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Chinese Green Onion Lime Chicken

Last Modified: October 28, 2020 - Published by: christieathome - Comments: 1 Comment

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Chinese Green Onion Lime Chicken. Delicious, juicy, savoury chicken with a hint of lime and green onions. Perfect as a side dish for dinner or lunch!

This weekend I decided to try combining a few Asian ingredients to marinate some chicken thighs. To my marinade, I added green onion, soy sauce, ginger, garlic, cane sugar, sesame oil but with one twist: lime juice. 

Green Onion Lime Chicken

In Chinese cooking, they don't usually use lime juice as a source of acidity. They tend to use vinegar but I thought, "Why not, let's give it a whirl and see where this goes".

To my surprise, my green onion lime chicken thighs worked out well!  There's a hint of every ingredient flavour in this dish and it pairs nicely with steamed white rice and some dark leafy greens like Bok or Yu Choy (you can find both at your Asian grocer).

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For this recipe

You'll need the following ingredients for my green onion lime chicken recipe:

  • 5 chicken thighs with skin and bone

Green onion lime chicken marinade:

  • 3 stalks of green onion, chopped
  • Juice of 2 limes
  • 4 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 tbsp of chopped ginger
  • 2 tbsp of low sodium soy sauce
  • ¾ tsp of organic cane sugar
  • 1 tsp of sesame oil

How to Make Green Onion Lime Chicken

  1. In a large mixing bowl, combine all your marinade ingredients until sugar has dissolved. Add in chicken thighs and marinade for at least 10 minutes. You can marinate overnight if you wish for a deeper flavour.
  2. In a non-stick frying pan on high heat, add chicken thighs (leaving marinade aside). Sear on each side for 2 minutes. Layer the marinade ingredients over the thighs.
  3. Lower heat to medium and cover with a lid. Cook for 15 minutes until meat is cooked at the bone. To lift the sauce from the pan, you can add a few tablespoons of water.
  4. Serve immediately and enjoy!

Give it a try!

Well I hope you give my Chinese Green Onion Lime Chicken recipe a try! It always excites me when you guys make my recipes and I hope this is one you try.

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Christie

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Green Onion Lime Chicken

Green Onion Lime Chicken

christieathome
Green Onion Lime Chicken. Delicious, juicy, savoury chicken with a hint of lime and green onions. Perfect as a side dish for dinner or lunch!
5 from 1 vote
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Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 20 mins
Total Time 40 mins
Course dinner, lunch, Side Dish
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 5 pieces
Calories 282 kcal

Equipment

Mixing bowl
Measuring Cups and Spoon Set
Pan non stick 12 inch
Wooden chopping board
Santoku Knife

Ingredients
  

  • 5 chicken thighs with skin and bone

Marinade

  • 3 stalks of green onion chopped
  • 4 tbsp lime juice
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 2 tbsp ginger chopped
  • 2 tbsp low sodium soy sauce
  • ¾ tsp cane sugar
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • 1 tbsp honey

Instructions
 

  • In a large mixing bowl, combine all your marinade ingredients until sugar has dissolved. Add in chicken thighs and marinade for at least 10 minutes. You can marinate overnight if you wish for a deeper flavour.
  • In a non-stick frying pan on high heat, add chicken thighs (leaving marinade aside). Sear on each side for 2 minutes. Layer the marinade ingredients over the thighs.
  • Lower heat to medium and cover with a lid. Cook for 15 minutes until meat is cooked at the bone. To lift the sauce from the pan, you can add a few tablespoons of water.
  • Serve immediately and enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 282kcalCarbohydrates: 7gProtein: 19gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 111mgSodium: 302mgPotassium: 282mgFiber: 1gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 100IUVitamin C: 5mgCalcium: 17mgIron: 1mg
Keyword asian chicken, chinese chicken, green onion lime chicken, lime chicken dinner, lime chicken marinade, lime chicken recipe, lime chicken thighs, lime garlic chicken
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  1. Odom

    November 12, 2020 at 9:59 pm

    5 stars
    That lime juice with the green onion was perfection.

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