Grilled Chicken with Fresh Salsa

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recipe by Octopus Publishing https://octopusbooks.co.uk/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    16mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    4
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    242
based on 9 ratings

Grilled chicken with a fresh, colourful salsa. Butterflied chicken breasts cook quickly on the BBQ and are less likely to overcook, and all you need is a good pair of kitchen scissors. The zingy salsa is packed with fresh flavours that take plain chicken to new and delicious heights.

recipe updated Feb 17, 2022

Ingredients

  • Red onion icon
    Red onion
    1
  • Tomato icon
    Tomato
    2
  • Cucumber icon
    Cucumber
    1
  • Fresh chili icon
    Fresh chili
    1
  • Cilantro icon
    Cilantro
    9 g
  • Lime icon
    Lime
    1
  • Chicken breast icon
    Chicken breast
    2
  • Olive oil icon
    Olive oil
    3 tablespoons
  • Salt & pepper icon
    Salt & pepper
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon Grill
  • kCook icon Plate
  • kCook icon Medium bowl

Step preview

  1. Add chicken breast to a clean plate
  2. Cut each breast in half lengthways but without cutting the whole way through.
  3. Flatten and brush with olive oil
  4. Season with salt & pepper generously
  5. Grill each side until golden brown - approx 3 min
  6. Add red onion, tomato, cucumber, fresh chili, cilantro and lime to a clean medium bowl
  7. Mix together
  8. Season
  9. Serve chicken hot with spicy salsa spooned over and around. Garnish with lime
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