Moroccan-Spiced Chicken Paillards |
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Prep Time: 35 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 35 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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Slightly sweet, tangy, and spicy all at once, the easy sauce doubles the flavor of quick-cooking thin-sliced chicken breasts. Ingredients:
1/4 cup orange juice |
1 tablespoon mild honey |
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice |
1 (3-inch) cinnamon stick |
1/4 teaspoon dried hot red pepper flakes |
2 tablespoons unsalted butter |
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin |
1/2 teaspoon paprika (not hot) |
1/4 teaspoon black pepper |
2 tablespoons olive oil |
1 3/4 lb boneless chicken breast slices (1/4 inch thick; see cooks' note, below) |
1 1/4 teaspoons salt |
Directions:
1. Prepare grill pan and start sauce: Heat grill pan over moderate heat until hot.
2. Meanwhile, simmer all sauce ingredients except butter in a 1-quart saucepan, uncovered, stirring occasionally, 2 minutes. Set aside while cooking chicken.
3. Make paillards: Cook cumin, paprika, and pepper in oil in a small skillet over moderately low heat, stirring, until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Transfer to a small bowl, reserving skillet for sauce (do not clean). Brush some spiced oil on 1 side of each paillard, then sprinkle with some salt. Arrange 2 paillards in grill pan, oiled sides down, and brush tops with some of spiced oil, then sprinkle with some salt. Grill 2 minutes, then turn over and grill until just cooked through, about 3 minutes more. Transfer to a platter and cover with foil. Grill remaining paillards in same manner, transferring to platter.
4. Finish sauce: Pour sauce through a medium-mesh sieve into reserved small skillet, discarding solids. Add any juices from chicken accumulated on platter to sauce and bring to a boil. Remove from heat, then add butter and swirl skillet until butter is just incorporated. Season sauce with salt and spoon over chicken.
5. Cooks' note: Some sliced chicken breasts may not be of an even thickness. If necessary, put each paillard between 2 sheets of plastic wrap and pound with flat side of a meat pounder until about 1/4 inch thick.
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