The lemony tang of coriander with savory garlic, compliment the smoky taste of grilled chicken perfectly. Add a green goddess sauce full of herbs, tahini, coconut and lime to brighten this gluten-free and paleo entree even further, enticing the taste buds.
It's still grilling season. It's still grilling season and I haven't grilled in weeks! **Cue sad violin**. Our big propane gas grill had its tank run out while I was trying to grill dinner one night and no one has brought the tanks to get filled since. Mind you, yes, we have an extra tank which is also out. Woh is life. And get this! My mom and I went out last weekend and bought a small charcoal grill (charcoal grilling is the best), but that hasn't been used yet. We opened the box and found a ton of screws and bolts which requires major effort apparently. More effort than anyone has apparently. So it's either get some propane or sit down with a book of directions and learn how to put together (and then use) a charcoal grill. Knowing my family, the next time anyone grills will be December. November if we're lucky π
It may be easier to just build a bonfire in the backyard and wing it the old-fashioned way. However I can already predict that horrible tragedies that would come out of that attempt! Did I ever tell you how much I actually have always wanted to build a small fire pit in the yard? That would be so heavenly, to sit around the fire on a summer night. I've seen so many easy-looking Pinterest DIYs for it, but just never "asked" the parents if this could be done. You just need to dig out a circle and place some nice stones. Nothing fancy! I guess it will just have to be one of those things I do with my own house, along with that garden!
If you have a fire pit, just know, I'm jealous π Invite me over and invite someone who has a stand mixer so we can whip up some gluten-free, vegan, soy-free marshmallows! But before dessert. let's talk chicken! I think the rankings of chicken-cooking-methods are grilling, slow cooker, and then baked. Sadly, I have been stuck with the latter, but I still have some good grilled recipes to share, like this one! I used my favorite garlic again, but added a new zesty flavor as well. Coriander! If you ever find yourself with out a lemon and need that lemon flavor in a dish, just throw in a bit of ground coriander! It really brightens any dish and does taste lemony, less like cilantro which is comes from.
I then paired this coriander garlic smoky chicken with my first take on a green goddess sauce. I looked into what exactly "green goddess" meant, and came back with this. Green Goddess Dressing was first used inΒ San Francisco's Palace Hotel restaurant and it contained mayo, sour cream, herbs, lemon juice, and anchovies. It was widely popular in the 70s and 80s, but since then, it has been recreated in so many ways, by so many people, you can find 183737492 versions now on the internet. Well, to me, that original dressing sounded kinda gross, so I made it better and to my liking, which tastes pretty amazing (just saying) π I've never had (and will never) have the classic Palace Hotel Green Goddess, but the one I've whipped up is all I'll be needing anytime soon!
When you combine fresh basil, cilantro, tahini, coconut milk, lime, garlic, onion, and a dash of pepper, you're going to get one damn good dressing (or sauce as I'm calling it!). It's hard to describe how this chicken tasted with the sauce included. I think this is where the term umami comes in to play. It was savory, but zesty, creamy, a bit nutty from the tahini, basically all taste sensations combined. With the overall outcome of WOW. I may also just be the worst person at describing the way foods taste (goodbye food critic career), so I'll just let you make the recipe and let you tell me how you think it tastes yourself!
Coriander Garlic Grilled Chicken + Green Goddess Sauce
Coriander Garlic Grilled Chicken + Green Goddess Sauce
The lemony tang of coriander with savory garlic, compliment the smoky taste of grilled chicken perfectly. Add a green goddess sauce full of herbs, tahini, coconut and lime to brighten this gluten-free and paleo healthy dinner entree even further, enticing the taste buds.
