Cilantro Lime Chicken, Shrimp and Rice

Approx. prep and cook time 15 mins

Ingredients

-Rice

-Chicken 

-Shrimp

-Fresh Cilantro

-Lime Juice

-Garlic Salt or Garlic Marinade

-Fresh crushed garlic

-Olive Oil

I know this is late but this was my “stay at home cinco de mayo” meal.  We didn’t feel like going out so I made us a bite to eat that was still cinco de mayo like.

First I put some rice to cook. Rice takes about 15 minutes on the stop top.  While the rice was cooking I marinated the chicken with a garlic marinade.  I sort of cheated and purchased Lowry’s herb and garlic marinade.  I put that aside and marinated my shrimp with a little bit of olive oil, fresh crushed garlic, cilantro and a splash of lime juice. You can add some garlic salt for more flavor if you’d like.

I grilled the chicken and shrimp (shrimp were placed on skewers) for about eight minutes turning at the four minute mark.  These were thin sliced boneless skinless thighs but you can use boneless skinless breast that are sliced thin as well.  Thinner sliced cuts down on cooking time.  

Once the rice is cooked I fluffed it with a fork and added cilantro as well as lime juice (to your specific taste.

As an option you can grill some peppers and onions. We had a yellow pepper on hand so we grilled and sliced it up as part of our meal.

Serve and enjoy!!!