Monday, March 19, 2012

Grilled Chicken w/ Roasted Red Pepper Sauce

I love to cook and I'm always looking for new recipes to try. I found one-- Grilled Chicken w/ Roasted Red Pepper Aioli Sauce-- and I made it for my husband & I. He's so sweet and is always willing to eat whatever I give him, even if it's not very good. The grilled chicken was excellent but I'm not a huge fan of the roasted red pepper sauce. I think it needs to be revised before anyone eats it again. However, I'll go ahead and share the recipe in case you want to try your own version.


---Grilled Chicken w/ Roasted Red Pepper Aioli Sauce---

Ingredients for marinade:

-4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
-2 Tbls. lemon juice
-1 Tbls. garlic puree (or minced garlic)
-1 tsp. dried poultry seasoning (I used Mrs. Dash Chicken Seasoning)
-4 Tbls. olive oil


Directions for marinade:

-Trim all visible fat from chicken breasts, then cut small slits going down the length of each breast
-Whisk together the lemon juice, garlic, poultry seasoning, and olive oil
-Put chicken in Ziploc bag or container where the chicken can lie in a single layer and absorb as much of the marinade as possible
-Pour marinade over chicken and flip chicken over a few times to dispense the marinade equally. I also massaged the marinade into the small slits into the chicken
-Let chicken marinate in the refrigerator for 6-8 hours, or up to 24 hours if you need to marinate the chicken ahead of time


Beware! This smells so good you'll want to eat it raw. Please refrain!


-When ready to cook, remove chicken from fridge and let it come to room temperature
-Oil the grill with olive oil or non-stick spray
-Heat the grill to medium-high
-Cook chicken 4-5 minutes on each side until it is cooked through, firm, and lightly browned





Ingredients for roasted red pepper aioli sauce:

-1 jar roasted red peppers (12 oz.) or 2 freshly roasted red peppers (about 1 cup diced roasted red peppers)
-1 Tbls. garlic puree or minced garlic
-1/2 cup mayo
-3 Tbls. extra-virgin olive oil
-salt and pepper to taste


Directions for roasted red pepper aioli sauce:

-If you're using a jar of red peppers, put peppers into a colander placed in the sink and let drain for a few minutes, then use a double layer of paper towels to blot both sides of the peppers, drying them off as much as you can, coarsely chop peppers
-Put chopped peppers and garlic into the food processor and process about 20-30 seconds until peppers and garlic are finely pureed
-Add mayo and pulse about 8-10 times, or until mayo is well mixed with the peppers
-Add the olive oil one Tbls. at a time, blending for a few seconds after each Tbls. of oil.
-Season with salt and pepper to taste

It will be a pretty bright orange color

I fixed our favorite mac n cheese with it and it was delicious.



Yum! Yum! Yum!





I would revise the sauce, maybe by adding some parmesan cheese or a packet of dried Zesty Italian seasoning mix....feel free to experiment. Enjoy!

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