- Yield: 4 1x
- Category: Main Dish, Condiments, Chicken
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 4 Skinless Chicken Breasts
- Per Breast:
- Β½ Tsp Minced Garlic
- ΒΌ Tsp Ground Coriander
- β Tsp Black Pepper
- β Tsp Ground Fenugreek
- Green Goddess Sauce:
- Β½ Cup Chopped Fresh Cilantro
- ΒΌ Cup Chopped Fresh Basil
- 2 TB Tahini
- β Cup Lite Culinary Coconut Milk
- Zest of 1 Lime
- Juice of Β½ a Lime
- Β½ Tsp Minced Garlic
- Β½ Tsp Onion Powder
- Β½ Tsp Black Pepper
- 2 TB Water
Instructions
- For each chicken breast, rub in the specified spice mixture all around.
- Place the chicken breasts on an oiled piece of foil or directly on a pre-heated grill. Grill (covered) for 10-12 minutes, flip each breast and grill another 10-12 minutes or until the chicken is done.
- Meanwhile, in a food processor, combine all the green goddess sauce ingredients. pulse and blend until you get a smooth green sauce.
- When everything is done, simply serve each chicken breast with desired amount of sauce. Enjoy!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
And now you see how sad it is that I am grill-less π I guess it's time to remedy the situation. Or maybe I should invest in a cast iron grill pan? Do you have one of those? They seem pretty handy for those winter months. I do have my mini George Foreman grill, but it's super mini and I don't trust it to cook poultry. I just use it to grill veggies and sandwiches. At least I had still make this sauce and use it on some boring over-baked chicken π So grill or not, make this chicken and this sauce; you won't regret it!
So tell me:
+ Gas grill or charcoal grill? I don't care at this point. I just want one working!
+ Have you ever had authentic Green Goddess Dressing or have you made your own?
+ Make this chicken and sauce and tell me how you would describe the taste! Share and tag me @RebeccaGF666Β
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Carmen
Hi there,
I just found your blog and this chicken looks amazing. I don't have a grill can I bake them?
Thank you and have a good day.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Well of course you CAN.
Creatively Homespun
YUUM!! Thank you for linking up at the Creative K Kidsβ Tasty Tuesdays! It's great to party with you every week! I have pinned all your posts to our Tasty Tuesdays Pinterest Board, and I'M thrilled to say that your post is being featured on Creatively Homespun at this week's Tasty Tuesday!! I hope to see you again next week! xo
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thank you!
Honest mum
This looks so delicious, I adore coriander!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks!
Stephanie
How delicious is this dish!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks!
Raia
Tahini? Basil? That sauce sounds amazing, Rebecca! π
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thank you Raia π
Alison
Grilled or not, this still looks beautiful, and is making me hungry. #tastytuesdays
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks!
Andrea Wyckoff
Oh this recipe sounds so perfectly balanced in flavors! Your photos are drool worth. I look forward to making dish!
Cheers!
Andrea
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thank you dear!
Kathy
Another wonderful recipe. I love all the Indian spices and the sauce looks great!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks!
Mary Gilbert
Pinned & shared!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks!
Carol
The sauce looks amazing! I'm always looking for new sauces to dress up chicken breasts. Just bought some tahini so I'm all set! Pinning!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Woohoo! Rock the tahini! Seriously one of the best things for chicken!
Jennifer Stewart
I love the coconut milk to make it creamy. When I eat Paleo I always miss creamy sauces and they comfort that they provide me! Thanks for making me not feel like I'm depriving myself when I cook.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Coconut milk is a life savor!
Mishael Witty
Pinning this to save for later. Coriander is my new favorite spice. Really. I'm putting it with everything! I don't have any sort of grill. All my chicken gets cooked in the Crock-Pot, but this would make a wonderful sauce for any kind of chicken. Never had the real green goddess dressing, but I agree - it does sound kind of yuck. I like your version much better. Thanks for sharing! π
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
This sauce is good for anything!
I know! The real one sounds....nasty, hahahaha!
Emily
I'm so excited to make this recipe! I get so stuck on using the same flavors and preparation for my poultry. The boyfriend will thank you haha!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Never get stuck!! Chicken goes with any and every flavor!
Miz Helen
Wish I had a bite of this awesome chicken and sauce right now, well I probably won't stop with just one bite.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Time to make it then!
