Grilled Chicken With Citrus Salsa - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice, divided
    1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon olive oil, divided
    2 jalapeno peppers, 1 thinly sliced, 1 diced (keep separate)
    4 boneless skinless chicken breasts, trimmed of fat
    coarse salt, to taste
    fresh ground pepper, to taste
    2 dashes tequila (optional)
    1 navel orange, peeled, sectioned and cut into 1/4-inch pieces
    1 small pink grapefruit, peeled, sectioned and cut into 1/4-inch pieces
    4 green onions, thinly sliced
    10 yellow cherry tomatoes or 10 cherry tomatoes, seeded and diced
    1/2 orange zest, grated
    1/2 lime zest, grated
    1/4 cup chopped chopped fresh cilantro
    4 tomatillos, diced (optional)
    4 handfuls mixed greens, baby greens or 4 mesclun
Preparation
    In a shallow bowl, combine 1/4 cup of each of the lime juice, olive oil, and jalapeno slices. Add a dash of tequila and chicken breasts. Marinate for at least half an hour.
    In a medium bowl, combine orange and grapefruit sections, green onions, tomatoes, remaining 1 tablespoon lime juice and 1 tablespoon olive oil, orange and lime zests, salt and pepper, diced jalapeno, cilantro, tomatillos, and remaining tequila. Set aside.
    Remove chicken from marinade. Season with salt and pepper. Cook on a hot grill for about 5 minutes on each side, or until cooked through. Remove from grill and let stand 5 minutes.
    Divide greens among four plates. Slice chicken and arrange on top of greens. Spoon salsa over each salsa and serve immediately.

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