Tonight’s dinner came from Fine Cooking, New ways with Chicken Breasts. It was to serve 4, but Jim ate the whole thing. Not a problem meant he liked it.
Ingredients:
1 ½ # baby potatoes, scrubbed, halved or quartered if larger than 11/2 inches. Mine did not have to be halved to boil, but I did cut the larger ones in half to grill.
Kosher salt
2/3 C EVOO
1 ½ t finely grated zest, plus 3T fresh lemon juice
2 anchovy fillets rinsed and minced
1 large garlic clove, mashed to a paste with ½ t kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper
4 small boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (about 1 1/2 #)
½ large seedless cucumber, peeled in stripes, seed core removed cut into ½” pieces
½ C coarsely chopped fresh mixed herbs, such as basil, cilantro, chives, tarragon, parsley, and mint
(use 3)
Directions:
1. Prepare a medium-high gas or charcoal grill fire.
2. Put potatoes in a 3 qt. saucepan of well-salted water. Boil over high heat until nearly cooked through but still a little firm, about 5 minutes.
3. Shake EVOO, lemon zest and juice, anchovies, garlic paste, ½ t salt, and ¼ t pepper in a jar with a lid.
4. Drain the potatoes and toss in a bowl with 3T vinaigrette.
5. Toss raw chicken in a bowl with 3T of the Vinaigrette, ½ t salt and 1/8 t pepper.
6. They said to put the potatoes on a piece of aluminum foil on one side of the grill. We have a stir fry pan for the grill and we used that. The approximate time for the potatoes and chicken was 12 minutes. Our chicken took a little longer. Let the chicken rest 5 minutes before cutting.
7. Meanwhile in a medium bowl, combine the cucumber, tomatoes, herbs, , @T vinaigrette and salt and pepper to taste.
8. Slice the chicken, arrange on dinner plates, and drizzle with the remaining vinaigrette.
I missed the part about the herbs in the salad, but it was good anyway. I was away almost all day and was doing all this while Jim was talking to me. It was however, a very good meal. We had a Viansa Arneis from Sonoma County, 2009. Jim says this is an Italian varietal. I just say went very nicely with the meal.
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