Ingredients
Scale
Chicken
- 5-6 medium boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 1 Tb cinnamon
- 1 Tb chili powder
- 1 Tb brown sugar
- 1 Tb unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 Tb freshly ground black pepper
- 1 Tb balsamic vinegar
- 3 Tb olive oil
Butter
- 1/4 C salted butter
- 1 1/2 serrano chilis, minced with the seeds
- 1/4 C onion, minced
- fresh juice of 1 lime
Instructions
In a large bag combine all of the spice coating ingredients and smoosh to blend well. Add the chicken to the spice mixture, squish it around to make sure all the pieces are covered with the spice coating and allow the chicken to marinate for a few hours or overnight. Preheat oven to 450F. Line a baking pan with foil and spray with cooking spray. Lay the chicken breast pieces with what would have been the skin-side up, on the pan and bake for 15-20 minutes until cooked through. Allow to rest for 10 minutes before slicing.
While the chicken is resting, in a small bowl combine the melted butter, lime juice, minced Serrano & onion. Drizzle the lime butter over the chicken pieces and garnish with fresh lime slices.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 chicken breast
- Calories: 401
- Sugar: 1g
- Sodium: 1539mg
- Fat: 19g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 7g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 55g
- Cholesterol: 160mg
12 comments
I’m printing off this recipe right now and will try this. The combination of flavors intrigues me. Cinnamon and cocoa and then lime. Interesting.
I bet people just smiled at your 3-year-old her enthusiasm.
This looks just delicious! And no need to be embarrassed. As the mother of three who have long since grown and flown, I absolutely adore it when small fry talk to me in the graocery line or at the public library or in line at the bank or, or, or … I miss those days with little ones! Now, if my own would just find their soulmates and start producing grandchildren, I’d be a happy camper …
This recipe is AMAZING! I made it exactly as the directions states but I couldn’t find a serrano pepper in either grocery store I visited. Instead, I used a jalapeno pepper and it worked perfectly fine! My husband liked it so much, it may be come my new default easy chicken recipe! Thank you for sharing 🙂
My family loved this chicken. I knew, based on the ingredients, we would either love it or hate it. I didn’t have any chilis so I used a dash of cayenne pepper and it was very nice. I also grilled it on my gas grill which added a Smokey flavor.
Thanks so much for the intriguing recipe. I’m tying it tonight with a group of friends for the LSU football game.
If you’re hesitate to try this recipe – don’t be. It was one of the BEST chicken recipes I’ve ever made; and I cook chicken a lot! Thanks so much for this recipe. I’ve found a new family favorite!
*Hesitant*
This recipe is killer !
So glad you enjoyed it Rich! I hope you can find some more recipes to give a try -Carole
Hi! I can’t see the instructions for this recipe, not sure if I am missing something?
Hey Abby! Thanks for the heads up. Not sure what happened but the instructions are back on there again. Enjoy!
Made this for my partner when we had fresh serrano peppers we grew and needed a recipe to use them in. Needless to say it was a HIT! Now preparing to make it again for my group of friends game night tomorrow. Thank you so much for this recipe!!