This recipe comes from The Pioneer Woman's second book: Food From My Frontier.
The official recipe is Tequila Lime Chicken, but as we didn't have any tequila on hand, I just added some sugar instead. Not a lot, just enough to give a hint of sweetness to the marinade. This went great with Mexican Rice and some refried beans!
This was super easy to make, and the chicken didn't taste too Mexican-y, so you could pair it with just about anything.
Without further ado:
Sweet Lime Chicken with Mexican Rice
<<Fanfare plays in the background>>
The Crew (Imagine a package of chicken) I have realized that I'm not very good about putting all my ingredients in the picture (probably because I have a hard time reading directions all the way through)
Cut the limes in half (obviously)
Squeeze the juice from the limes into a food processor
Add the garlic
And the red pepper flakes
And the cilantro
Add some olive oil (and I added just a spoonful of sugar, or you would add the tequila)
Blend until combined
Throw the chicken in with the marinade. Let it marinate for at least 2 hrs, but up to overnight
Grill the chicken!
And there you have Tequila/Sweet Lime Chicken!
Now onto the Mexican rice! I did my rice a little differently, as the brown rice takes about an hour to cook, I just threw the rice into my rice cooker and let it go.
The Crew (I think I included everything this time!)
Chop up the garlic
And the onion
Add some oil to a big pan (I Used a wok)
Cook the onion and garlic until soft
Add the whole tomatoes and the tomatoes with chiles
Add the rice, and let it simmer for about 10-ish minutes so that the flavors can mingle. (If it gets too dry, you can add 1/2 C of more water at a time)
And there you have it! Tequila Lime Chicken and Mexican Rice
It was Delicious!
Just a heads up, the tomatoes with chiles add quite a bit of heat, and the rice recipe makes about 8-10 servings as opposed to 6. That turned out to be quite a surprise!
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