Chicken Cutlets Marinated in Lime Juice

Name: Chicken Cutlets Marinated in Lime Juice (Chuletas de Pollo al Limón)
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: ⅓ cup olive oil; Juice of 2 limes; 4 skinless, boneless chicken cutlets (about 1 pound in all), pounded to ¼-inch thickness; 1 teaspoon Maggi sauce; Lime wedges for garnish; 2 teaspoons soy sauce

Chuletas de Pollo al Limón

Preparation info

Makes
4
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Zarela's Veracruz

By Zarela Martínez

Published 2001

About

I first tasted this light but winning dish at La Troje restaurant in Orizaba. As you doubtless know by now, soy and Maggi sauce are as Mexican as chutney is English. Serve with Pilaf-Style White Rice.

Ingredients

4 skinless, boneless chicken cutlets (about 1 pound in all), pounded to ¼-inch thickness
Juice of 2 limes

Americas
Mexico
Orizaba
Heroica Veracruz
Main course
Central America

Method

Place the chicken in a bowl or shallow dish, add the lime juice, soy sauce, and Maggi sauce, and turn to moisten evenly with the marinade. Cover the dish and refrigerate for 1 hour, turning the chicken occasionally.

Remove the chicken from the marinade, drain well, and blot dry with paper towels. Reserve the marinade.

In a skillet large enough to hold the cutlets in one layer, h