GRILLED TANDOORI-SPICED CHICKEN BREASTS OVER MESCLUN SALAD
Categories Salad Blender Food Processor Chicken Leafy Green Marinate Yogurt Low Cal Backyard BBQ Grill Grill/Barbecue Gourmet
Yield Serves 6
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Make marinade:
- In a blender or small food processor grind onion with garlic, gingerroot, lemon juice, and water to form a paste. In a bowl stir together onion paste and remaining marinade ingredients.
- With a sharp paring knife make three 1/2-inch-deep diagonal cuts in each chicken breast half, being careful not to cut all the way through. Rub chicken with marinade, rubbing it into cuts. In a large resealable plastic bag marinate chicken, chilled, overnight.
- Prepare grill.
- Grill chicken on an oiled rack 5 to 6 inches over glowing coals until cooked through, about 7 minutes on each side, and transfer to a platter. Let chicken stand while preparing salad.
- In a large bowl whisk together vinegar and salt and pepper to taste and add oil in a stream, whisking until emulsified. Add mesclun and toss lightly.
- Slice chicken 1/4 inch thick and serve over salad.
TANDOORI-SPICED CHICKEN BREASTS
Steps:
- Make spice paste:
- Mince garlic with salt and mash to a paste. Wearing protective gloves, mince chile (including seeds for a spicier paste) and in a bowl stir together with garlic paste and remaining spice paste ingredients.
- Make 3 diagonal cuts about 1/4 inch deep in each chicken breast and rub spice paste into cuts and all over chicken. Marinate chicken, covered, 30 minutes at cool room temperature.
- Preheat broiler and line broiler pan with foil. Halve onion through root end and reserve 1 half for sauce. Thinly slice remaining onion half, separating layers, and in a small bowl soak onion slices in ice water to cover while broiling chicken.
- Arrange chicken without crowding on rack of broiler pan. Brush chicken with 1 teaspoon vegetable oil and broil about 3 inches from heat 8 minutes. Turn chicken over and brush with remaining teaspoon vegetable oil. Broil chicken until lightly browned and just cooked through, about 6 minutes more.
- Make sauce while chicken is broiling:
- Mince enough reserved onion to measure 1 tablespoon and in a small bowl stir together with all sauce ingredients.
- Drain soaked onion and pat dry between paper towels. Top chicken with onion slices and serve with yogurt sauce.
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