Grilled Persian Chicken Breasts
Created by TeresaS on January 24, 2016
- Servings: 4
- Prep Time: 10m
- Cook Time: 14m
- Recipe #22665
Ingredients
- 1 lemon, whole (medium)
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric
- 4 (1 1/4 pounds) boneless skinless chicken breast (4 halves)
How to Make
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Step 1: Juice lemon; combine juice with oil, cinnamon, salt, pepper and turmeric in large heavy-duty resealable plastic food storage bag.
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Step 2: Gently kneed ingredients in bag to mix thoroughly; add chicken.
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Step 3: Seal bag and turn to coat thoroughly.
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Step 4: Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.
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Step 5: Remove chicken from marinade and gently shake to remove excess.
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Step 6: Discard remaining marinade.
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Step 7: Grill chicken 5 to 7 minutes per side or until chicken is no longer pink in center.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (198.7 g)
- Calories 171
- Total Fat - 5.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 1.1 g
- Cholesterol - 340.2 mg
- Sodium - 389.7 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 5.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.9 g
- Sugars - 1.3 g
- Protein - 25.7 g
- Calcium - 37 mg
- Iron - 4 mg
- Vitamin C - 33.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg