Freezer Meals Cilantro Lime Chicken

Freezer Meals Cilantro Lime Chicken recipe is a great way to get a jump start on the summer grilling season.

If you have never tried your hand at freezer cooking or freezer meals the summer time is a perfect time to start. With the kids out of school and the days filled with hanging out at the beach and summer activities, dinner time can become a real challenge.

Freezing ready-made meals in a bag so all you have to do is thaw it out and cook it at dinner time is a real sanity saver.

This Cilantro Lime Chicken is perfect for a weeknight dinner or a back yard bbq. Buying chicken when it's on sale then preparing this make-ahead freezer meal will not only help with your summer menu planning but will help you save money on your food budget by stocking up on chicken when the prices are low.

Chicken Cooking Tips

Here is one of my favorite chicken cooking tips. Get yourself a metal meat mallet and pound the chicken breasts until they are about the same thickness along the length. This helps ensure that the chicken breast cooks quickly and evenly.

How to Make Freezer Meals: Cilantro Lime Chicken

Ingredients

4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves, trimmed of all fat
½ cup lime juice, (about 4 small limes)
zest from the limes
¼ cup olive oil
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon granulated sugar
½ teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon minced garlic
⅓ cup loosely packed chopped cilantro

Directions

Prepare the chicken by trimming the fat and pounding each breast half flat with a mallet.
Place the chicken in a gallon size ziplock bag. Set aside.
In a spouted measuring cup mix the lime juice, zest, olive oil, pepper, sugar, salt, and garlic.
Chop the cilantro and mix into the other ingredients in the measuring cup.
Pour the marinade into the zip lock bag.
Remove most of the air from the bag and squeeze to evenly cover the chicken with the marinade.
Flatten the chicken into a single layer and place on a cookie sheet and freeze until solid.
Remove from cookie sheet once frozen. Store in the freezer for up to three months.
Serves 4.

How to Cook Freezer Meals Cilantro Lime Chicken

To cook the chicken heat a grill to medium-high. Cook the chicken until no longer pink in the center or until the internal temperature has reached 165 F. degrees on a meat thermometer.
Alternatively, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a skillet on medium-high heat, cook each side about 8 minutes or until no longer pink at the thickest section. Or until the thickest section reaches 165 F. degrees on a meat thermometer.

Freezer Meals Cilantro Lime Chicken