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January 3, 2013 By admin Add comment

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This grilled chicken recipe has bright flavors, a wonderful color, and it’s incredibly healthy. Fire up your grill and get this one on your plate soon!

My husband gets a few things given to him from clients every year that we obviously appreciate but sometimes wonder what we are going to do with it.  One year we got a crystal sherry decanter. It was lovely but it had a tacky plastic ‘brass’ name plate on it bearing the companies logo.  I tried to pry it off…ya, that didn’t work.  Plus, I mean…who drinks sherry anyway? Who, these days, has decanters sitting on a cart in the parlor (no judgement)?  Nobody, unless you are in a Soap Opera ???? I appreciate that they went to the expense and time to give him something but some of this stuff obviously came from the ‘re-gift shelf’ !

Come on now…you all know you have one. You don’t?  OK, I guess it’s just me.

Well, moving on.  We were given a few boxes of citrus from family and co-workers.  A lot of it actually.  This came at the right time and I have been eating a ton of it.  I am trying to tell myself that it will help me get over this…whatever..I have.  I have made a cake, smoothies, a salad and this orange basil grilled chicken recipe with our mother lode!

Orange Basil Grilled Chicken Recipe - A healthy and delicious meal for grilling any time of the year.

This is a great dish to make in the winter when oranges and lemons are ripe and fresh and when you just need a bit of sunshine in your life.  I do make this more in warmer months because it is so light and healthy, though.  BUT, if you need to add a healthy yet easy meal to your winter rotation then I have one for you.  Plus, I bet we all need a vitamin C boost!

I grilled this chicken because I am a bit odd..I grill in the winter.  Really, as long as it’s not pouring rain I will use the grill.  We have even been known to wheel it near the garage just to get out of the elements.  I only recommend this if you have a big garage with good ventilation like we do but back to the food…I digress ????

 Orange Basil Grilled Chicken Recipe - A healthy and delicious meal for indoor or outdoor grilling.

I hope you love this grilled chicken recipe as much as I do!

Heather Tallman / Basilmomma

Total Servings 6

Orange Basil Grilled Chicken Over Whole Wheat Couscous

Side suggestions: cooked sugar snap peas and whole wheat couscous: prepare as per package instructions

10 minPrep (inc. refrigeration & rest time)

20 minCook Time

30 minTotal Time

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Ingredients

  • 1 large navel orange
  • 2 lemons
  • 1/2 to 3/4 C of fresh basil, chopped
  • a few TB of olive oil
  • 4 large boneless skinless chicken breast halves, about 1 1/2 lbs
  • 1 tsp sugar

Instructions

  1. From the orange zest off 2 tsp of the peel and squeeze 4 TB of juice.
  2. From the lemons zest 2 tsp of peel and squeeze 1/3 C of the juice.
  3. In a medium bowl, combine 1 tsp of each peel and 1 TB of the orange juice with half of the basil, 1 TB of olive oil, 1/4 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp fresh black pepper.
  4. Flatten each chicken breast between sheets of plastic wrap or wax paper, to a 1/2 inch thickness. Add the chicken to the citrus mixture, set aside.
  5. In a small pitcher or bowl, combine sugar, a pinch of salt and freshly ground pepper, and all of the remaining zests, juices, olive oil (1 TB) and basil.
  6. You can make all of this up to this point up to 8 hours ahead!
  7. Pre-heat an outdoor grill or grill pan on the stove and cook the chicken until just done.
  8. Place the chicken over the finished couscous and cooked snap peas (if you make them) on a large serving dish.
  9. Pour the sauce from the pitcher over the finished food and garnish with slices of leftover lemon and orange as well as a few torn leaves of basil, if you want to.
Recipe Type: Main Dish

Important Notes

Recipe adapted from Cooking Light January 2012

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