CITRUS GRILLED CHICKEN & MELON SALSA

Posted by Carole-Anne on May 6, 2008

There is something so terrific about lime juice on chicken.  This recipe has it all for a  healthy  recipe – great taste, great for entertaining.

INGREDIENTS:

1lb chicken breasts

1/2 pepper

1 jalapeno pepper with seeds removed, thinly sliced

1/3 cup freshly squeezed lime juice

1 garlic clove, finely chopped

2 tsp reduced salt soy sauce

Mixed salad greens

MELON SALSA

1 large cucumber

1 cantaloupe, diced  1/4″ thick

2 tbsp thinly sliced fresh cut basil

lime juice of one freshly squeezed lime

1 tomato diced and cubed

basil to taste

1/2 jalapeno diced

To make salsa, halve the cucumbers lengthwise.  Remove seeds with the tip of a spoon and drag it the length of the cucumber piece; slice cucumber 1/4 inch thick.

Toss cucumber, cantaloupe, tomatoes, basil and jalapeno with lime juice in a medium bowl.  Set aside to meld the tasty ingredients together while we broil or barbecue the chicken.

NOW FOLLOW ME: 

Sprinkle chicken with pepper and finely chopped jalapeno.  Stir in 2 tbsp lime juice, garlic, soy sauce.  Turn chicken to marinate in sauce at room temperature for 15 minutes.

Preheat broiler or barbecue and coat with non-stick vegetable spray.  Discard marinade from chicken.

Cook chicken until juices run clear, about 5 minutes on each side, turning only once.

Move chicken to cutting board and cut breasts in diagonal strips about 1/4 in thick. 

Toss with mouth dripping  melon salsa. 

Divide healthy living salad greens on 4 plates and spoon chicken and melon mixture on top of each.

Incredible mouth dripping melon salsa chicken Healthy Recipe serves 4 people.