Sweet and Sour Barbecued Chicken

So I have a couple of grilled chicken recipes I like to make each summer.  I already shared hubby's favorite: Peanut butter chicken and now, here is mine:

Sweet and Sour Barbecued Chicken

Ingredients:
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2 Cloves of garlic ~ crushed through a garlic press
2 Tablespoons ~ balsamic vinegar
Juice of 1/2 a lime
Juice of 1/2 a lemon
1/3 Cup ~ brown sugar
2 Tablespoons ~ dijon mustard
1/3 Cup ~ honey
1 teaspoon ~ salt
1/2 teaspoon ~ pepper
4 Tablespoons ~ olive oil
2 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut in half (or you could look at it as 4 chicken breast halves ~ see how helpful I am!)  **** READ THE TIP AT THE END!

Here's what'cha do:

1. Make the sauce.  In a shallow bowl, whisk together: garlic, vinegar, lime, lemon, brown sugar, mustard, honey, salt and pepper.

2.  Whisk in olive oil.

3.  Reserve some sauce in a separate bowl for dipping.

4.  Coat chicken in sauce ~ grill.  Baste with more sauce while grilling if desired.

Cute whisker:

Lemon Sucker (who started loving lemons before she was 1),

and 

Wine Pourer

(pay no attention to the dead plants on the table!  Long string one is suppose to be a sunflower that Action planted at school ~ oops and the other one.... a lovely dried up red begonia......)

optional!

End result....

FABULOUS!

Enjoy!

**** TIP****
SINCE YOUR ALREADY GRILLING, GRILL SOME EXTRA CHICKEN BREASTS ~ EITHER PLAIN OR WITH A LITTLE SEASONED SALT (THAT'S WHAT WE USED) AND COME BACK NEXT MONDAY FOR A RECIPE TO PUT THAT CHICKEN IN!  YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED!

Oh, and don't forget to attend some parties!  I am :)







The Stories of A 2 Z

Grilled Pesto Pizza

This is one of my favorite summer meals.  It only takes a few ingredients, is easy to make and tastes so fresh, it screams summer.

Here's what you need:


1lb of frozen  bread dough ~ however, I make pizza dough using my bread maker (45 minutes in the machine and wham bam fresh dough)

Jar of traditional Basil Pesto (I suppose you could make your own........)
Tomatoes, sliced  ~ as many as you'd like (I use Roma)
Mozzarella cheese ~ as much or as little as you want

Here's what you do:

• Get your grill all warmed up ~ you'll want to grill these pizzas on low
• Roll out your dough ~ no thicker than 1/4" thick

• Brush each side with olive oil

Then....

• Carefully place your dough on the grill

• Grill until the first side (you know, the side facing the heat) is golden ~ don't over cook
• Then flip those babies over.

• Add your toppings ~ for the pesto pizza, I spread the crust with the pesto, add a few tomatoes,  a couple handfuls of cheese then some more sliced tomato.  I was also nice and made a boring old pepperoni pizza for the two littles (Yes, Action and Smiley I AM talking about you!)

• Cook until the 2nd side is golden and the cheese is melted.

Mmmm...... yummy grilled pesto pizza.  Throw in a little salad, a glass of wine, family and the outdoors.  A perfect summer night if you ask me!

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Peanut Butter Chicken

This chicken recipe is one of my hubby's favorites.  And, I'm pretty sure it's actual name is NOT peanut butter chicken, but (besides "yummy") that's what we call it at my house.

Ingredients:

½ cup creamy peanut butter
½ cup water
¼  cup soy sauce
4 cloves garlic, minced
3 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons firmly packed brown sugar
¾ teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
sliced green onions ~ for garnish

What to do:

1.  Stir together: peanut butter, water, soy sauce, garlic, lemon juice, brown sugar, ginger and red pepper flakes in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat 1 minute or until smooth, cool.

2.  Reserve at least half of the sauce for dipping (you do not want to use this to brush onto your raw chicken).  Then, brush the rest of the sauce onto the chicken.

3.  Grill chicken on a medium hot grill for about 8 minutes, turning once.  Brush with any additional sauce while grilling.

4.  Serve with reserved sauce and sprinkle with green onions.

Mmmm Mmmm Good!

Actually, my husband likes the sauce so much by itself he loves it when I make a little extra that way he can dip his bread or whatever else he can find in it.

ENJOY!

Party on my friends, party on :)