Key West Grilled Chicken with Cilantro-Lime Cauliflower Rice

Key West Grilled Chicken with Cilantro-Lime Cauliflower Rice is light, healthy, and full of fresh flavors. Sizzling chicken meets refreshing fruit salsa in this easy dish.

Prep Time 1

Cook Time 20

Total Time 1 20

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword dairy free, gluten free, low carb

Method Grilling

Servings

Calories 435kcal

Ingredients

For the Key West Grilled Chicken:

1/4 cup gluten free reduced-sodium Tamari or soy sauce if not GF
1/4 cup honey
3 Tablespoons vegetable oil
3 Tablespoons fresh lime juice ~2 limes
3 garlic cloves smashed and peeled
1/2 jalapeno seeded
4 chicken breasts ~2lbs, pounded to an even thickness

For the Mango Salsa:

1 mango chopped
1/2 jalapeno seeded and minced
2 green onions chopped
1 clove garlic pressed or minced
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
1 lime
salt and pepper

For the Cilantro-Lime Cauliflower Rice:

6 cups shredded cauliflower ~1 head cauliflower, could use frozen cauliflower rice
4 teaspoons vegetable oil
salt
1 - 2 Tablespoons fresh lime juice
1/4 cup chopped cilantro

Instructions

For the Key West Grilled Chicken:

In a small bowl, whisk together tamari (or soy sauce), honey, vegetable oil, lime juice, and garlic. Add chicken breasts and jalapeno to a large ziplock bag then pour the marinade on top. Squish to coat chicken in marinade then refrigerate for 1 hour or up to 8 hours. Grill chicken over medium-high heat for 4-5 minutes a side, basting with the leftover marinade a few times as it grills.

For the Mango Salsa:

Combine all salsa ingredients in a bowl. Refrigerate until ready to use.

For the Cilantro-Lime Cauliflower Rice:

Grate cauliflower using the grating blade on a food processor, or by hand with a flat or box grater. Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat then add cauliflower, season with salt, and saute until cauliflower is tender and golden brown, 8-10 minutes. Turn off the heat then add 1 Tablespoon lime juice and cilantro. Taste then add more lime juice if desired.
Scoop cooked Cilantro-Lime Cauliflower Rice onto plates then top with chicken and mango salsa and serve.

Notes

To make all three components of this recipe you'll need 1 bunch cilantro, 1 jalapeno, and 4 limes.

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