Tangelo Chicken


Last night’s dinner required a bit of experimentation because I forgot the lemons. So, I created a new recipe … Tangelo Chicken.

Tangelo Chicken with Asparagus and Broccoli

It was really quite simple. We started out with some Rocky the Range* chicken breasts. I sliced one tangelo and placed half of the slices in the bottom of a glass bowl, placed the chicken on top, then squeezed some juice on the chicken, laid the rest of the slices over the chicken, drizzled a little extra virgin olive oil over top, then seasoned lightly with salt and pepper. Pierce the chicken with a fork, turn over, and season the other side lightly with salt and pepper. Be careful to not over salt at this stage. Cover and refrigerate for at least one hour.

Unintentional Soup

While the chicken was marinating, I prepared what turned out to be more of a soup than I had intended, but it worked. It was very healthy, but perhaps a little boring. However, with a plash or two of hot sauce, now we’re talking.

For the soup, I simply heated some chicken stock, put in brown rice leftover from Friday’s dinner, and heated this through, then turned off the heat. At the last minute, I added some stir fry greens that I got at Saturday’s Farmers’ Market, covered it and let it heat through. I didn’t want to cook the greens too much, because they can get bitter. This was a mix of different kales, cabbage, radicchio, and maybe a few other sturdy greens. I liked all of it except for the cabbage. Next time, I’ll probably create my own mix of greens.

Stir Fry Greens

While the greens heated through, I grilled the chicken breasts on my George Foreman grill. Remember to cook chicken to an internal temperature of 165-degrees Fahrenheit. How much time on the grill really depends on the thickness of the breasts and what temperature. I cooked these on high for the first few minutes, then turned it down to medium because the oranges were getting too dark.

(Yes, that was really fun to clean off the GF grill…)

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The Finished Chicken

Enjoy!

 

* This really is incredible chicken – from Petaluma Poultry (http://www.petalumapoultry.com/)

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