Honey Lime Chicken Tacos with Watermelon Salsa

These Honey Lime Chicken Tacos with Watermelon Salsa are incredibly easy to make. The chicken is grilled to perfection then made into tacos topped with a simple watermelon salsa.

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Watermelon is the quintessential summer fruit and for most of the summer, we get our watermelon from the Southern U.S. because Canadians love watermelon! 

This girl loves her tacos. She also LOVES watermelon. I cannot help myself. That first bite each summer is heavenly. Honestly, I could eat an entire watermelon every single day.

I’m going to be honest, I will find any excuse to eat watermelon every single day. Whether it’s a savoury recipe or a sweet recipe, or something in between. I crave them all.

Most days I’m likely to just slice one open and grab a spoon. Other days I love getting creative by mixing sweet and savoury flavours together in recipes like this one.

There is something about topping meat with fruit that just brings me to my happy place. Watermelon salsa goes perfectly with most meats, everything from beef to chicken.

For this recipe, I paired easy chicken tacos with a simple watermelon salsa. The combination is sheer perfection. I added a bit of heat plus a little extra sweet. It’s how I roll.

You can tone down the spice if you like a more mild salsa. The fun thing about a recipe like this is you can adapt it to your own taste. Use what you like, exclude what you don’t like.

Use good quality thick boneless skinless chicken breast for this recipe. We’ve tried the thin boneless skinless chicken breast on the grill and the results were not good. Trust me!

I cook mine over direct heat on the grill but you could use indirect heat and cook them longer. Not everyone is comfortable grilling over direct heat. If you do, please pay close attention!

I highly recommend you use the salsa the same day you make it. The recipe uses limes which can break down the salsa over time. Limes are acidic so add them right before you serve.

When you make this be sure to make extra. These chicken tacos will fly off the platter. We make extra tacos and extra salsa. Garnishes are optional but encouraged.

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Honey Lime Chicken Tacos with Watermelon Salsa

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

15 mins

Total Time

30 mins

 

These Honey Lime Chicken Tacos with Watermelon Salsa are incredibly easy to make. The chicken is grilled to perfection then made into tacos topped with a simple watermelon salsa.

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Mexican

Servings: 6

Author: Kim Beaulieu

Ingredients

For the Watermelon Salsa:

• 4 cups watermelon diced
• 2 shallots finely diced
• 2 Jalapeno peppers finely diced
• 1/2 red onion finely diced
• 1 yellow or orange pepper finely diced
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• Juice of 1 lime
• Optional:
• cilantro to taste
• vodka or tequila to taste
• salt and pepper to taste

For the Honey Lime Chicken Tacos:

• 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breast grilled
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 lime juiced
• 2 tablespoon honey
• 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons chili powder
• 1 teaspoon salt or to taste
• 1 teaspoon white pepper or to taste

Putting it all together:

• 1 to 2 tablespoons sweet chili sauce
• 1 package of small tortillas

Instructions

For the Watermelon Salsa:

1. Combine watermelon, shallots, Jalapeno peppers, red onion, pepper, sugar, and lime juice in a large bowl. Stir to combine ingredients thoroughly. Place in fridge for 1 to 2 hours before serving.
2. Salsa is best used the day you make it.
3. You can add extras before serving, to taste.

For the Honey Lime Chicken Tacos:

1. Preheat grill to 400 degrees F.
2. Oil grill grates before grilling.
3. In a small bowl combine olive oil, lime juice, honey, garlic powder, chili powder, salt, and pepper. Stir until combined. Add chicken and marinade to a resealable Ziploc bag. Shake and allow to marinate for 15 o 20 minutes. Remove and discard excess liquid.
4. Place chicken on grill grates. Cook on for 4 to 5 minutes, depending on the thickness of your chicken breasts. Then flip and cook on other side for another 4 o 5 minutes. For this recipe I recommend thick boneless skinless chicken breast. I cook mine over direct heat between 375 and 400 degrees F. One side of my grill is direct heat which is the side I cook the chicken on. I also have the other side of the grill set for indirect heat in case I want to move the chicken breast at any point to slow the process or reduce flare ups. Cook until desired doneness. Follow same guidelines if cooking in the oven.
5. Remove from grill and place chicken breasts on a platter. Brush on sweet chili sauce while the chicken is still hot. Allow to rest for a few minutes, then slice the chicken into thin strips.
6. Heat tortillas in foil on the grill while the chicken rests. It only takes a few minutes with the lid down to warm tortillas. Remove carefully and transfer to a plate.
7. Pile chicken on tortillas. Top with watermelon salsa.
8. Add any extras you may like.
9. Serve with a big old watermelon loving smile!

Recipe Notes

Recipe is cooked on the grill but can be cooked in the oven as well. You could also pan fry the chicken breasts, if desired.

More Amazing Watermelon Recipes from the Web:

• Watermelon Agua Fresca by Cravings of a Lunatic
• Boozy Strawberry Watermelon Slushies by Cravings of a Lunatic
• Watermelon Cups with Cranberry Mascarpone by Cravings of a Lunatic
• Watermelon Rind Pickles from National Watermelon Promotion Board
• Watermelon Rind Stir-Fry from National Watermelon Promotion Board
• Watermelon Rind Kimchi from National Watermelon Promotion Board
• Watermelon Rind Slaw from National Watermelon Promotion Board

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