Felicity's Garlicky Grilled Chicken

"Saw a recipe which I used as a guide. Used breasts instead of pieces, increased the garlic & poached the chicken in the marinade first as my meat was very thick. Finished by browning the chicken for a more appetising appearance. YUM! Great for garlic lovers. Prep time does not include marinating time, as that can vary, depending on the time you have."
 
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photo by Caroline Cooks
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Ready In:
35mins
Ingredients:
8
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Trim chicken as desired, cut a couple of diagonal slashes in each piece and set aside.
  • Add all other ingredients, except oil and butter to food processor and blend to a paste.
  • With motor running, drizzle in oil until the mixture is a pale green.
  • I used about ¼ cup, but this can vary to taste.
  • Cover the chicken with marinade and refrigerate for as long as possible, 3-24 hours.
  • Melt butter in pan (if using) and turn the heat down.
  • Place chicken breasts in pan with all the marinade and cover.
  • The meat I used was very thick, but if your chicken breasts are thinner it may be possible to skip this step and just fry or grill more quickly over a higher heat.
  • After about 10 minutes the steam has helped cooked through the chicken.
  • Remove lid, increase heat (med-high) and brown chicken on both sides.
  • I served this with a side of steamed spinach and “Felicity’s Stuffed Red Peppers”, also here on ‘Zaar.
  • I had some leftovers, cold for lunch, and they were delicious, the garlic flavour had intensified& the meat was moist.

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Reviews

  1. Made this tonight. I only had about 5 hours to marinate it in and it would have been even more scrumptious with an overnight one. The only thing that I did different was to add 1/4 cup dry white to the marinade. I "steamed it 10 minutes a side and then took off the lid and turned up the heat and fried for an additional 5 minutes a sidde. We deglazed the skillet with some low sodium chicken broth and added a little half and half to make a sauce. Had that over the chicken and some wide noodles.
     
  2. Excellent lemon type of chicken, I marinated it for four hours and it came through. Garlic, Lemon and olive oil make a great flavor profile. Thank you for sharing.
     
  3. When I saw this recipe I knew it was for us. We do love garlic! athis recipe is YUMMY! I t was so quick to pull together. I did use more garic and peppercorns. I then use my food sealer to speed up the marinating time. Then I grilled the chicken. MMMMMMMM! DS and I put ours over a Ceasar salad. DH ate his with potatoes and squash, I will make again. I think the next time I'll use cilantro in place of the parsley. Thanks for the ymmy recipe.
     
  4. I do love garlic; and I do love grilled chicken--sooo... I marinated in the sauce for 8 hours and grilled. YUM! Made for the Aussie MsSPheonix Cook-a-thon & posted in the Grilling Event-Cooking Photos.
     
  5. just a wonderful wonderful dish if your a garlic lover like me. I used 5 tablespoons (1 clove = 1/2 tbsp) of minced garlic, added the extra "two cloves" since i was using the minced. I let the meat marinade for almost 18 hours since dinner ended up being late. usually i just leave parsley out of recipes but since it was one of the main components to the marinaide i got some and im glad i did. i used boneless skinless tenders, 6 of them. one change i did make just because my breasts were so thin and wouldnt take very long to cook was i made up a seperate marinaide when i cooked them, because i just didnt feel comfrotable useing the one the raw meat had sat in all day. Great recipe - no complaints from the men. Id really like to try out the kabob version with some russet potatoes some time!
     
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