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Cilantro Lime Chicken Kebab - juicy chicken kebab marinated with cilantro, lime juice and garlic. The easiest and best chicken kebab recipe ever!
Summer comes early in my kitchen. Well, being here in California, we have been having warm weather since January, but I still can’t wait for the real summer to come.
There is a lot to look forward to, first of all, we will be going back to my hometown Penang, Malaysia for the entire summer in a few weeks time.
While I am away, Rasa Malaysia kitchen here in Irvine will be closed, and that’s why I have been developing new recipes and cooking up a storm before I head back.
I wanted to make sure that you will have fresh, new, easy and delicious summer recipes while I am gone.
I love chicken kebab, chicken satay, grilling, BBQ, cold drinks and summer parties, and I love cilantro lime chicken, so I have just the right recipe here to kick-start your summer months.
Cilantro lime chicken is well-loved by many, and when you thread the chicken into skewers and turn them into kebabs, you have the juiciest, mouthwatering, and extremely flavorful meat-on-a-stick that you just can’t stop eating.
Garlic, cilantro, lime, dried chili flakes and olive oil are all you need for this cilantro lime chicken kebab recipe. Marinate it for 30 minutes or up to 2 hours for the best flavors.
Fire up your grill and grill for about 10 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through or slightly charred. However, you can easily make these kebabs in an oven at 400F for about 15-20 minutes.
What is the best thing about serving food on skewers? There is nothing to clean up! Now that’s the kind of food I will eat all year long. Bon appetit!
Frequently Asked Questions
This recipe is only 86 calories per serving.
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Cilantro Lime Chicken Kebab
Equipment
- Bamboo skewers
Ingredients
- 1 lb (0.4kg) boneless and skinless chicken breast, cut into cubes
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons lime juice, freshly squeezed
- 1/2 teaspoon chili flakes
- 3 tablespoons cilantro leaves, chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 pinch paprika
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- lime wedges
Instructions
- Soak the bamboo skewers in cold water.
- Combine the chicken, garlic, lime juice, chili flakes, cilantro, salt, and paprika. Stir to ensure the chicken is well coated with the ingredients.
- Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil and stir to coat the chicken. Marinate for at least 30 minutes, or preferably for 2 hours.
- Thread 3 pieces of chicken onto the bamboo skewers. Fire up the grill and grill for about 10 minutes, basting the chicken with the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Remove from the grill once the chicken is cooked through and the surface is slightly charred. Serve immediately with lime wedges.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I’ve made this recipe several times since I found it last year. I have used the oven method of cooking the chicken and it works well. Just be careful to not overcook as it is easy to dry out. Since my first try I have doubled or tripled the recipe so I can freeze the rest in portions to use as our protein when we have large salads as our dinner. Thanks for your recipes Bee!!
Anne
Hi Anne, thanks for trying my cilantro lime chicken kebab recipe.
I made this recipe tonight, and it was fantastic! I made a couple of small changes, based on the ingredients I had at home. I showed your recipe and my changes on my website, onemissingingredient.com at http://www.onemissingingredient.com/cilantro-chile-lime-chicken/.
Thank you for the recipe and I can’t wait to make more of your recipes! Enjoy your summer trip.
Hi…thanks for trying my recipe!! :)
Hey, Bee! These kebabs look so amazingly delicious! I am such a fan of your site even before I started my blog. I remeber seeing the Nutella Pound Cake and the Randang! There are so many more! I so happy for your success and more power to you! :) Much love -Jhuls
I am such a fan of Rasamalaysia.com! I must cook something from your site at least once a week. So many of your recipes are fast, but when they do require marinade time, you do not list that time anywhere (15 minutes prep, 2 hours resting, 10 minutes cooking, for example). It has caught me unprepared a few times, when I am excited to try something, to realize I don’t have the time I thought I did. Would you please consider adding “inactive” time, or just a total time, such as 55 minutes to 2 hours, 25 minutes? Thank you for all you do!