Latin American Recipe › Margarita Chicken II

Lime zest, lime juice, gold tequila and honey flavor the sauce for this dish. This is similar to the recipe from a well-known restaurant chain.

Ingredients

• ½ teaspoon lime zest
• ¼ cup lime juice
• 2 tablespoons gold tequila
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• ¼ teaspoon garlic salt
• ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
• 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
• 4 (10 inch) flour tortillas, warmed
• 1 tomato, cut into 8 wedges
• 1 avocado - pitted, peeled, and cubed
• 1 lime, cut into 8 wedges

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat oven to Broil.
2. Combine the lime zest, lime juice, tequila, honey, oil, cornstarch, garlic salt and pepper in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, stirring, to thicken the sauce.
3. Broil chicken breasts for 10 to 15 minutes, or until cooked through (no longer pink inside). Baste with prepared sauce for last 5 minutes of cooking time.
4. To serve, arrange a folded tortilla on each of 4 plates; add a chicken breast, 2 tomato wedges and some avocado chunks. Drizzle chicken with remaining sauce and garnish with 2 lime wedges.

Nutrition Facts

• calories552.1
• carbohydrateContent58.4 g
• cholesterolContent68.4 mg
• fatContent18.7 g
• fiberContent6.7 g
• proteinContent35.1 g
• saturatedFatContent3.5 g
• sodiumContent792.6 mg
• sugarContent10.9 g