Roasted Garlic and Lemon Grilled Chicken

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Registered: 10-04-2006
Roasted Garlic and Lemon Grilled Chicken
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Sun, 08-17-2008 - 8:12pm

We had a few people over for a BBQ tonight and served this - it was a HUGE hit. We served it along with grilled radicchio drizzled w/balsamic vinegar and a strawberry spinach salad.

2 heads garlic
8 sprigs fresh tyme
4 lemons
1/2 cup olive oil
salt and pepper
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

Slice tops of heads of garlic, place on sheet of tin foil, drizzle w/olive oil, salt, top with 2 sprigs of thyme. Wrap up foil and roast in 400 degree oven for 45min.

Squeeze roasted garlic into food processor. Add juice of 2 lemons, leaves from remaining 6 sprigs of time, 1/2 cup olive oil, salt and pepper. Puree into a thick paste.

Reserve half of sauce/paste, use the remaining to marinade chicken for 1 hr. Grill chicken, brushing with remaining sauce a few times during grilling (save a little for drizzling over chicken after you plate it)

Grill lemon slices from two remaining lemons to use as garnish on top of chicken.

















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Registered: 07-19-2005
Sun, 08-17-2008 - 10:23pm
wow, that sounds fantastic! will have to try it this week. i love roasted garlic!

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Registered: 12-06-2007
Thu, 09-04-2008 - 8:11pm

We made this last weekend for company, and it was a huge hit.

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