Grilled chicken with sun-dried tomato paste

6 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
¾ cup Dried tomatoes; dry packed
4 mediums Garlic cloves
1 teaspoon Extra virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon Crushed red pepper
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons Balsamic vinegar
¼ teaspoon Salt; to taste
⅛ teaspoon Black pepper; to taste
30 ounces Chicken breasts; boned (6 fillets), trimmed and flattened
4 tablespoons Unsalted butter; at room temperature

Directions

1. Soften the dry-packed sun-dried tomatoes in boiling water for at least 15 minutes. Drain well.

2. Mince the garlic in a food processor fitted with a steel blade. Add the drained tomatoes and the rest of the ingredients for the paste and process until pureed and the consistency of a thick paste. Reserve 2 tablespoons.

3. Place the chicken breasts in large, shallow, nonaluminum dish and coat evenly with the paste. Make sure to put some under the skin. Refrigerate 2 to 8 hours, turning several times to make sure the marinade is adhering to the chicken. (The longer it marinates, the spicier it will be.) 4. In a food processor fitted with a steel blade process the butter with the reserved tomato paste until well blended. Place on a sheet of wax paper and roll up into a cylinder. Refrigearte for at least 4 hours or until read to use. It should become very firm.

5. Prepare the barbecue for medium-heat grilling. Grill the chicken 3 inches from the flame for 7 to 10 minutes per side basting with a slice of the butter mixture on each side.

6. Arrange the chicken on individual plates and top each piece with a thin slice of the butter.

Advance Preparation: This may be prepared 8 hrs in advance through step 4 and refrigerated.

As a light entree: make 8 to 12 salads of chicken, sauteed zucchini and arugula.

THE TASTE OF SUMMER; (1988) diane Rossen Worthington (Bantam). McRecipe: About 260 cals, 12g fat, 41% cff. Posted on Kitchen Path () 1997

Recipe by: The Taste of Summer; Diane Rossen Worthington Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #1069 by KitPATh <phannema@...> on Jan 31, 1998

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