Skip to main content
Main

Garlic Lime Chicken II

Marinated chicken breast halves in soy sauce, lime, Worcestershire, garlic, mustard, then pan‑fried.

From the Recipes Wiki (Fandom) · 8 ingredients
Jump to recipe ↓

Why it works: Lime and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,491 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Garlic Lime Chicken II

Ingredients

Directions

Marinate

  1. Combine soy sauce, lime juice, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, and mustard.

  2. Pour the mixture over the chicken in a shallow bowl.

  3. Cover and marinate in refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Cook

  1. Remove chicken from the marinade and sprinkle with pepper.

  2. Heat a nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium heat until hot.

  3. Add the chicken and cook about 6 minutes on each side or until a fork can be inserted in the chicken with ease.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

318Calories
33 gProtein
18 gFat
8 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  3. Garlic + mustardtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,053 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Lime + mustardtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together392 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Lime + clovetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together909 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Chicken breast halves
Provides the lean protein that is cooked through to a tender, firm texture.
Soy sauce
Adds salty, savory depth and helps flavor the chicken during marinating.
Lime juice
Adds acidity that brightens the flavor and gently tenderizes the surface of the chicken.
Garlic
Contributes sharp, aromatic flavor that mellows during cooking.

The step that matters

Cook the chicken until it is cooked through. Chicken must reach a safe internal temperature throughout. Cooking by time and fork-tenderness alone can miss thick pieces, and overcooking dries the meat, so check the thickest part of each piece.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, sauce, lime, garlic, mustard, pepper, butter):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Tarragonfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, sauce, lime, garlic, mustard, pepper, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

You might also like

Chicken BrothChicken Broth257 recipesChicken SoupChicken Soup156 recipesCreamed ChickenCreamed Chicken89 recipesChicken PanadaChicken Panada75 recipes