Broiled Chicken Recipes
Pepper-Lime Chicken
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients
Chicken
- 2 to 2 1/2 pound meaty chicken pieces (breasts, thighs and drumsticks)
Pepper-Lime Glaze
- 1/2 teaspoon finely shredded lime peel
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- 1 tablespoon vegetable or olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme or basil, crushed
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
Chicken
- Rinse chicken; pat dry. Place chicken pieces, skin side down, on the unheated rack of a broiler pan.
- Broil 4 to 5 inches from the heat for about 20 minutes or until lightly browned. Meanwhile, prepare Pepper-Lime Glaze.
Pepper-Lime Glaze
- In a bowl stir together lime peel, lime juice, oil, garlic, black pepper, thyme or basil and salt.
- Brush chicken with glaze. Turn chicken; brush with more glaze.
- Broil for 5 to 15 minutes more or until tender and no longer pink, brushing often with glaze during the last 5 minutes of cooking.