Sally
This looks amazing - I love coriander, and the sauce looks great with the chicken. Definitely one I want to try out! #recipeoftheweek
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
This dish is such a winner! Thank you Sally!
Tessa@TessaDomesticDiva
Yum, definitely want to try this! Featuring your recipe!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Woohoo! Thanks Tessa!
joy
This dish looks delicious especially with the sauce. I like the combination of fresh ingredients. Found your post on Happiness Is Homemade!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks Joy!
Dawn @ overboard Creations
I am the simple and basic in my eating. Except this is a home run with that sauce.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Try it!
Dawn @ overboard Creations
I really will have to do.
Corina
The green goddess sauce sounds so tasty! I definitely want to make it.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
It's a crazy awesome topping for anything!
Laura @ Sprint 2 the Table
What a cool idea - I'm always looking for ways to use my fenugreek. Thanks!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
It's such a forgotten spice!
Cristina @ I Say Nomato
This looks so delicious! I love the mix of the kicky coriander with that cool sauce, yum!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks Cristina!
Shashi at RunninSrilankan
Come on over - I have a firepit and working grill! Oh please bring some of this delicious chicken and sauce and I will have green smoothie cupcakes ready - deal? π
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Yes please! DEAL!
Marla
Hi Rebecca,
This sounds delicious and filled with so many healthy herbs and spices. I love chicken and this recipe is fit for a king.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Or a goddess π
Michelle
I love Green Goddess dressing, but rarely have it...this looks delicious!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
This one is so easy to whip up!
Nisha
This looks lovely and for me, I have been in search of a great recipe for green goddess sauce! Coriander is one of the most flavoursome herbs and I look forward to trying this out.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
I hope you do then! I know you'll love it!
Kristy @ Southern In Law
Ummm this looks AMAZING!
As for grill types, gas grills are so much easier but I love the taste of food cooked over charcoal or wood!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
My exact feelings on grills π
Joyce @ it's Your Life
I love your blog I can always count on something unique.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thank you so much Joyce!
Evolve with Mary
I love green goddess sauce π Can't wait to try yours Rebecca
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks!
Dani @ Dani California Cooks
I love coriander! It's one of those spices that makes a dish taste extra special, and has that "what is that?!" flavor.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Totally! So many people don't even know what it is!
Harriet Emily
Oh my gosh Rebecca, this looks INCREDIBLE! The sauce!!! Wowowowow! So healthy and delicious. I love it! <3
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thank you dear!
Tiffany
OMG it looks great! and i learned so many new things.....soy marshmallows...green goddess dressing.....coriander! π I might have to use this for my last great grilling session of the season.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Marshmallows?
genevieve @ gratitude & greens
That green goddess sauce sounds delish! I don't eat chicken but I can appreciate a good grill (hello grilled veggies). I don't have a gas or charcoal grill, I just... have a grill pan, haha! If I had a choice it would probably be grilling over a wood fire, though. Some day! π
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Nothing is better than that smokey taste! Such comfort!
Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy
That sauce sounds fantastic Rebecca. I am always looking for new ways to use tahini. I think this would go really well on halloumi as well π
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
I wouldn't know, but yes, tahini rocks!
Dee Dee (My Midlife Kitchen)
First off, your version of the green goddess sauce looks delicious. Love the twist with the coconut! And second, definitely try a grill pan. I have a Staub, and I love it. We use it in the winter months (well, when we live in cold climates, anyway). Grilled chicken all year 'round!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
I've really considered getting one! I think I might!!! I just wish we had a range hood above our stove....we don't, and anything week cook just makes the entire house smell like you're right in the kitchen, haha! (It can be good and bad) π
Gwen @SimplyHealthyFamily
Looks fantastic Rebecca, it's all about the sauce IMHO! π
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Totally π
Lauren @ Wicked Spatula
That sauce is calling my name!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Yes it is π
sue
I always find it hard to be creative with chicken although I enjoy the taste. This sauce looks delicious and definitely worth a try.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
There are so many ways to make chicken fun, I think that's why people find it hard to play up!
