Lime-Ginger Glazed Chicken With Fennel Relish
"Unfortunately I can't remember where I got the original recipe for this, but made some edits of my own when The Beau and I had an out of town guest. I doubled the recipe, as it looked so good I knew I was going to want some the next day. Instead of cooking the chicken in a skillet, I grilled it on the barbecue, but reduced the glaze on the stove. To my dismay, the three of us gobbled it all up and there weren't any leftovers! I do love fennel immensely and have tried the relish with grilled fish, which was wonderful. One time I also added fresh corn cut from the cob to the relish, a great addition."
- Ready In:
- 4hrs 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 21
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup lime juice
- 1⁄3 cup honey
- 1⁄4 cup soy sauce
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon fresh grated ginger
- 1 teaspoon lime zest
- 1⁄4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- salt
- fresh ground black pepper
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Fennel Relish
- 1 small fennel bulb, julienned (white part only)
- 1 cup chopped radicchio
- 1⁄2 cup chopped green onion
- 1⁄2 cup sliced black kalamata olive
- 1⁄4 cup olive oil
- 2 tablespoons wine vinegar
- salt
- fresh ground black pepper
- lime slice (to garnish)
- fennel leaves (to garnish)
directions
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For chicken:
- In shallow glass dish, mix together lime juice, honey, soy sauce, garlic, ginger, lime peel and crushed red pepper.
- Add chicken, turning to coat evenly; marinate at least 30 minutes or up to 4 hours.
- Remove chicken from marinade, reserving marinade; pat chicken dry.
- In large skillet, heat oil over medium high heat.
- Season chicken with salt and pepper and cook about 4 minutes per side.
- In small saucepan, place reserved marinade and cook over medium heat until reduced to a glaze.
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For Fennel Relish:
- In a medium bowl, mix together fennel, radicchio, green onions, and olives.
- In small bowl, whisk together oil, vinegar and salt and pepper.
- Pour over fennel and toss to coat well, best when made before cooking chicken so flavours can blend, but don't make more than an hour ahead.
- To serve, arrange chicken and Fennel Relish on platter.
- Spoon glaze over chicken and garnish with lime slices and fronds of fennel.
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Reviews
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A neighbor gave me some anise that I didn't know what to do with so I found this recipe. I added some corn to the relish too and we liked it. I never would have thought of something like this on my own thankee bikerchick! Very easy easy enough that we'll be having this again.
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As my nickname might imply, one of my hobbies does have something to do with bikes. The motorized kind, I enjoy endurance motorcycle riding. I'm a big fan of car racing too, particularly the European stuff, road racing, and endurance car racing, not so much NASCAR, but no offense. The Beau and I get to take his car out once in a while for autocross and basically drive like speed demons and not get in trouble. I love driving in general and am one of the few nutz who enjoys shopping for cars.
But I also love to cook. Believe it or not, my mom doesn't think I can cook. But she couldn't cook, so that's probably how she got on that track. My sister and I were latchkey kids and learned to help in the kitchen at a young age and I consider cooking a great outlet for my creative bits.
I work full time but am in school on and off part time, plus try to keep up with current events and life in general, plus teach a weekly class to my co-workers, plus just hanging out with The Beau and all our good friends. Oh and I also pet/house-sit -- I used to do it for friends but recently hired on with a "company" and am now kinda one of their contractors. I'm a dog freak but don't have a good setup for dogs, so pet-sitting is how I get my dog fix. I have a kitty, she's 18 and at her age I figure she deserves a taste of whatever's on my plate.
