Tomatillo Key Lime Chicken Sizzle

Tomatillo Key Lime Chicken Sizzle is a delicious party of flavors with freshly roasted tomatillo salsa topping for the grilled key lime marinated chicken breasts. 

Wow, just the title is a mouth full....Tomatillo Key Lime Chicken Sizzle but it is so delicious and it takes only 30 minutes. When tomatillos are roasted, they become more sweet and fruity. Just like in our vegetarian tamales, the tomatillo salsa take this chicken to the next level. This bite is for you!

What's to Love

We know the holidays are around the corner but what are you going to make for dinner the other 364 days of the year???  Tomatillo Key Lime Chicken Sizzle is a delicious recipe to rock out on Taco Tuesdays, parties, gatherings or just an easy nutritious week day meal. We served our meal with a quick and easy chopped cabbage, carrot and onion coleslaw with a cumin spiced vinaigrette.

Tomatillo Key Lime Chicken Sizzle is a delicious low carb, gluten-free and cardiac friendly meal.  Dairy free options available in the recipe instructions below.

Tomatillos

Tomatillos, if you are not familiar with them are Mexican husk tomato (or sometimes also called a jam berry) and have a tart, fruity, and slightly herbal flavor when roasted. If eaten raw they are more acidic in flavor.

Tomatillos are not green tomatoes. They actually come from a different nightshade plant and are covered with a paper husk. If you cannot find tomatillos at the market, you can substitute green tomatoes but it may be more tart and need additional seasonings.

Roasted Tomatillo Salsa

The roasted tomatillo salsa has a lot of action packed flavors going on, almost like a little party in your mouth. Chicken can be BORING but that is where sauces come to the rescue to brighten this ordinary protein and take it to the next level. Our 3 minute Vegan Sun Dried Tomato Pesto rocks drizzled over grilled chicken breasts too.

Favorite Sauce

We might have just accidentally created one of our favorite little sauces to hit the menu in Healthy World Cuisine. Roasted Tomatillo and Key Lime Cilantro green chili sauce is good all on its own but we decided to kick it up one more notch. Roasting any vegetables really adds some depth of flavor and sweetens the tomatillo and it gives the green chilies some natural smoky flavors.

The fresh key lime and the cilantro adds a little sparkle. Then if that was not enough, we added a dab of butter and cream to make it smooth and creamy. You can thank us later...

Roasted Tomatillo and Key Lime Cilantro Green Chili Sauce is the perfect accompaniment to anything grilled. Grilled Chicken, Grilled fish, grilled tofu and any grilled vegetables just rock with a little of this zesty and creamy sauce.

However the best part of this dish is that it is the perfect weeknight quick and easy dish that you can make in the winter in a grill pan or in good weather on the outside grill.

This sauce can be made in advance and put in the refrigerator or freezer for later use or even canned like salsa. If you marinade your chicken before you leave for work in the morning, you can have a full complete meal fit for a king in less than 30 minutes. Keep on reading to find out how to make this delicious Roasted Tomatillo and Key Lime Cilantro Salsa Chicken Sizzle...

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Tomatillo Key Lime Chicken Sizzle

Tomatillo Key Lime Chicken Sizzle is a delicious party of flavors with freshly roasted tomatillo salsa topping for the grilled key lime marinated chicken breasts.

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Course: Mains

Cuisine: Tex Mex

Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes minutes

Servings: 4

Calories: 550kcal

Author: HWC Magazine

Ingredients

Roasted Tomatillo Salsa

• ▢ 6-8 whole tomatillo remove the outer casing, wash ((alternatives are green tomatoes, canned tomatillos, or even gooseberry and green pepper combo)
• ▢ 5 pearl onions or 1 small onion (whole do not peel)
  
• ▢ 2-3 serrano peppers
  large cut in half (do not peel)
• ▢ 4-5 whole garlic do not peel
• ▢ 2 tablespoon olive oil
• ▢ salt and pepper
  to taste
• ▢ 1 tablespoon key lime juice
  or regular lime
• ▢ ½ cup cilantro
  (coriander) fresh chopped
• ▢ ¼ cup olive oil
  
• ▢ 2 teaspoon butter
  (or non-dairy margarine if you have dairy issues)
• ▢ ⅓ cup heavy cream
  or nondairy creamer

Chicken breasts

• ▢ 4 chicken breasts
  skinless and boneless
• ▢ 1 teaspoon paprika
  
• ▢ 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  
• ▢ salt and pepper
  to taste
• ▢ 1 teaspoon key lime zest
  or regular lime zest
• ▢ cilantro
  (coriander)to garnish - optional
• ▢ limes fresh wedges to garnish - optional

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Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 204 degrees Celsius. (400 degrees F)
• Remove husks from the tomatillos and wash well.
• On a parchment (wax) paper lined baking sheet put the chiles, garlic, onion and tomatillos. Season with a little olive oil, and salt and pepper, to taste.
• Put on vegetables a rack about 1 or 2 inches from the heat, and cook, turning the vegetables once, until softened and slightly charred, about 5 to 7 minutes. Keep a close eye on them so they do not burn.
• When cool enough to handle, squeeze the garlic pulp from the roasted garlic into your food processor and discard the skin of the garlics, and pull off the tops of the chiles, remove the seeds and peel peppers and place in the food processor, discard the skin. Squeeze the the tops of delicious roasted tomatillos and allow the internal tomatillo pulp to go into the food processor but discard the skin. Add all the broiled ingredients(tomatillos, Serrano chili, garlic and onion) to a blender along with the fresh cilantro, lime salt and pepper to taste and a bit of olive oil and puree.
• Put the Roasted Tomatillo and Key Lime Cilantro Salsa aside. At this point you can put in refrigerator for later use, can the salsa or freeze it once it cools down.
• Marinate chicken breasts with olive oil, fresh garlic, salt, pepper, paprika and a little lime zest and set in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes up to 24 hours to marinade.
• Grill chicken breasts over medium heat for about 4-5 minutes each side or until the juices run clear. (depends on how thick your chicken breasts are) We like to cut our chicken breasts lengthwise so they are thinner and cook quicker.
• Put the Roasted Tomatillo and Key Lime Cilantro Salsa in a small sauce pan on low heat and add 2 hearty teaspoons of butter and drizzle in about ¾ cup of soy cream and salt and pepper to taste.
• Serve your sizzling grilled chicken with a drizzle of the Roasted Tomatillo and Key Lime Cilantro Salsa and bring a smile to your families' faces. Garnish with fresh cilantro and fresh limes as desired.

Notes

Roasted Tomatillo and Key Lime Cilantro Green Chili Sauce is the perfect accompaniment to anything grilled. Grilled Chicken, Grilled fish, grilled tofu and any grilled vegetables just rock with a little of this zesty and creamy sauce. So make extra, you can thank us later. 

This sauce can be made in advance and put in the refrigerator or freezer for later use or even canned like salsa. We even love on top of our eggs and omelettes. 

If you marinade your chicken before you leave for work in the morning, you can have a full complete meal fit for a king in less than 30 minutes.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 550kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 49g | Fat: 36g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 177mg | Sodium: 292mg | Potassium: 946mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 831IU | Vitamin C: 10mg | Calcium: 33mg | Iron: 1mg

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