Perk up grilled chicken breasts with sweet peach preserves and smoky chipotle chiles.
Grilled Chicken with Chipotle-Peach Glaze
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 30 min
- Servings 8
- Ingredients 11
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup peach preserves
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- 1 canned chipotle chile in adobo sauce, seeded, chopped
- 1 teaspoon adobo sauce (from can of chiles)
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- 8 boneless skinless chicken breasts (about 2 1/2 lb)
- 1 teaspoon garlic-pepper blend
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 4 peaches, cut in half and pitted, if desired
- Cilantro sprigs
Instructions
-
Step1Heat gas or charcoal grill. In 1-quart saucepan, mix preserves, lime juice, chile and adobo sauce. Heat over low heat, stirring occasionally, until preserves are melted. Stir in chopped cilantro; set aside. Sprinkle chicken with garlic-pepper blend, cumin and salt.
-
Step2Place chicken on grill. Cover grill; cook over medium heat 15 to 20 minutes, turning once or twice and brushing with preserves mixture during last 2 minutes of grilling, until juice of chicken is clear when center of thickest part is cut (170°F). Add peach halves to grill for last 2 to 3 minutes of grilling just until heated.
-
Step3Heat any remaining preserves mixture to boiling; boil and stir 1 minute. Serve with chicken and peaches. Garnish with cilantro sprigs.
Nutrition
250
Calories
5g
Total Fat
32g
Protein
19g
Total Carbohydrate
14g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 250
- Calories from Fat
- 45
- Total Fat
- 5g
- 7%
- Saturated Fat
- 1 1/2g
- 7%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 85mg
- 29%
- Sodium
- 250mg
- 10%
- Potassium
- 370mg
- 11%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 19g
- 6%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 5%
- Sugars
- 14g
- Protein
- 32g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 6%
- 6%
- Vitamin C
- 6%
- 6%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 8%
- 8%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 1/2 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 4 1/2 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
1Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens
{{tipItemHeadingFormat.replace('{0}',props.index + 1)}}
© 2025 ®/TM General Mills All Rights Reserved