Goddess Chicken with Cilantro Lime Dressing
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Recipe type: Main Dish
Cuisine: Mediterranean
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Serves: 4 servings
 
Chicken Thighs slathered with a Cilantro Lime Dressing and Pineapple Salsa
Ingredients
For the chicken marinade
  • 4 bone in chicken thighs
  • 1 cup fresh cilantro
  • ½ cup Italian parsley
  • 1 fresh jalapeno, seeds removed (for less heat, use just ½)
  • 2 Tb honey
  • 3 fresh garlic cloves
  • 2 Tb red onion
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 1 tsp kosher salt plus more to taste
  • ½ tsp ground pepper
  • juice of 1 lime
For the Pineapple Salsa
  • 1 cup diced pineapple
  • 2 Tb red diced red onion
  • 1 chopped jalapeno
  • ¼ cup fresh cilantro
  • juice from ½ lime
  • kosher salt to taste
Instructions
For the chicken
  1. Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees
  2. Combine all ingredients (except for chicken!) in a food processor.
  3. Set aside ¼ cup of marinade.
  4. Soak chicken in the rest and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, up to 4 hours.
  5. Remove chicken from marinade, shake off excess and put in a baking dish with a drizzle of olive oil.
  6. Bake for 45 minutes.
  7. Top with extra cilantro lime dressing and pineapple salsa.
For the salsa
  1. Combine ingredients and keep refrigerated until ready to serve.
Recipe by What's On Parker's Plate at https://parkersplate.com/goddess-chicken-with-cilantro-lime-dressing/