I'm doing something different this week. I decided to do a quick weeknight complete meal for you to make. It's the start of grilling season for us so my recipes from now on will most likely be about grilling and other recipes you can do on the grill.
This week's recipe includes Tequila Rosemary Chicken thighs with Parm zucchini and a baked sweet potato.
Complete meal includes:
Tequila Rosemary Grilled Chicken thighs recipe
Grilled Parmesan zucchini wedges
Grilled Sweet Potato
Tequila Rosemary Grilled Chicken Thighs Ingredients:
8 pieces of Boneless skinless chicken thighs
⅓ cup of Kraft Zest Lime dressing or your favorite lime dressing
¼ cup of your favorite aged Tequila
1 TBSP Dried Rosemary (crushed into smaller pieces)
Salt and Pepper to taste
Instructions:
- Add all the above ingredients into a freezer bag and let marinate in the refrigerator for 1 hour or 3-4 hours depending on how much time you have.
- Preheat Grill
- Cook on one side for 10 minutes.
- Turn over and cook on the other side for 15 minutes.
- Remove from grill and let sit for 5 minutes.
Parmesan Zucchini side ingredients:
4 zucchini cut into wedges
½ cup of parmesan cheese grated
¼ cup olive oil
½ tsp of granulated garlic or fresh garlic
Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions:
- Cut zucchini into wedges.
- Toss in a bowl with the rest of the ingredients.
- Add to the grill and cook for 5 minutes and then turn over and cook for 5 minutes more.
- Remove from the grill and cut into smaller pieces if you want.
Sweet potato ingredients:
4-6 sweet potatoes
Instructions:
- Clean and pierce with a fork a few times.
- Then wrap each one in foil.
- Cook for 20-40 minutes depending on the size of the sweet potato.
Here's the complete meal. What do you think?
Here is the recipe to print. Enjoy the meal with your family.
Tequila Rosemary Chicken Thighs with Parmesan Zucchini and Baked Sweet Potato Recipe
Ingredients
- Tequila Rosemary Chicken Thighs ingredients:
- 8 pieces of Boneless skinless chicken thighs
- ⅓ cup of Kraft Zest Lime dressing or your favorite lime dressing
- ¼ cup of your favorite aged Tequila
- 1 TBSP Dried Rosemary (crushed into smaller pieces)
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- Parmesan Zucchini side ingredients:
- 4 zucchinis cut into wedges
- ½ cup of Parmesan cheese grated
- ¼ cup olive oil
- ½ tsp of granulated garlic or fresh garlic
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Sweet potato ingredients:
- 4-6 sweet potatoes
Instructions
- Chicken thigh's Instructions
- Add all the above ingredients into a freezer bag and let marinate in the refrigerator for 1 hour or 3-4 hours depending on how much time you have.
- Preheat Grill
- Cook on one side for 10 minutes.
- Turn over and cook on the other side for 15 minutes.
- Remove from grill and let sit for 5 minutes.
- Parmesan Zucchini side Instructions:
- Cut zucchini into wedges.
- Toss in a bowl with the rest of the ingredients.
- Add to the grill and cook for 5 minutes and then turn over and cook for 5 minutes more.
- Remove from the grill and cut into smaller pieces if you want.
- Sweet Potato side Instructions:
- Clean and pierce with a fork a few times.
- Then wrap each one in foil.
- Cook for 20-40 minutes depending on the size of the sweet potato.
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Just reading the title of the post made me look at my watch and think is it lunchtime yet? Yum! Chicken sounds great. Trying this ASAP.
I'm glad you liked it, Susan. It was my husbands idea. He loves using alcohol in meals. And it was really yummy too. =)