Sunday, June 28, 2015

Change It Up With Caprese Chicken

I saw something somewhere (this seems to be my mantra lately, with no real idea of where I've seen anything) about Caprese Chicken and the wheels started turning.

I tried finding the actual recipe but I was taken down too many roads with too little time, so I winged it.

Well, I didn't use any chicken wings, actually, but I used chicken breasts.  So I breasted it?

That sounds terrible.

Here's what I did:

I chopped 4 plum tomatoes, some basil from my garden and some fresh mozzarella.

I added some balsamic vinegar and a touch of salt, mixed it and let it sit for a while.

I cut the chicken breasts into halves, which I would do  next time.  You'll see why.

I put the chicken breasts into a quick marinade of balsamic vinegar and some olive oil and let them sit for about a half hour, turning a few times.

I turned on the grill at medium to let it heat up while I went into the greenhouse and picked these greens.

My chard and beets were wildly waving their greenery (and redery) so I figured it would make a nice side.  I need to find a new way to use greens.  My cook them with onion and garlic and let them wilt routine is becoming a little too routine.

Once the grill was warm, I put the chicken breasts halves on to cook.  When they were done, I put a little of the caprese on top of them to melt the cheese a little.  This is why I won't cut them again.  They were a little too small and the tomatoes kept sliding off.   A bigger surface would have worked better.  I wanted them to cook sooner, thus the cutting.

This was a really flavorful and different way to serve chicken.  If these tomatoes had been from my garden or local, I would have been even happier!

I served rice as a side, nothing fancy, though!

Linking here:

http://www.whatjeanlikes.com/2015/06/AFBHJune4.html
http://www.myturnforus.com/2015/06/freedom-fridays-with-all-my-bloggy_25.html
http://www.thesitsgirls.com
http://olives-n-okra.com/funtastic-friday-30/

http://sewmanyways.blogspot.com
http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2015/06/clever-chicks-blog-hop-145-grandpas.html
http://www.skiptomylou.org
http://www.sewcando.com
http://www.flamingotoes.com/2015/06/show-and-tell-link-party-17/
http://olives-n-okra.com/merry-monday-61/

3 comments:

  1. Caprese is one of my favs. I haven't tried it with chicken, but you've convinced me:-) Thanks for linking up and sharing with us at Funtastic Friday.

    ReplyDelete
  2. I am so looking forward to trying your 'change it up with Caprese Chicken" recipe. What a great change of pace, looks mouthwatering. Thank you for sharing with the Clever Chicks Blog Hop! I hope you’ll join us again next week!

    Cheers,
    Kathy Shea Mormino
    The Chicken Chick
    http://www.The-Chicken-Chick.com

    ReplyDelete
  3. I love the flavor of caprese style dishes. We have plenty of chicken on hand to add this to our menu plan! Thanks for linking it up to Merry Monday!

    ReplyDelete

I love comments almost as much as I love summer. I reply to all comments except those ridiculous anonymous comments offering me dirty deeds and real estate. When you leave your comment, please make sure your own settings will allow me to reply to you. Nothing makes me sadder than replying to your comments and then realizing it’s going to the no-reply@blogger address!