Tequila Lime Grilled Chicken #MexicanRecipes

      I hope you are enjoying #MexicanRecipes week as much as I am. I just love all of the inspiration! Since we started off the week with a side dish, I thought we better do a main dish as well.  Of course I love just about anything wrapped in a tortilla, but I figured with all of the carbs in the Mexican Street Corn Barley Salad I should probably take it easy on the entree. Besides, it's grilling season and we better take advantage while the getting is good!

     So I decided to riff on one of my favorite Mexican inspired dinners, tequila lime chicken. In reality it's probably quite a bit different than what I've had out, starting with the yogurt.  We just love how tender and juicy yogurt seems to make grilled chicken. In fact the Lemon and Yogurt Marinated Grilled Chicken is one of our go to dinners. So I couldn't help but to stir some in here too. Otherwise it's a lot of what you might expect. Of course there's tequila and lime otherwise the name would just be awkward. I also added some lemon to up the citrus punch and jalapeno to make it interesting.

    Of course we were licking our fingers between bites of this goodness! We tend to like to grill drumsticks or thighs as we find them more succulent, but of course it would be good on chicken breasts as well.

     Now I'm dying to know what your favorite Mexican inspired dishes are!

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Tequila Lime Grilled Chicken

by Cooking With Carlee May-3-2017

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup tequila
• 1/2 cup lime juice
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1/2 cup plain yogurt
• 1 jalapeno, diced
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp ground black pepper
• 3-4 pounds chicken pieces

Instructions

Mix together all of the marinade ingredients. Pour marinade into a large zip top bag or container.Add chicken pieces and marinate for at least 4 hours or overnight.Discard marinade and grill over indirect heat until the center reaches 165 F on an instant read thermometer. Allow to rest for a few minutes and then serve.

Happy #MexicanRecipes
Let’s have a fiesta of Cinco de Mayo inspired recipes all week long!

• Tropical Fruit Salad from A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Taco Salad Boats from Palatable Pastime
• Shrimp Veracruz from the Tip Garden
• Tequila Lime Grilled Chicken from Cooking With Carlee
• Mexican Street Corn Salad from Caroline's Cooking
• Cilantro Lime Rice from Books n' Cooks
• Frozen Peach Margaritas from Family Around the Table

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