Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, chipotle cilantro lime grilled chicken. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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To begin with this recipe, we have to 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:
- Prepare 4 pounds chicken legs- (12 legs)
- Get As needed salt and pepper
- Get 2 ounces oil
- Prepare 2-3 tablespoons chipotle peppers in adobo sauce (add 2 two start and if you want more add more after you taste it :)
- Take 4 cloves garlic
- Take 4 tablespoons cilantro leaves only
- Prepare 1 each lime- zested first…. then juiced – add both to the marinade
- Make ready 1 teaspoon oregano
- Make ready 2 teaspoons brown sugar
- Get 3/4 teaspoon salt
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon paprika
Instructions to make Chipotle Cilantro Lime Grilled Chicken:
- Season chicken legs lightly with salt and pepper.
- 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.
- Take the chicken out of the marinade and reserve the remaining marinade for later
- On a clean and well lubricated grill with a medium to medium high heat grill until the chicken reaches 170 degrees internal temperature.
- As you grill it towards the end, brush with the leftover marinade let cook additional 5 minutes to insure it is fully cooked.
- 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.
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