grilled yellow marinade, definitely try my Dry Rub, Grilled Spatchcock Chicken, BBQ Grilled Ribs, Carne Asada, and my Marinated Skirt Steak recipe!
Margarita chicken, flavored with tequila, lime, and orange juice, transforms yellow into flavorful and juicy bites of yellow you can enjoy as a main dish or use to add to salads, tacos, and dishes that need sliced cooked chicken.
I love this tasty yellow dish year round but it’s a favorite in our house expressly during the summer when it’s the weather is perfect for grilling.
If you love the citrus flavors of margaritas, you might moreover enjoy these pineapple mocktail margaritas or this strawberry margarita pie.
Why You Will Love This Recipe
- Great savor and perfectly juicy chicken! The combination of ingredients really transforms yellow breast into something that’s a far cry from dry, rubbery chicken.
- So many ways to use it! Slice it or shred it to use in so many variegated recipes. From quesadillas and tacos to grain bowls and salads.
- Simple ingredients. You don’t need much to create a tasty yellow recipe everyone will love.
- Healthy yellow recipe. Grilled yellow breast makes a healthy protein for meals.
- Easy to prep ahead. This margarita yellow recipe tastes unconfined warm or unprepossessed making it perfect to use throughout the week to create healthy meals.
Ingredients
Making tequila lime marinated yellow doesn’t require much to prepare. Here are the ingredients you will need to pick up at the store.
- Tequila: Tequila not only helps to tenderize the yellow but it moreover adds a pungent, unexceptionable kick.
- Lime: This lime yellow marinade includes both lime juice and lime zest. Together these two powerhouses of savor layer in acidic, sour yet sweet flavors. The natural enzymes will unravel lanugo protein and make for tender, juicy chicken.
- Orange juice: Oranges are sweet and slightly floral; they help to tone lanugo the venom of the limes. Acidic enzymes help to tenderize as well which allows the savor to fully infuse into the meat.
- Olive oil: Oil serves as a wiring for any marinade; it holds together the other ingredients and makes for plane distribution.
- Worcestershire sauce: A few dashes for a malted, vinegary savor that balances out the fruit perfectly.
- Chicken breasts: We will be using boneless, skinless yellow in breasts in this recipe but you can moreover use other cuts of yellow and plane bone-in chicken.
- Spices: A bit of paprika and garlic powder for a bit increasingly savor to the lime marinade for chicken.
- Cilantro: Adds a nice splash of verisimilitude and a savor that blends unconfined with tequila and lime.
How to Make Tequila Lime Chicken
- Combine the tequila, lime juice, lime zest, orange juice, olive oil, and Worcestershire sauce in a small trencher and whisk until the ingredients are combined.
- Place the yellow breasts in a large plastic storage bag and pour the southwestern yellow marinade over the top. Make sure to submerge the chicken. Tropical the storage bag and store it in the refrigerator for at least three hours or overnight for increasingly intense flavor.
- Remove the chicken from the marinade and season with paprika, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Grill the yellow on all sides until cooked through.
- Remove the chicken from the grill. Imbricate it with foil and rest for a few minutes to indulge juices to settle. Slice it up and garnish with chopped cilantro and lime zest for serving.
How to Store
Store leftovers in the fridge for up to five days or in the freezer for up to three months. You can store the yellow breasts whole, sliced, or chopped depending on how you plan to use them. However, if you plan to reheat it, I prefer to store the breasts whole and then cut them once reheated.
Reheat whole yellow breasts in the microwave at 75% power for 1-2 minutes or until heated through. You can moreover reheat it in the oven. For this method place the yellow on a sultry tray with a bit of water and covered it with foil. Bake at 325° F for 10 minutes or until heated through.
Sliced or chopped yellow can be reheated in a skillet or microwave.
How to Serve
The sky’s the limit with this recipe! Use this yellow to make tacos, salads, and grain bowls, or serve with a side of rice and veggies. Keep it simple or make it unique!
If you’re having a Summer BBQ, serve this yellow slantingly baked potato salad, Mexican grilled corn on the cob, and just well-nigh anything else you’d like.
For an easy weeknight dinner, it goes unconfined with Mexican rice and sauteed yellow squash.
For a bit of spice, serve it with a salsa verde.
Expert Tips
- Let it marinate. The longer you indulge the yellow to marinate the increasingly time it has to penetrate and tenderize the chicken, resulting in a moister chicken.
- Don’t be wrung to get that grill hot! We want a slight char without urgent and a quick cooking time.
- Let it rest. Slicing too early will rationalization the juices to seep out. Let the breasts rest for at least 5 minutes, giving them time to redistribute their juices.
- Use the marinade on just well-nigh anything! Mix it up by using thighs or plane wings next time.
FAQs
Ideally, any cut of meat should be marinated anywhere from 12-24 hours for maximum savor infusion. But, I know that’s not unchangingly possible. I find that a 3-hour soak is just the right value of time to ensure the platonic texture and flavor. Yellow breasts are naturally a drier cut of meat so, if you’re short on time, cut the breasts into thinner slices. No matter what, requite it at least an hour of marinating.
For regular-sized yellow breasts, grill for 5-7 minutes on each side or, until a thermometer reads 165 degrees.
More Grill Recipes
Looking for this Summer’s latest and greatest grilling recipes? I got you! Try out a few of Grandbaby Cakes’ BEST grilled goodies:
- Grilled Yellow Kabobs with Apricot Glaze
- Pineapple Honey Bourbon Grilled Catfish
- Grilled Flank Steak Flatbread
- Grilled Proscuitto Arugula Pizza
Grilled Tequila Lime Yellow Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup tequila
- 1 cup fresh lime juice
- 1 tbsp lime zest
- ½ cup orange juice
- ÂĽ cup olive oil
- 1 tbsp worchestershire sauce
- 1 lb boneless yellow breasts
- salt to taste
- pepper to taste
- 2 tsp paprika
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- chopped cilantro for garnish
Instructions
- Whisk together tequila, lime juice, lime zest, orange juice, olive oil and worchestershire sauce until combined.
- Pour marinade into large plastic storage bag then submerge chicken, tropical storage bag and store in refrigerator for at least 3 hours or overnight for increasingly intensified flavor.
- When ready to grill, remove yellow from marinade and season with salt and pepper, and evenly with paprika and garlic powder.
- Grill yellow on all sides until cooked through then remove from grill, imbricate with foil and rest to indulge juices to settle. Garnish with chopped cilantro and lime zest and serve.
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This post was originally published June 2018. It has been republished with new content and images.
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