grilled chipotle chicken

Smoky, spicy and delicious, this Grilled Chipotle Chicken is bathed in the most flavorful marinade. Grill the chipotle chicken ahead and reheat on busy weeknights, or store it in the flavorful chipotle marinade, then fire up the grill after work. Use in burrito bowls, salads, tacos, or pasta. So EASY and oh so tasty!

Mexican Grilled Chipotle Chicken Recipe 

lbs chicken thighs

olive oil

chipotle peppers (canned) adobo sauce

garlic

shallot

cumin

coriander

chili powder

oregano

salt

Place marinade ingredients in a food processor and process into a paste. Place the chicken and marinade in a ziplock bag and massage well to mix and coat all sides well. (Or brush all sides well with marinade and place in a container.) Marinate 20 mins or up to 3 days.

Grill each side of chicken 6-7 minutes, or until good grill marks appear. Lower heat and move chicken to cooler side of the grill and continue to grill until chicken is cooked through and internal temperature reaches 165F.

Let it rest 5-10 mins before serving and squeeze with lime. Sprinkle with optional cilantro.

Oldie but goodie.   Love this grill chicken.  I’ve made it as a split chicken, thighs, drum sticks, wings and Breast are juicy not dried out.

This is my favorite new recipe this year. Absolutely fantastic. Don't be afraid to marinate it the entire three days!

PS.  Thanks, again, Sylvia.  My very-foodie friends (one owns a very popular restaurant in Vancouver, BC) said this was the best chicken they have ever had!

Excellent recipe! Made it for a potluck yesterday and it was a huge hit. Everyone asked me to share the recipe! Very very flavorful! Great for a summer BBQ!

This is the best! We served this to friends we had over and they loved it too. We both thought it was as good as any restaurant.

This was so delicious!!  i added a littel fesh lime juice to the marinade.  i love the rcipies on this site!  Thank you!!

So easy and flavorful.  I served it with avocado, cilantro and lime.  Loved how it came together so quickly and the family loved it.

So incredibly yummy.   I don’t normally take the time to write reviews, but I had to give credit where it was due!

Very good flavor, the only thing I did different was adding chipotle peppers. We’d like it spicy.

I had searched forever for a good spicy marinade after tasting this amazing tri tip we found at Costco... We've never seen it again but then I came across your recipe. I fudge it a little and add an entire can of chipotle chiles and measure garlic/spices by hand, but this is amazing. Try it on filet mignon if you want mouth watering amazement. Thank you thank you thank you.

I've made this 3 times in the space of 3 weeks and it always amazes! Thank you for this recipe!!

This chicken was absolutely delicious.  I made it exactly as written and used boneless thighs.  The whole family raved about it.  Only thing I’ll do differently next time is double the recipe!!

This meat has phenomenal flavor.  It is easy and fast and a real crowd pleaser.  It is also a beautiful looking dish and works well in the rice bowl recipe as well.  I am making this again tonight because my family absolutely loves it. I love this website as it has so many healthy, fast and tasty meals and the site is so incredibly beautiful! Such talent.  Thank you for sharing!

Made this last night and it was so yummy.  My teenage son asked if we could always have this chicken available in the fridge.

I LOOOOOVE this recipe!  I made it exactly as printed except I added some lime juice to the chicken a few hours before cooking.  Don't add it days before as the lime will cook the chicken.  I used boneless skinless chicken thighs and bone in and both were delicious.  Highly recommend!

Fantastic chicken marinade- or for anything, really. I only marinated the chicken for 30 minutes and it still turned out delicious. I have tried many recipes from this blog and they’ve all been terrific - thank you!

This is an adaptation of the Chipotle-Garlic Grilled Chicken recipe in my book, The Food Processor Family Cookbook (Sonoma Press 2016). Canned chipotle peppers and garlic get pureed into a simple but deeply flavorful marinade for chicken (it’s delicious on skirt steak!). The spicy chicken is awesome on its own, but we love to shred it and pile it into tortillas with Napa cabbage, avocado slices and a garlicky, mint-spiked lime crema. The recipe makes a big batch of crema, but we end up slathering it over everything on our plates. If you have the time, marinate the chicken in the morning or even the day before for maximum flavor.

(The Best!) Easy Chipotle Chicken Tacos Recipe

garlic cloves,

chipotle peppers

Salt and black pepper

½ - 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs

sour cream

garlic clove, grated

lime

scallions

mint

tortillas

Napa cabbage,

Avocado slices,

Crumbled Cotija or feta cheese,

sauce,

Put the garlic cloves in a mini food processor, and process until finely chopped.  Add the chipotle peppers with their sauce and season with salt and pepper.  Process until smooth, stopping and scraping down the sides occasionally.

Season the chicken with salt and pepper, and transfer to a bowl. Add the chipotle marinade, and toss to coat. Let sit at room temperature for 15-45 minutes, or cover and refrigerate for up to 24 hours.

Marinate the chicken

Mix together the sour cream, grated garlic, lime zest, lime juice, scallions, and mint or cilantro. Season with salt and pepper.

Make the lime crema

Preheat a grill or grill pan to medium-high. If the chicken was refrigerated, let it come to room temperature.

Remove the chicken from the marinade, leaving some of the marinade sticking to the meat. Oil the grill grates, then grill the chicken on both sides until cooked through, about 5 minutes per side.  Transfer to a cutting board and let rest 5-10 minutes. Using two forks, coarsely shred the chicken.

Pile the chicken into warmed corn or flour tortillas and top with napa cabbage, avocado slices and the lime crema. If you’d like, sprinkle with a bit of crumbled Cotija or feta cheese. Serve with hot sauce and the remaining crema at the table.

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