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This Coconut Lime Chicken is moist and full of flavor and the sauce is AMAZING!
Be sure to put "chicken " on your grocery list this week you really want to try this fabulous Coconut-Lime Chicken. I served it for a family dinner one evening this week and you should have heard the "oohs" and "aahs"!
The chicken is moist and full of flavor and the sauce is AMAZING! You know, the kind of sauce if no one was looking, you'd want to pick up your plate and lick it clean! It's really that good, so like I said, be sure to put "chicken" on your grocery list this week!
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Coconut Lime Chicken Kabobs
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into one-inch pieces
- 1 tablespoon canola or sunflower oil
- 1 14- ounce can coconut milk
- lime zest, from 1 lime
- 2 teaspoons cumin
- 2 teaspoons crushed coriander
- 1 tablespoon curry mild powder
- 1 teaspoon Sriracha Chili Sauce
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ÂĽ cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- ÂĽ cup finely chopped fresh cilantro
- lime wedges, for garnish
Instructions
Instructions:
- Soak wooden skewers in water for 1 hour prior to grilling.
- Combine oil, coconut milk, lime zest, seasonings, Sriracha, brown sugar and soy sauce in a large zippered bag. Add chicken and refrigerate 1-2 hours.
- Preheat grill to 375°F (a medium-hot fire). While grill is heating remove chicken from marinade allowing excess marinade to drain back into a bag. Thread chicken onto skewers placing 5-6 pieces on each skewer.
- Place marinade in a saucepan on the stove over medium heat. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and allow to simmer until sauce is reduced to about one half. Set aside and keep warm.
- Spray or rub grill grates with oil. Place skewers onto a prepared grill. Sprinkle chicken lightly with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper and grill until cooked through and golden brown, turning often, about 8 minutes. Do not over-cook.
- Allow chicken to rest 2-5 minutes. Serve with steamed jasmine rice. Serve with sauce drizzled over top or on the side for dipping. Sprinkle generously with finely chopped fresh cilantro.
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I'm sharing this recipe on Foodie Fridays at Rattlebridge Farm and Tasty Tuesday at Balancing Beauty & Bedlam
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My new addiction! I marinated the chicken in some of the marinade and just cooked down the rest. Soooo Yummy! I brushed the chicken while it was grilling with some of the marinade after I cooked it down. Delish! Thank you for sharing
Yay, I'm so glad, Colleen! Thanks for letting us know!
We had a nice fall day today so BBQ. Tried this coconut lime chicken, glad I did. Delicious flavours.
As always thank you for all the time you put in.
I made this with shrimp and my adults kids, who love anything curry. Thanks to the reviews, I did stain the sauce, it was not curdled, but straining did remove some grittiness, the resulting sauce was smooth. This recipe is going on my list of keepers.
May 9, 2015 Made this for dinner. Followed recipe but added 1Tablespoon of Sriracha. Marinated about 4 hours and kept out sauce for dipping. It was delicious ! Company worthy! We had a whole wheat couscous salad with avocados & lime vinaigrette, In my keeper pile.
Hi Jamie,
Thanks so much for taking the time to let us know your good results. I love your modifications and your menu too.
If the sauce looks curdled I would just strain it through a fine strainer. I've had that happen with other sauces that were first used as marinades. I'm thinking it's from the protein in the chicken but straining should take care of it.
I made this for dinner this evening and it was just wonderful. Very flavourful and moist. But the sauce looked like it curdled a little bit whereas in the photos, yours looks quite smooth. It still tasted delicious, but I was wondering if you knew what I might have done to cause it to curdle? Thanks so much!
Awesome recipe!I tried making it today, but I didn't have coconut milk so I used cream of coconut instead and omitted the oil part. It came out just perfect 🙂
Thanks for posting.
Peace,
The chicken looks juicy and tender, and combination of lime and coconut must have made it divine!
Glad to find your blog 🙂
Chris, thank you so much. I did put the salt in the marinade. The chicken and the sauce was so awesome. Thank you for sharing and making such simple yet delicious recipes. Look forwards every other day to see what's cookin.
The recipe still says half a teaspoon of salt twice in addition to the sea salt??
