GINGER-MISO CHICKEN WITH QUICK PICKLES

Ginger-Miso Chicken with Quick Pickles image

Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Time 50m

Yield 4 to 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 17

Olive oil, for the grill
3 tablespoons white miso
3 tablespoons mirin
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons chopped fresh ginger
1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
1 1/4 pounds chicken cutlets (4 to 6)
Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
2 Persian cucumbers, halved and thinly sliced
1 carrot, halved and thinly sliced
1 small red onion, halved and thinly sliced
1 Fresno chile pepper, thinly sliced
1 1-inch piece ginger, sliced
1/2 cup rice vinegar
1 tablespoon sugar
Kosher salt

Steps:

Make the chicken: Preheat a grill to medium high and oil the grates. Whisk the miso, mirin, rice vinegar, soy sauce, ginger and toasted sesame oil in a bowl.
Place the chicken between 2 sheets of plastic wrap and pound with a heavy skillet or the flat side of a meat mallet until an even 1/2-inch thickness. Marinate the chicken in the miso mixture while you make the quick pickles.
Make the quick pickles: Combine the cucumbers, carrot, red onion and chile in a nonreactive bowl. In a small saucepan, heat the ginger, rice vinegar, sugar and 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt until the sugar and salt are dissolved. Pour over the vegetables and add 4 ice cubes. Refrigerate, stirring once or twice, until chilled, 30 minutes. Drain.
Season the chicken with salt and pepper and grill until browned and well marked, 2 to 3 minutes. Flip and grill until the chicken is cooked through, about 2 more minutes.
Top the chicken with the quick pickles.