Kat | curlsnchard.com
Oh gosh this sounds so good! I usually don't think that meat looks appetizing in photos, but your chicken really makes me hungry! And I love the ingredients of the sauce - is sounds delicious. We switched to an electric grill, btw. - everything else just became too much of a hassle π
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Chicken is the worst thing to photograph! Hahaha!
Ah, but there's nothing like the taste of a open fire grill or...the best..charcoal π
Lisa @ RunWiki
Absolutely everything about this dish is screaming, "eat me!" What a lovely weeknight or date night dinner! Pinned on my scheduler. xo
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thank you Lisa!!! Date night meal for sure π
Charlene Asay
This recipe looks amazing. I will have to put it in my to try pile. Pinned for later. Thanks for sharing!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thank you so much!
Laura
Oh man that sauce! I feel like I would just eat it by the spoonful. And that it would taste good on everything! I think I;m going to have to make that soon . . .
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Haha yes!! I could eat it with a spoon too π Maybe I did.... π
Brandon @ Kitchen Konfidence
YUM! This chicken recipe looks like it's just PACKED with flavor. I've never cooked with fenugreek, but I've heard it has somewhat of a maple flavor.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
It's hard to place the flavor. Definitely an under-tone and nothing pronounced. Kind of like Turmeric in that fact that it's a hard flavor to explain!
Heather@hungryforbalance
I happen to have a working grill, a fire pit, AND a stand mixer! Come on over and we can grill up this delicious chicken and have marshmallows for dessert!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Girl...I am taking that suggestion seriously π
kenzie negron
*mouth begins to water*
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Success π
Cynthia @craftoflaughter
Printing, Pinning, Cooking, drooling!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Hahaha, thank you so much Cynthia! Enjoy every bite!
Natalie | Feasting on Fruit
I've only had green goddess dressing once, and it was the bottled kind (I think it was even Kraft or something like that that I wouldn't go near now) and it tasted just like ranch dressing to me. Except the green-ness...although I wouldn't put it past them to use food coloring :/ So yeah...I need to make it myself!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Make this sauce!!!! The tahini and the lime and the coconut...AH! π
Chrissa - Physical Kitchness
Ps your site is so clean and pretty too!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
That means more than you know <3
Chrissa - Physical Kitchness
This green goddess sauce looks amazing!!!! I'm making this recipe this weekend. I just posted a zucchini boat recipe that calls for tahini - I wish I would have saw your post before I published , I could have included your sauce in the "other ways to use tahini" bit. Ps great photos too!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Haha, thanks dear! Tahini is one of my favorite things! So many uses! Let me know how it comes out if you do make it! xoxo
Renz
That sauce looks amazing!!! I can see it on fish too!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Totally!
Marye
This chicken looks so good! I am going to need to save this to try later!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks Marye! I hope you do!
Taylor @ Food Faith Fitness
Coriander is one of my FAVORITE flavors ever! And with that sauce? This dinner sounds like a MAJOR MAJOR winner! Pinned!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
It is great! I forget about it, but then fall in love again!
Thanks Taylor!
Iryna Bychkiv
How awesome this recipe looks! I rarely use coriander and fenugrek spice, but I probably should.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
They are great spices to SPICE it up π
Emily @ My Healthyish Life
I have a fire pit but we don't use it at all in the summer! Too hot to even sit outside let alone near a fire haha. I love grilling season and wish I had a grill at school.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
I had a grill in my dorm room last year....hahaha! I told the story on my blog before, but that was...different π
Christie
I love that you used fenugreek. That is a flavor you rarely see in recipes other than Indian. My husband would absolutely devour this chicken, but he would have to fight my daughter and I for it.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Fenugreek goes such a long way for such a small amount, but it pairs so well with coriander, it was a must!
Hahahaha π This is when you make double batches π