Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, chipotle cilantro lime grilled chicken. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have chipotle cilantro lime grilled chicken using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Chipotle Cilantro Lime Grilled Chicken:
- Take 4 pounds chicken legs- (12 legs)
- Make ready As needed salt and pepper
- Take 2 ounces oil
- Get 2-3 tablespoons chipotle peppers in adobo sauce (add 2 two start and if you want more add more after you taste it :)
- Take 4 cloves garlic
- Take 4 tablespoons cilantro leaves only
- Make ready 1 each lime- zested first…. then juiced – add both to the marinade
- Get 1 teaspoon oregano
- Get 2 teaspoons brown sugar
- Take 3/4 teaspoon salt
- Take 1/2 teaspoon paprika
Steps to make Chipotle Cilantro Lime Grilled Chicken:
- Season chicken legs lightly with salt and pepper.
- Puree (In a blender for 2 minutes) the remaining ingredients and marinade the chicken legs for at least 4 hours up to the day before.
- Take the chicken out of the marinade and reserve the remaining marinade for later
- On a clean and well lubricated grill with a medium to medium high heat grill until the chicken reaches 170 degrees internal temperature.
- As you grill it towards the end, brush with the leftover marinade let cook additional 5 minutes to insure it is fully cooked.
- You also can grill for about 10 minutes and get the color and grill marks. Then finish in A 350 degree oven for 20 minutes or until they reach 170 ⁰ F. internal temperature.
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