Honey Lime Chicken With Balsamic Glazed Grilled Pineapple and Mango Recipe
For this week’s recipe, I decided to work on finding a chicken recipe that will help me remove the need for the BBQ sauce that I use with my plain grilled chicken. It’s one of the last processed foods I eat and I know that it has some added sugar which I don’t want at all in my new healthy lifestyle.
After a good bit of research, I came across two recipes that go great together to create one pretty spectacular dish! The bit of honey ties the chicken and fruit together perfectly. I made each recipe twice: first with the original ingredients and second with my edits to reduce a good bit of the honey (I used organic Texas honey).
The great news is that the updated recipe below tastes great, the chicken is moist and juicy. I have eaten it twice without the need for any BBQ sauce! Score one for the home team! The chicken alone would also be great in a salad as the honey and lime will give a bit of pop to a plain salad.
The Honey Lime Chicken With Balsamic Glazed Grilled Pineapple and Mango recipe below serves two and prep time was about 12-14 minutes and total cook time was 15 minutes.
Ingredients for Chicken
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Ingredients for Grilled Fruit
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Preparation :
Honey-Lime Chicken: Combine all ingredients (except the chicken) in a bowl and place marinade and chicken in a zip-top bag. Place bag in fridge for up to 24 hours (I marinaded for 12 hours). Grill chicken until completely cooked. I found that using a thicker chicken breast worked better than the butterfly-cutlets I generally use for grilled chicken.
Grilled Fruit: In a small saucepan over high heat, boil the balsamic vinegar for 5 minutes to reduce by half; transfer to a bowl. Add butter, honey, stevia, mint or basil and salt and whisk until smooth and blended. Place pineapple and mango onto skewers, lightly brush the balsamic glaze and grill until browned. I suggest going way light on the glaze during the grilling. I used a grill pan and as you can see in the image below, the fruit came out grilled to perfection. Serve with remaining balsamic glaze on the side.
The original grilled pineapple and mango with balsamic glaze recipe is from Whole Foods. The original chicken recipe is from The Enchanted Cook. Thanks to both sites for their inspiration!
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