CILANTRO-LIME CHICKEN AND ZUCCHINI

CILANTRO-LIME CHICKEN AND ZUCCHINI image

Categories Chicken

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 9

 4 bone-in, skin-on, chicken thighs
 1 large lime
 2 Tbsp. chopped fresh cilantro
 1 Tbsp. ground coriander
 1 tsp. ground cumin
 2 tsp. sea salt
 1/2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
 3 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
 Zucchini-as many as you w

Steps:

Preheat oven to 375 In a small bowl, combine the coriander and cumin, sea salt, and pepper. Coat the chicken with the oil and season both sides with the spice mixture. Pan-fry the chicken on medium-high heat for 5 minutes on each side. Transfer to oven, and bake for 32 minutes. Small thighs may take only 30 minutes. Remove from the oven when done, and garnish with fresh-squeezed lime juice and chopped cilantro. Zucchini makes a great addition to this dish - I cut them in half lengthwise, season with olive oil and pepper, and put in the oven with the chicken when there are 16 minutes left. You will notice mine are a little brown on top...that is because once I removed them from the oven I returned them to the messy pan I had fried the chicken in and gave them a quick sizzle, just a couple of minutes in the hot pan will do! Drizzle the zucchini with the lime juice and cilantro. This dish could easily turn Italian by replacing the cilantro with parsley and the lime with lemon, and some of the spices with italian seasonings.