When you’re looking for an easy one-pot meal, look no further than this 5-ingredient cilantro lime chicken and brown rice skillet!
Several things I love about this super easy 5-ingredient chicken dinner:
- one pot meal, check = less dishes
- 5-ingredients, check = perfect for this weeks’ Five Ingredient Friday
- easy to make, check = perfect for busy nights (aka every night during the week) when you don’t want something that requires tons of work
- fast, check = this dinner is ready (prep included) in under 30 minutes
- delicious, check = I totally love the cilantro-lime flavors in this dish, so simple but so spot on!
- healthy, check = 1 serving clocks in at 250 calories!
I’m totally digging this easy 5-ingredient cilantro lime chicken and brown rice skillet. You already know I love 5-ingredient recipes, and without even meaning to, I created this one. I had a bunch of cilantro in my fridge that was on its last leg that still had a decent amount of cilantro left on it. Immediately I thought of the cilantro-lime combination. I totally love those flavors together, don’t you?
As I mentioned last Friday when I shared this 5 ingredient strawberry daiquiri recipe, the herbs I have in my garden are just going crazy – they’re growing growing growing, I’m really excited!
What are your favorite things to do with fresh herbs? I love hearing your suggestions! Aside from making pesto or lemonade with fresh herbs, I love making herb butter, chimichurri sauce for steak like in this curry crusted steak with roasted red pepper chimichurri sauce and I also love making this Vietnamese chicken noodle salad. I’m ready for summer and know I’ll be using my fresh cilantro every time I make this cilantro-lime-chicken dish!
So the next time you’re in search of a quick dinner that is delish and all comes together in one pot – make this 5 ingredient cilantro lime chicken and brown rice skillet, it will not disappoint!
Other recipes you might enjoy:
- One Pot Sausage and Rice Casserole
- Asian Ground Turkey and Rice Bowls Recipe
- Cheesy Chicken and Rice Enchilada Casserole
When you’re looking for an easy one-pot meal, look no further than this 5-ingredient cilantro lime chicken and brown rice skillet!5-Ingredient Cilantro Lime Chicken and Brown Rice Skillet
Ingredients
Instructions
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
4
Serving Size:
1
Amount Per Serving:
Calories: 266 Total Fat: 5g Saturated Fat: 2g Trans Fat: 0g Unsaturated Fat: 3g Cholesterol: 96mg Sodium: 395mg Carbohydrates: 13g Net Carbohydrates: 0g Fiber: 1g Sugar: 0g Sugar Alcohols: 0g Protein: 39g
lucie says
This has to be one of the best comfort dinners out there! Beautiful.
Sweetphi says
Thank you so much – it’s one of my fave ‘healthier’ comfort foods 🙂
Marina @ A Dancer's Live-It says
Love the simplicity of this recipe! And I LOVE cilantro. My favorite way to use fresh herbs is in a salad or even in my water! I love putting cucumber, lemon, and fresh mint leaves or basil leaves in and it gives it such an awesome flavor.
Sweetphi says
Oh yum-fresh herbs in water, I’m definitely going to have to do that this summer, especially with all the herbs that have been growing in my garden 🙂 Thank you for commenting!
shawnna griffin says
hey girl this looks so yummy!
Sweetphi says
Thank you so much!!
Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy says
I love how easy this is and how few ingredients there are. Also, this is proper comfort food and could easily be made on a budget as well.
Sweetphi says
I’m all about simple yet delicious, and you’re absolutely right, it’s super budget friendly 🙂
Sarah says
I’m pretty sure all the ingredients in here are calling my name… even though there are just 5 of them 😉 Looks great Phi!
Sweetphi says
I’m so happy to hear that you like this combo-it’s one of my faves for an easy and delicious meal, thanks girl 🙂
Nicole says
Does this one pot meal serve one person all week or 2?
Sweetphi says
It makes 4 servings so I’d say enough for 1 person for 4 meals 🙂