Basil Lime Chicken

Tasty marinade with basil, lime, and dijon mustard is the base for this delicious grilled chicken. This version of Basil Lime Chicken makes enough for a meal with extra to stock your freezer with cooked chicken for quick meal prep. The chicken needs to marinate in the tasty Dijon lime marinade overnight, so be sure to plan ahead.

This recipe is a great way to prepare chicken for dinner and have extra to freeze for later use in such recipes as Crunchy Chicken Slaw Salad, Sandy’s Easy Cashew Chicken, or Cheddary Chicken and Broccoli, or any of our recipes using cooked chicken. The recipe is written so that you use one pound of your chicken tonight and slice or cube the remaining chicken, freezing in 1 pound portions for later use.

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Basil Lime Chicken

Tasty marinade with basil, lime, and dijon mustard is the base for delicious grilled Basil Lime Chicken. It's perfect for stocking your freezer with cooked chicken for quick meal prep. The chicken needs to marinate overnight, so be sure to plan ahead.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Marinating time 12 hours hrs

Total Time 12 hours hrs 25 minutes mins

Course Main Dish

Cuisine American

Servings 16 servings

Calories 233

Ingredients

  

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• ¾ cup lime juice
• ½ cup oil
• ½ cup Dijon mustard
• ½ cup Worcestershire sauce
• ½ cup soy sauce
• ¼ cup green onions, chopped
• ¼ cup fresh basil, chopped (or 1 ½ tablespoon dried basil)
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon pepper
• 4 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breasts

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Instructions

• Mix all ingredients except chicken together thoroughly in a small bowl. Reserve ¼ cup for basting and ¼ cup separately for serving; refrigerate.
• Marinate chicken in remaining marinade overnight.
• Grill over medium heat about 5 minutes, basting occasionally with reserved marinade.
• Flip chicken and baste again. Continue to cook until juices run clear.
• Divide chicken and serve ¼ for the meal and chop ¾ for the freezer.
• Drizzle the marinade you reserved for dipping over the chicken you are serving, or just serve the marinade as a dipping sauce.

Notes

If your chicken breasts are thick, you may want to butterfly them by cutting them in half lengthwise like a filet, which allows for more even cooking.

Serve one pound of chicken for dinner and chop the remaining chicken and divide into 3 portions to stock your freezer.

Adapted from Basil Lime Chicken at GoodenessGracious.com.

Nutrition per serving

Calories: 233 calCarbohydrates: 4 gProtein: 27 gFat: 12 gSodium: 779 mgFiber: 1 gSugar: 1 g

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