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Chipotle Cilantro Lime Grilled Chicken Recipe

 ·  ☕ 3 min read  ·  ✍️ Harold Bowers

Chipotle Cilantro Lime Grilled Chicken
Chipotle Cilantro Lime Grilled Chicken

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, chipotle cilantro lime grilled chicken. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Chipotle Cilantro Lime Grilled Chicken is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Chipotle Cilantro Lime Grilled Chicken is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chipotle cilantro lime grilled chicken using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Chipotle Cilantro Lime Grilled Chicken:
  1. Take 4 pounds chicken legs- (12 legs)
  2. Get As needed salt and pepper
  3. Make ready 2 ounces oil
  4. Prepare 2-3 tablespoons chipotle peppers in adobo sauce (add 2 two start and if you want more add more after you taste it :)
  5. Get 4 cloves garlic
  6. Prepare 4 tablespoons cilantro leaves only
  7. Get 1 each lime- zested first…. then juiced – add both to the marinade
  8. Prepare 1 teaspoon oregano
  9. Make ready 2 teaspoons brown sugar
  10. Take 3/4 teaspoon salt
  11. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon paprika
Steps to make Chipotle Cilantro Lime Grilled Chicken:
  1. Season chicken legs lightly with salt and pepper.
  2. Puree (In a blender for 2 minutes) the remaining ingredients and marinade the chicken legs for at least 4 hours up to the day before.
  3. Take the chicken out of the marinade and reserve the remaining marinade for later
  4. On a clean and well lubricated grill with a medium to medium high heat grill until the chicken reaches 170 degrees internal temperature.
  5. As you grill it towards the end, brush with the leftover marinade let cook additional 5 minutes to insure it is fully cooked.
  6. You also can grill for about 10 minutes and get the color and grill marks. Then finish in A 350 degree oven for 20 minutes or until they reach 170 ⁰ F. internal temperature.
  7. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

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