Margarita Chicken

By SuzyHomemakerGoneBad

This recipe was posted on recipegoldmine.com. Thanks, Debbie, for the recipe!

Ingredients

• Chicken:
• 1/2 cup frozen nonalcoholic margarita mix, thawed
• 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
• 1 clove garlic - crushed (or more)
• 3 pounds broiler or fryer chicken , cut up or 1 1/2 pounds skinless boneless chicken breast halves
• Coarse salt
• Pico de Gallo:
• 1 large tomato, cored, seeded, and coarsely chopped
• 1 white onion, coarsely chopped
• 2 limes, juiced
• 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Details

Servings 6
Adapted from recipegoldmine.com

Preparation

Step 1

Pico de Gallo:
Mix ingredients together and season, to taste, with salt and pepper.


Mix margarita mix, lime juice and garlic in a large resealable freezer plastic bag. Add chicken to bag. Seal and turn a few times to coat chicken. Refrigerate, turning bag occasionally. Marinate at least 1 hour, but no longer than 24 hours.

Remove chicken from bag and reserve marinade.

Place chicken on grill skin side up. Brush with marinade and sprinkle with some salt. Cover grill with lid and grill 5 to 6 inches from medium heat for 15 minutes.

Turn chicken, brush with remaining marinade and sprinkle with more salt. Cover and grill 20 to 40 minutes longer until chicken tests done.

Serves 6.

Per Serving (1 boneless, skinless chicken breast): 128 Calories; 1g Fat (10.5% calories from fat); 26g Protein; 1g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 66mg Cholesterol; 74mg Sodium

Exchanges: 3 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit

3 Weight Watchers points