Directions

1. Heat your oven to 425°F. Add minced garlic, lime zest, lime juice, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, sesame oil, soy sauce and to a zippered plastic bag. Add chicken and seal the bag. Place bag on a clean plate or inside a casserole dish and place in the refrigerator. Marinate the chicken for at least 10 minutes (no need to do it more than 20 minutes).
2. To sear chicken, add grapeseed oil to an oven-safe nonstick skillet pan and turn heat on medium high. Heat the pan for 3 minutes. Remove chicken from plastic bag, pat the chicken with a paper towel (You’re not patting the chicken completely dry. But enough so that you’re not boiling the chicken in the marinade when you place it in the pan.).
3. Then, add chicken to the pan and cook on each side for 3 to 4 minutes (if using bone-in, 4 to 6 minutes per side). Remove the chicken from the skillet, place on a clean plate and set aside. Wipe the pan clean with paper towels and place back on the range.