Brick Seasoned Grilled Chicken With Garlic & Herbs
This is a great way to deep season chicken breast. The weight of the bricks
forces the seasoning deep into the meat. There are only a few easy steps
involved in making this tasty dish. Grill this dish inside or out, either way it
will impress all those eating it. If you get a great picture of this dish,
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Difficulty (Scale from 1-10): 7
Makes: 6 servings
Ingredients
4 cloves of garlic
3/4 cup (packed) fresh Italian parsley
1/4 (packed) fresh basil
1/4 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon of salt
1/2 - 3/4 cup of olive oil
4 boneless skinless chicken breast, cut in half
6-8 bricks wrapped in foil
Preparation of Seasoning
In a blender or food processor combine garlic, parsley, basil, salt, red pepper,
and black pepper. Slowly add olive oil, once uniformly thick paste is attained
stop adding the oil. Taste mixture, it should be slightly salty, if not add more
salt until the paste tastes slightly salty.
Preparation of Chicken
Completely coat each half breast with the newly made paste using a generous
amount. Then wrap the newly coated breast with plastic wrap, making an air-tight
seal. Wrap again with plastic wrap, so there are two independent layers of
plastic wrap.
Place wrapped chicken in a flat (or very shallow) cooking pan. Place another pan
on top of the pan containing the chicken. Place as many bricks as you can on the
top pan. Note: be sure that the top pan will allow the weight of the bricks to
press onto the chicken breast underneath it.
Place pans with bricks into the refrigerator for at least 8 hours and no more
than 24 hours.
Remove chicken from plastic wrap and grill!
Enjoy your meal!!