Easy BBQ Chicken Recipe – Chicken Cutlets Grilled with Lemon Rosemary Sauce
This easy chicken recipe is perfect for grilling on a bbq or in the kitchen.
Prep and Cook Time: around 30 min.
Ingredients:
2/3 cup mayonnaise
zest of 1/2 lemon
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary
1 large garlic clove, crushed or grated
8 boneless and skinless chicken breast halves, pounded thin
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Directions:
Sauce:
Whisk together the first 5 ingredients and set aside.
Chicken:
Place a chicken breast half between heavy plastic wrap or inside a plastic food bag.
Lightly pound with the flat side of a meat mallet or the bottom of a small cast iron pan.
Pound lightly and work your way from the center to the edge until meat is about 1/2 inch thick.
Salt and pepper each chicken breast.
Lightly oil grill grate or rack and set grill temperature to medium-high.
When grill is up to temperature, arrange the chicken on the grill and bring the sauce out.
Cook for about 3 to 4 minutes or until you have nice grill marks on the chicken.
Flip and brush the cooked side with sauce, leaving the chicken on the grill for about 3 or 4 minutes more.
Flip and again brush the top with sauce and leave the chicken on the grill this time for about 1 or 2 minutes more.
Chicken should feel firm when squeezed with tongs.
Remove from grill and let sit for 3 or 4 minutes before cutting and serving.