Best Grilled Sesame Lime Chicken Breasts Recipes

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GRILLED SESAME LIME CHICKEN BREASTS



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Brining chicken breasts in a soy sauce and fish sauce marinade flecked with lime adds flavor and helps retain moisture while they are on the grill. Chicken breasts do particularly well when pounded into an even thickness and cooked quickly over a hot fire, which chars the exterior but keeps them juicy inside. But if you or anyone in your clan would prefer dark meat to white, this recipe will also work with boneless, skinless thighs, though you might have to add a minute or so to the cooking time. Or use a combination of breasts and thighs. Serve these with a cucumber salad and grilled eggplant in the heart of summer.

Provided by Melissa Clark

Categories     dinner, easy, quick, barbecues, main course

Time 1h30m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 11

4 (6-ounce) boneless, skinless chicken breasts
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 teaspoons Asian-style fish sauce
1 (2-inch) piece ginger, peeled and grated
3 garlic cloves, grated
2 limes, as needed
2 tablespoons peanut oil, more for grill
Sesame oil, as needed
Coarsely chopped cilantro, for garnish
Thinly sliced red or green chilies, seeded, for garnish (optional)

Steps:

  • Place chicken breasts between two sheets of parchment or plastic wrap. Using a mallet or rolling pin, pound each to an even thickness of 1/2 inch. Do not make them any thinner or they could dry out.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together soy sauce, fish sauce, ginger and garlic. Grate in zest of 1 lime and squeeze in its juice. Whisk in peanut oil. Place chicken breasts in bowl and turn breasts well to evenly coat with mixture. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour and up to 4 hours. Remove chicken from fridge while you heat the grill.
  • Light the grill, building a hot fire, or heat your gas grill to high. Once grill is fully heated, brush breasts lightly with peanut oil and place chicken on the grill. Cook until undersides are browned and chicken is about halfway cooked, 3 to 5 minutes. Flip breasts and grill until cooked through, 3 to 5 minutes more.
  • Transfer chicken to a platter. Drizzle with sesame oil; garnish with lime juice and cilantro, and chiles if desired.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 323, UnsaturatedFat 10 grams, Carbohydrate 7 grams, Fat 15 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 40 grams, SaturatedFat 3 grams, Sodium 755 milligrams, Sugar 1 gram, TransFat 0 grams

GRILLED SESAME & LIME CHICKEN BREASTS (NY TIMES)



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Categories     Chicken     Grill/Barbecue

Number Of Ingredients 7

4 pieces Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
2 tablespoons Soy Sauce
2 teaspoons Asian-style Fish Sauce
1 tablespoon Minced Ginger
3 cloves Minced Garlic
2 pieces Limes
2 tablespoons Peanut Oil

Steps:

  • Flatten chicken breasts with mallet.
  • In a bowl, whisk soy sauce, fish sauce, ginger and garlic. Grate in zest of one lime and squeeze in its juice. Whisk in peanut oil. Place chicken in the bowl and coat breasts. Cover and refrigerate from 1-4 hours.
  • When ready to grill, remove chicken from fridge, brush them lightly with peanut oil and grill 3-5 minutes per side until done. When done drizzle with sesame oil, lime juice and cilantro.

GRILLED SESAME LIME CHICKEN BREASTS



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Courtesy of Melissa Clark of the New York Times

Provided by Richard Hoover

Categories     Chicken

Time 35m

Number Of Ingredients 10

4 6 oz. chicken breasts
2 Tbsp soy sauce
2 tsp asian-style fish sauce
1 2" piece ginger, peeled & grated
2 clove grated garlic
2 limes
2 Tbsp peanut oil + more for grilling
sesame oil, as needed
cilantro for garnish
thinly sliced red or green chiles for garnish (optional)

Steps:

  • 1. Place chicken breasts between two sheets of parchment or plastic wrap. Using a mallet or rolling pin, pound each to an even thickness of 1/2". Do not make any thinner or they could dry out.
  • 2. In a large bowl, whisk together soy sauce, fish sauce, ginger and garlic. Grate the zest of 1 lime and squeeze in its juice. Whisk in peanut oil. Place chicken breasts in bowl and turn breasts well to evenly coat with mixture. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour and up to 4 hours. remove chicken from fridge while you heat the grill.
  • 3. Light the grill, building a hot fire, or heat your gas grill to high. Once the grill is fully heated, brush breasts lightly with peanut oil and place chicken on the grill. Cook until undersides are browned and chicken is about halve way cooked. Flip breasts and grilled until cooked though, 3 to 5 minutes more.
  • 4. Transfer chicken to a platter. Drizzle with sesame oil, garnish with lime juice and cilantro and chiles if desired.

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