Tequila Lime Chicken

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I've made this recipe many times over the past few years and, with minor tinkering, it has become a family favorite. Besides minor spice alterations to suit our tastes, the main change I have made is to add 1/3 cup of canola oil to the marinade. As I buy boneless, skinless chicken breasts, I think you need the oil to keep the meat moist when grilling. I think the oil is needed to offset the acidity of the marinade. I also boil the leftover marinade (to kill off the raw chicken bacteria and add 1 tbs cornstarch mixed with 1/4 C water in order to make a serving sauce. I serve the chicken with fresh steamed green beans and roasted sweet potatoes (or sweet potato fries. The sauce tastes fantastic on the side dishes as well. Delicious!

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I tried this recipe my husband and I love margaritas and thought tequila lime chicken sounded great! I marinated the chicken overnight like specified and grilled for dinner the following night. It was awful, all we could taste was the tequila. I will not make this again.

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Was very moist great weeknight meal, very easy

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this recipe was pretty good..really easy. It kind of just tastes like teryaki though, which i prefer to this. I also tried this on some shrimp which was good but you can only marinade it for about 10 minutes because its strong and begins to cook the shrimp with its acidity.

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I often make this dish for night where we have friends over to watch either baseball games or football games because it is just so easy. I do substitute chicken tenders for the bone-in pieces of chicken though. I find this makes it easier to just take off the grill and serve with less mess for my guests. I think that this is a fabulous dish and I highly recommend it!!!

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This has become one of my family's grilling favorites! The citrus, jalapenos and chili powder and good tangy flavor. The meat is always tender and I often use both skin on and bone in breasts and thighs - the marinade holds up to dark meat as well. I'm so glad Ina isn't afraid to use skin and bone to add flavor! I didn't realize how tasteless most boneless skinless chicken has become - especially the 'on sale' or house brands.

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I made this for a Baja 500 race party. It was a major hit! I've made it several times for dinner parties since and it gets gobbled up every time. I did add a little cilantro that I finely diced last time. i don't know that it added much to it except it looked cool.

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I made this a long time ago, but I thought I'd post a review while I was on the site......just for giggles. It was good and had an interesting flavor. I grilled half the chicken for dinner and the other half the next afternoon for lunch. My one piece of advice is to use caution when marinating. Don't leave it for too long (like overnight, because it will be like eating a tequila shot with your grilled chicken. I'm not sure if other people experienced this, but it was almost inedible. And maybe I used too much tequila (it is one of nature's wonderful gifts. Either way, I love Ina and really liked the chicken we grilled that evening.

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I just made this for family while on vacation. I whipped up the marinade and got the chicken in it before we went to beach. When it was time to make dinner, I simply had to grill the chicken and make sides. I used boneless, skinless because I had to work with an unknown market away from home with limited inventory, but they still turned out very moist and very, very flavorful. I employed a major shortcut by pairing it Near East Spanish Rice, and I have to say they went very nicely together if you're wanting to really save time and effort (like on vacation...and cooking for a mixed crowd of tastes, including children. I melted some low-fat, mexican blend cheese on top of the steaming rice, and it tasted great with the chicken. I have small kids, so I wanted to share this for anyone else who does. Sorry to all you purists, but sometimes a mom's gotta do what a mom's gotta do! I did complete the meal with a green salad with a homemade lemon-lime vinagrette. It was a great new way to make a griiled chicken dinner. Thanks, Ina, I'll be making this over and over!

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***********Best Grilled Chicken I Have Ever Made!!!!! Guest Loved It!!!!!!****************