Applebee’s Fiesta Lime Chicken Recipe

Applebee’s Fiesta Lime Chicken is a grilled chicken breast topped with zesty lime sauce, Mexi-ranch dressing, and a blend of melted cheddar cheeses, served on a bed of crispy tortilla strips with a side of Spanish rice and pico de gallo.

Make our Applebee’s Fiesta Lime Chicken Recipe at home tonight for your family. With our Secret Restaurant Recipe your Fiesta Lime Chicken will taste just like the dish you love at Applebee’s.

Photo by Elsie Hui

Applebee’s Fiesta Lime Chicken

Here is how Applebee’s describes their Fiesta Lime Chicken –

A celebration of flavor, this dish delivers on every level. Grilled chicken glazed with zesty lime sauce and drizzled with tangy Mexi-ranch is smothered with a rich blend of Cheddar cheeses on a bed of crispy tortilla strips.

Serve with Spanish rice and house-made pico de gallo like they do at Applebee’s.

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Applebee's Fiesta Lime Chicken Recipe

Make our Applebee's Fiesta Lime Chicken Recipe at home tonight for your family. With our Secret Restaurant Recipe your Fiesta Lime Chicken will taste just like the dish you love at Applebee's.

Prep Time30 minutes mins

Active Time15 minutes mins

Marinating Time2 hours hrs

Total Time2 hours hrs 45 minutes mins

Course: Kid Favorite, Main Course, Party Recipe

Keyword: Applebee's, Chicken Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cup Water
• 1/3 cup Teriyaki Sauce
• Freshly squeezed Juice of 1/2 Lime
• 3 clove Garlic minced
• 1 teaspoon Tequila
• 1 teaspoon Liquid Smoke
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground Ginger
• 1 pound boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
• 1/4 cup Mayonnaise (We always use Duke's Mayonnaise - a Southern Favorite)
• 1/4 cup Sour Cream
• 2 tablespoons Spicy Chunky Salsa, homemade or store-bought
• 1 tablespoon Milk
• 1 teaspoon Cajun Blackened Spice Mix
• 1/4 teaspoon dried Parsley
• 1/4 teaspoon Hot Sauce, of choice
• 1/8 teaspoon dried Dill Weed
• 1/8 teaspoon cumin
• 1 cup shredded Colby or Monterey Jack Cheese
• 2 cups Tortilla Strips

Instructions

To Prepare 2 or More Hours in Advance

• In a medium bowl, combine water, teriyaki sauce, lime juice, garlic, tequila liquid smoke, salt and ginger. Whisk to mix well.
• Place chicken in bowl.
• Cover and place in the refrigerator to marinade for at least 2 hours.
• In another medium bowl, combine mayonnaise, sour cream, salsa, milk, Cajun blackened spice mix, parsley, hot sauce, dill weed and cumin. Whisk to mix well.
• Store, covered, in the refrigerator, until ready to serve.

Cook

• Remove breasts from the marinade. Grill the marinated chicken breasts for 3 - 5 minutes per side, or until cooked through and the internal temperature is 165°F or more (Or cook in a different way, of your choice. Just be sure the chicken is done.) Discard marinade.
• Place chicken on an oven-safe baking dish.
• Generously brush chicken with reserved mayonnaise dressing.
• Sprinkle with cheese.
• Place in oven and broil until cheese has melted. Watch closely so it doesn't burn.

Serve

• Place tortilla strips on serving plates.
• Rest chicken on top of strips.
• Serve with Spanish rice and house-made pico de gallo like they do at Applebee's. And put out the remaining mayo dressing for dipping, if you like. It's your house.

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Photo of Applebee’s Fiesta Lime Chicken is by Elsie Hui and is used by permission under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) License. Thank you, Elsie. Great Picture. Photos may be “representative” of the recipe and not the actual finished dish. All photo licenses listed were correct at the time of the posting of the page. Recipe adapted from a reader-submitted recipe on Genius Kitchen Additional Information Courtesy of Wikipedia and is used by permission.