Buffalo Lime Chicken

Buffalo Lime Chicken Marinade – chicken marinated in buffalo sauce, lime juice, garlic, olive oil, and salt. Can grill, pan sear, or bake for a quick weeknight meal. Ready to eat in about 15 minutes!

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Easy Chicken Marinade

I love spicy food, especially buffalo chicken. This Buffalo Lime Chicken is marinated in wing sauce and lime juice. I loved the zing the lime juice gave the chicken. I was worried that the chicken would be super hot, but it really wasn’t. It had a great buffalo sauce flavor to it.

How to Make Buffalo Lime Chicken

This chicken was so easy to make. I had everything in the pantry and was able to just throw this together in minutes. Simply whisk together hot sauce, lime juice, garlic, olive oil, and salt. Pour the mixture over the chicken and marinate in the refrigerator a few hours to overnight.  I cooked the chicken in a sauté pan, but these would also be great grilled.

  • You can use any cut of chicken that you prefer – tenders, breasts, thighs, wings, or legs. You can use boneless or bone-in chicken.
  • To cook tenders in the skillet: heat some olive oil in a skillet and cook the chicken 3 to 5 minutes per side.
  • To cook chicken breasts in the skillet, heat some olive oil in a skillet and cook the chicken 3 to 5 minutes per side. Place the chicken on a rimmed baking sheet and bake at 400ºF for 10 minutes.
  • Cook the chicken until it reaches an internal temperature of 165ºF.
  • I used Frank’s hot sauce. You can also use Frank’s wing sauce.
  • Is Buffalo Chicken Marinade low-carb? Yes! All of the ingredients are low carb and keto-friendly.
  • Is Buffalo Lime Chicken gluten-free? Yes. Make sure to use a gluten-free hot sauce, such as Frank’s, for a gluten-free dish.
platter of cooked chicken tenders

What to Serve with Buffalo Chicken

We both really liked this chicken. It is definitely going into the dinner rotation. We like to dip the chicken into some ranch dressing and serve it with some rice or pasta and a salad. Here are a few of our favorite recipes from the blog that go great with this easy chicken marinade:

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platter of buffalo lime chicken tenders

Buffalo Lime Chicken Marinade

Yield: 3 people
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Buffalo Lime Chicken Marinade – chicken marinated in buffalo sauce, lime juice, garlic, olive oil, and salt. Can grill, pan sear, or bake for a quick weeknight meal. Ready to eat in about 15 minutes!

Ingredients:

  • 1 lb boneless chicken breasts or tenders
  • 1 cup Frank’s hot sauce or wing sauce
  • ¼ cup lime juice
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • ¼ tsp salt

Instructions:

  • Whisk together hot sauce, lime juice, garlic, oil, and salt. Pour over chicken and marinate a few hours to overnight.
  • Remove chicken from marinade and sauté in the skillet or grill until the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165ºF.

Notes:

  • You can use any cut of chicken that you prefer – tenders, breasts, thighs, or legs. You can use boneless or bone-in chicken.
  • Cook the chicken until it reaches an internal temperature of 165ºF.
  • I used Frank’s hot sauce. You can also use Frank’s wing sauce.
  • Is Buffalo Chicken Marinade low-carb? Yes! All of the ingredients are low carb and keto-friendly.
  • Is Buffalo Lime Chicken gluten-free? Yes. Make sure to use a gluten-free hot sauce, such as Frank’s, for a gluten-free dish.
  • To cook tenders in the skillet: heat some olive oil in a skillet and cook the chicken 3 to 5 minutes per side.
  • To cook chicken breasts in the skillet, heat some olive oil in a skillet and cook the chicken 3 to 5 minutes per side. Place the chicken on a rimmed baking sheet and bake at 400ºF for 10 minutes.

Steph

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Comments

  1. This sounds wonderful and I think I'm gonna add my own twist and sprinkle ranch seasoning over it before cooking. YUMMO!

  2. I just finished making this up to marinate so we can have it tonight, but somehow I managed to forget the oil! lol I'm sure it'll still be wonderful even without it, though. I'll let ya know after dinner tonight! 🙂

  3. Okay! I made them, marinated them for about an hour, put them under our speed broiler, and YUMMMYYYYYYY! Great recipe!!!! I can't wait to try it again with chicken! My husband and I agreed I need to make this with shrimp again though! 😀

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  5. Diana – I think this would be great on shrimp! Let me know how it turns out. I am going to give shrimp a try too!

  6. This sounds FANTASTIC! I have every single ingredient on hand except for chicken tenders. But I have shrimp! Might this work for that? I might try it tonight!

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