Cilantro Lime Rooster with Mango Salsa

This Cilantro Lime Rooster is served subsequent to a deliciously candy mango salsa with home made crema. It’s low-carb, high-protein, and filled with summer time flavors due to the colourful fruit and recent herbs. 

This was considered one of my first-ever viral recipes on Match Foodie Finds. So a lot of you could have seen this video on Fb and made this meal over time. It makes my coronary heart so completely happy 🥰

There may be nothing my husband, Mark, loves greater than after I make this hen meal prep for us for lunches for the week. The cilantro lime hen, the mango salsa! The home made crema! And the very best half? It may be eaten sizzling or chilly! Make a double batch for meal prepping by means of the whole week. 

To make this cilantro lime hen as a meal prep recipe, merely marinate the hen, whip up the mango salsa, and a simple batch of rice (I wish to make an enormous batch within the Prompt Pot!), and don’t overlook the crema! I wish to hold mine separate, and pour excessive of the hen proper earlier than serving. All that’s left to do now could be assemble your meal prep bowls, and viola — you’re scrumptious and nourishing weekly meal prep is about to go!

Highlight-Worthy Components

• Rooster thighs: We choose boneless, skinless hen thighs for this recipe, however hen breasts will even work.
• Diced recent mango: It’s mango season, individuals! Recent mango provides such wonderful candy taste to this dish.
• Lime juice: A squeeze of recent lime juice actually freshens up the hen and brightens the flavour of the mango salsa.
• Greek yogurt: the home made crema has a Greek yogurt base, which provides tartness to the sauce. Blended cottage cheese would additionally work.

Discover the record of full components within the recipe card beneath.

The right way to Make Cilantro Lime Rooster with Mango Salsa

1. Put together the hen marinade: Add the marinade components to a bowl and whisk the components collectively till mixed. Add the hen and flip the hen over a number of instances to verify it’s fully coated within the marinade. Cowl and refrigerate for a minimum of half-hour and as much as in a single day for optimum taste. 
2. Put together the mango salsa: Add all the components for the mango salsa to a bowl and blend to mix. Straightforward peasy. My mango guacamole would even be scrumptious!
3. Mix the crema: Add all the components for the crema to a small blender and mix till easy. 
4. Prepare dinner the hen: Warmth 1-2 tablespoons of avocado oil in a big skillet over medium warmth. When the oil is sizzling, add the hen thighs to the oil. Sear the hen on both sides or till the inner temperature reaches 165ºF. You too can make these hen thighs on the grill.
5. Assemble and luxuriate in! Serve the hen topped with mango salsa and crema. ENJOY!

Serving Recommendations

I really like serving this dish atop white rice, after which clearly paired with the mango salsa and home made crema. It’s good for serving a big group on these summer time nights on the cabin.

This recipe will keep good in your fridge for as much as 4 days.

We advocate getting glass meal prep containers to simply retailer and transport your meals. In the event you plan on preserving this meal prep for longer than 4 days, we recommend freezing it.