Thai Coconut Lime Chicken
Thai Coconut Lime Chicken brings new life to plain chicken breasts. Full of coconut and lime flavor!
Friends. I’m sweating. Non stop.
We don’t have any AC, and it has been almost 100 degrees for the past week. So for the past 7 days I have been sporting a very shiny face. I’m hoping I’m coming off as looking “dewy”, but I’m pretty sure I’m coming off as “drenched.”
I keep finding excuses to open the fridge and the freezer, and lingering for much too long just to feel the coolness spilling out.
With hot temperatures like this, the thought of turning on my oven and heating up the house any more practically brings me to tears. No more heat!
Thank goodness for our outdoor grill. Otherwise we would be eating nothing but cold salads. And ice cubes.
I was getting bored with my standard plain grilled chicken, and wanted to create a recipe that would add some mouth watering flavors. After spying a can of coconut milk sitting in my pantry just begging to be used, this Thai coconut lime chicken recipe was born!
This Thai coconut lime chicken is made by marinating boneless, skinless chicken breasts in a delicious Thai marinade of coconut milk, lime zest, ginger, garlic, soy sauce and a little curry powder. When you’re grilling your coconut lime chicken, keep brushing it with the Thai marinade to get the maximum amount of flavor. Serve it sprinkled with freshly chopped cilantro, and you MUST serve it with my coconut lime rice.
If you love coconut, this is the dinner for you. Eating it will make you feel like you are enjoying dinner on a tropical island. I can almost feel the ocean breeze now.
Except, it’s just the fan in my window blowing warm air around the room. Is it winter yet?
Thai Coconut Lime Chicken
Ingredients
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts, I get my chicken from ButcherBox, which I highly recommend
- lime wedges for garnish
- cilantro leaves for garnish
Thai coconut lime marinade
- 13.5 ounce can coconut milk
- zest of 2 limes
- 1 garlic clove, grated or finely chopped
- 1 " piece of ginger, peeled and grated or finely chopped
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce, tamari for gluten free, or coconut aminos for paleo/Whole30
- 2 teaspoons curry powder
- pinch of salt and pepper
Instructions
- In a large baking dish or ziploc bag, make the Thai coconut lime marinade by combining all ingredients and stirring to combine. Add in the chicken breasts, and marinade for at least 30 minutes or up to 24 hours.
- Preheat your grill (or indoor grill pan) to medium high heat. Grill the chicken, and baste it with the marinate several times. Cook until the chicken is cooked thru, about 8 minutes per side. Discard the marinade after done basting.
- Serve the chicken warm, topped with cilantro leaves and lime wedges.
Notes
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39 Comments on “Thai Coconut Lime Chicken”
Have you tried this chicken marinated and served with the rainbow chopped salad. Was thinking of making this to serve for Mother’s Day.Â
Oh my goodness that sounds like the perfect Mother’s Day menu Jennifer! A rainbow chopped salad sounds delicious!
2 different garlic requirements in the recipe? Did you mean a 1″ piece of ginger vs garlic ?
You are so right Lucy! My fault! I meant 1″ piece of ginger. I’ve fixed the recipe now so it is correct. Thank you for letting me know, I just hate typos! Hope you like this recipe if you try it. Perfect now that it’s grilling season!
The downer is no AC. But the upper is that you’ve got this chicken. Love coconut + lime. Great recipe, friend!
This sounds amazing . I’m using bone in chicken thighs. Hope that works!!
Bone in chicken thighs will work great! Would have even more flavor. I love bone in chicken thighs, such moist and flavorful chicken. Hope you loved it!
They were delicious. Thank you for the recipe!!!
No AC and it is that hot?! You poor thing!! Turning on the oven in that kind of heat is definitely NO FUN!!! This chicken though? Lots of fun! I love the flavors you used!! Coconut and lime and cilantro are three of my favorite things! Hope you had a fab weekend, and are staying cool!
Oh NO!! I can’t believe you have no AC in that heat! I think I would just melt and eat popsicles all day. I hope it starts to cool down soon for you! We have had our AC on non-stop since summer hit and I can’t even imagine what it would be like without it. Stay cool, Natalie!!
I’m loving these coconut lime recipes! They sound awesome and I can’t wait to try this chicken on the grill, I think my husband would love it so much too!
yum.. that thai marinade is definitely one i will be recreating in my kitchen. looks delicious!
can we just take one minute to talk about the absolute ABSURDITY that is no AC in california? i do not understand.
Oh, I totally know the feeling, Nathalie! I experienced summer temperatures well over 100 when I was living in Greece and just used to eat salad after salad after salad!
This chicken sounds a bit to die for! I absolutely love all of those flavours and I bet this is a really quick dinner, too. Pinning this one!
saw this on fbk the other day and have been anxiously waiting to check it out – yum!! pinning :)