Grilled Lemon Chicken & Avocado with Shishito Peppers & Lemon Crema
If you aren't grilling avocados, you are missing out! Grilling avocados makes them creamy and smokey, and serving them with grilled chicken breasts and shishito peppers makes a satisfying meal.
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Shishito peppers are small and typically sweet, but 1 in 10 is spicy (with a Scoville rating similar to a jalapeño). Sub with a bell or padron pepper in a pinch.
Ingredients
- 4 5-oz skinless, boneless chicken breasts
- 3 tbsp olive oil, divided
- 1 tsp lemon zest + 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1½ tsp paprika
- ¼ tsp sea salt
- ⅛ tsp ground black pepper
- 8 oz shishito peppers (about 24)
- 2 avocados, halved and pitted (peel on)
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
Lemon crema
- ½ cup full-fat sour cream
- 2 tsp lemon zest + 1 tbsp lemon juice
- ¼ tsp sea salt
Preparation
1. In a large bowl, place chicken, 2 tbsp oil, lemon zest and juice, paprika, salt and pepper. Mix to coat chicken. Marinate in refrigerator for 20 minutes.
2. In a separate bowl, mix shishito peppers, avocado, remaining 1 tbsp oil and garlic.
3. Prepare lemon crema: In a small bowl, mix together crema ingredients. Set aside.
4. Cook chicken: Preheat a grill to 400ºF or a grill pan to medium-high. Spread chicken on grill and cook covered, for 5 to 8 minutes flipping once or until a thermometer reads 165°F in center (or 5 to 6 minutes per side on a grill pan). Place peppers
and avocados on grill for the last 3 minutes of grilling. Transfer to a serving platter and top with crema and parsley.
Nutrition Information
- Serving Size 1 breast and ¼ of vegetables
- Calories 463
- Carbohydrate Content 15 g
- Cholesterol Content 87 mg
- Fat Content 33 g
- Fiber Content 10 g
- Protein Content 31 g
- Saturated Fat Content 7 g
- Sodium Content 322 mg
- Sugar Content 3 g
- Monounsaturated Fat Content 20 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat Content 4 g