Actually the 1/2 teaspoon salt goes in the marinade and then the chicken is sprinkled with a bit more salt before grilling. Thanks for noticing this - I fixed the recipe! 🙂
Chris , do you add the salt to the marinade or after the chicken is off the grill? Thank you
Chris, the salt goes into the chicken marinade or after cooking the chicken on the grill? Thank you
Madonna, I don't have a good suggestion for an alternative to soy sauce. Fish sauce is a great condiment imparting a salty flavor but not like soy, so sorry!
Chris, Delicious flavor: lime, coconut... Those kabobs sure would be popular in my kitchen! I made some pies, come see it... 🙂
It looks and sounds amazing. Love all those flavors. So I guess I will be making chicken this week 🙂 And I will probably lick my plate too.
I have made these before and everyone...they are as delicious as she says. A must try. Awesome recipe Chris.
I keep chicken breasts in my freezer all the time. With the rest of the ingredients in my pantry, I only need limes to make this terrific sounding chicken.
Thank you, Chris!
Oh my, Chris! We just made these for dinner - you did not exaggerate their deliciousness one bit! Thank you for sharing such a unique & delicious recipe. My post with link-back to follow soon.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Do you have a suggestion for a substitute for the soy sauce? I would so love to try this, but I am soy-sensitive. I miss this type of food so much. I just keep thinking if I ask the right person I will find an alternative.
Hi, this chicken kabobs look awesome, love the combination.
Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Have a nice weekend.
It does sound lick-your-plate good!
Gorgeous kabobs! Sauce sounds great too. (Is that crsytal a candle holder?)
A lovely recipe to make tho' I'll probably raise the curry/chilli amounts just a tad 🙂 ! Personally use thigh fillets more than breast - think they cook juicier and, here in Oz, are oft cheaper to buy 🙂 !
I love kabobs and these look really nice Chris:)
Chicken added! Actually I already have some in the freezer so I just need to add coconut milk. Yum!
Hi Chris, I'm so glad that I backtracked to my previous post to see your kind comment!
Sorry for just now replying back and commenting...as you know, we had tropical Isaac in our back yards...literally, here in S. Florida for at least 1 wk. of heavy winds, and downpouring rain. Now that I can focus better, I've been taking more time to check my previous comments.
First, and foremost, I adore your sweet, and happy blog...love the story about how you adapted the title of your blog, and I'm sitting here, drooling over your amazing, delicious and beautiful chicken kabobs which I have pinned already, and are printing out the recipe to make soon...maybe for Labor Day!
I am following your blog now, and also will put your blog on my blog list not wanting to miss one post from you!
Lizzie
(mine is with the ie at the end)
Hugs,
You had me at sriracha, yum. Those avocado slices look perfect too, I gotta grab some this weekend before they are out of season.
Una gran receta de Ă©xito absolutamente sabrosa ,abrazos hugs,hugs.
My husband just said this week he wanted to make chicken kabobs and here they are!
Looks amazingly delicious! I can't wait to try it. Thanks for sharing!
Jen @ http://oursoutherntable-jen.blogspot.com/
Jasmine rice is an excellent side with these kabobs. Thankfully, chicken breasts are always on my list.
I will, I will. It looks soooooo good! Really for anythime of year, this recipe looks perfect!
A Fine Cooking recipe; it figures. Those rarely go wrong, do they. It looks absolutely delicious and yes, the ingredients in the sauce do make it seem lick-your-plate yummy. I hope you have a fantastic weekend!
This sounds great and I already have the coconut milk! Happy Labor Day Weekend-enjoy:@)
I LOVE coconut and lime together, but everytime I hear or think of those words together, I think of that darn song, you put the lime in the coconut and shake it all up. Thats's probably not even the words, but thats what's in my head. Ok, it's 4:30am, I think I need coffee. Have a great weekend!!!
Beautiful! The flavors sound so delicious too!
These are beautiful kabobs! Nice combination of coconut & lime flavor is packed in the juicy chicken! Love how easily these can be prepared too. Have a wonderful long weekend!
These sound awesome. Coconut and curry are 2 of my favorite flavors, so I know I will love these. I am definitely going to be making them.
Thanks for sharing!
This looks so scrumptious! Love the coconut-lime combo!