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How to Make Sweet Chili Lime Chicken with Cilantro Couscous - A Step-by-Step Guide

Sweet Chili Lime Chicken with Cilantro Couscous is a delicious and flavorful dish that is perfect for a weeknight dinner or entertaining guests. The combination of sweet and spicy flavors, along with the tangy lime and fresh cilantro, creates a dish that is sure to impress.

This recipe is easy to prepare and requires simple ingredients that you likely already have in your pantry. The tender and juicy chicken is marinated in a sweet chili lime sauce, then grilled to perfection. The cila...

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Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, cubed
  • 1 pinch monosodium glutamate (such as Ac'cent®), or to taste
  • 6 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 6 tablespoons brown sugar
  • ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes, or more to taste
  • 1 lime, juiced and zested
  • 2 cups vegetable broth
  • 1 cup couscous
  • ⅓ cup chopped cilantro
  • 4 wedges lime for garnish

Information

  • Prep Time: 15 mins
  • Cook Time: 15 mins
  • Additional Time: 5 mins
  • Total Time: 35 mins
  • Servings: 4
  • Yield: 4 servings

  • Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir chicken breast cubes in the hot oil until the juices run clear and chicken is no longer pink inside, 5 to 6 minutes. Sprinkle chicken with monosodium glutamate as it cooks. Remove chicken from skillet.
  • Mix soy sauce, brown sugar, red pepper flakes, lime juice, and lime zest in a bowl, stirring to dissolve sugar. Pour sauce into hot skillet, bring to a boil, and reduce heat to low. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until sauce begins to reduce slightly, 3 to 4 minutes. Mix cooked chicken into sauce and cook until sauce forms a glaze on chicken pieces, about 2 to 3 more minutes, stirring often.
  • Bring vegetable broth to a boil in a saucepan. Stir couscous into vegetable broth, turn off the heat, and let couscous stand until broth is absorbed, about 5 minutes. Stir cilantro into couscous.
  • Arrange couscous onto a serving platter, top with chicken and sauce, and serve with lime wedges. Squeeze lime wedges over couscous and chicken before serving.

    • Nutrition

    380 cal.

    • Total Fat: 6g
    • Saturated Fat: 1g
    • Cholesterol: 59mg
    • Sodium: 1675mg
    • Total Carbohydrate: 52g
    • Dietary Fiber: 3g
    • Total Sugars: 22g
    • Protein: 28g
    • Vitamin C: 8mg
    • Calcium: 60mg
    • Iron: 2mg
    • Potassium: 334mg

    Categories

    Chicken recipes
    Sweet recipes
    Chili recipes
    Lime recipes
    Cilantro recipes