Light and Easy Recipes and Meal Ideas

Chili Lime Marinade

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Chili Lime Marinade

This is a super easy and versatile marinade for chicken, packed with zesty southwest flavors. The entire recipe makes about 1/2 cup and coats about 1.5 lbs of chicken with some juice leftover. 

 

Yield/Servings: 1/3 - 1/2 cup Serving Size: 2 tsp Total Cook/Prep time: 60 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
  • 4 - 6 garlic cloves (minced)
  • 2 tbsp water
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 2 tbsp chili powder
  • 1 tbsp ground cumin
  • salt & pepper

Directions

Stir ingredients together with a wire whisk.

Place the chicken in a ziplock bag and pour in the marinade.

Seal the bag and mix/massage the juices into the chicken.

Allow it to marinate for about 1 hour in the refrigerator.

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