Grilled Chicken with Shredded Mesclun Salad

Name: Grilled Chicken with Shredded Mesclun Salad
Prep time: 1 d 1 h
Cook time: 1 d 1 h
Total time: 1 d 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 6 chicken breast halves with skin and bones (3 lb total); 237 milliliters loosely packed fresh basil leaves, thinly sliced; 1 Tbsp mild honey; 118 milliliters fresh lime juice; 1 liters oz mesclun, thinly sliced; 237 milliliters olive oil; 1 teaspoons dried hot red pepper flakes; 2 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters medium shallots, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced crosswise; 2 larges tomatoes, cut into 1/2-inch pieces (2 cups)

Grilled Chicken with Shredded Mesclun Salad is a gluten free, dairy free, and primal recipe with 4 servings. This recipe covers 25% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 288 calories, 38g of protein, and 10g of fat. If you have shallots, salt, mild honey, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert. It is perfect for The Fourth Of July. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 25 hours. It works well as a main course.

Instructions

Whisk together lime juice, honey, red pepper flakes, and 3/4 teaspoon salt in a large bowl and add oil in a slow stream, whisking.

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Red Pepper Flakes

Lime Juice

Honey

Salt

Cooking Oil

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Whisk

Bowl

Transfer chicken to a 1-gallon sealable plastic bag and add 1/3 cup lime vinaigrette, then seal bag. Marinate chicken at room temperature 15 minutes.

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Vinaigrette

Whole Chicken

Lime

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Ziploc Bags

Transfer another 1/3 cup lime vinaigrette to a bowl, stir in tomatoes and shallots, and marinate until chicken is finished cooking.

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Vinaigrette

Shallot

Tomato

Whole Chicken

Lime

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Bowl

Transfer another 1/3 cup lime vinaigrette to a large bowl and set aside for cooked chicken. Put remaining lime vinaigrette in a small airtight container and reserve for lettuce wraps (recipe follows).

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Cooked Chicken

Vinaigrette

Lettuce

Wrap

Lime

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Bowl

Remove chicken from bag, discarding marinade, and sprinkle all over with remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons salt.

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Marinade

Whole Chicken

Salt

Open vents on bottom of grill and on lid. Light a large chimney starter of charcoal briquettes (80 to 10

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Grill

and pour them evenly over 1 side of bottom rack (you will have a double or triple layer of briquettes).

When charcoal turns grayish white (after 15 to 20 minutes) and you can hold your hand 5 inches above rack for 3 to 4 seconds, sear chicken breasts, starting with skin sides down, on a lightly oiled rack over coals, uncovered, turning once, until well browned, 5 to 6 minutes total.

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Chicken Breast

Move browned chicken breasts to side of grill with no coals and cook, covered with lid, turning over occasionally, until just cooked through, 12 to 15 minutes more.

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Chicken Breast

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Grill

Preheat all burners on high, covered, 10 minutes, then adjust heat to moderately high.

Sear chicken on lightly oiled grill rack, covered with lid, turning frequently, until well browned, about 6 minutes total.

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Whole Chicken

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Grill

Turn off 1 burner (middle burner if there are

and arrange all seared chicken on rack above shut-off burner. Cook seared chicken, covered with lid, turning over once, until just cooked through, 10 to 15 minutes.

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Whole Chicken

Transfer hot grilled chicken to large bowl with lime vinaigrette and turn to coat. Leave in bowl 5 minutes, then transfer to a platter and loosely cover with foil.

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Grilled Chicken

Vinaigrette

Lime

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Bowl

Aluminum Foil

Toss together mesclun, basil, tomato mixture, and salt to taste.

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Mesclun

Tomato

Basil

Salt

Drizzle some lime vinaigrette from bowl over chicken and serve with mesclun salad.

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Vinaigrette

Whole Chicken

Mesclun

Lime

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Bowl

• If you aren't able to grill outdoors, chicken can be roasted, skin sides up, in an oiled foil-lined large shallow baking pan in middle of a preheated 500°F oven until skin is crisp and chicken is cooked through, 25 to 35 minutes total.• If making the lettuce wraps (recipe follows), set aside 2 cooked breast halves. Cool to room temperature, then chill, covered with plastic wrap, up to 3 days.

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Whole Chicken

Lettuce

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap