Showing posts with label Asparagus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Asparagus. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Grilled Orange Sesame Chicken and Vegetables


Ingredients

3 oranges
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil
3 whole boneless, skinless chicken breasts cut in half
2 pounds asparagus spears, trimmed
6 small zucchini cut on the diagonal 1/4-inch thick
1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons toasted sesame seeds


Cooking Directions

Cut 1 orange into wedges (peel intact); set aside. Of the remaining 2 oranges, remove zest of 1 and juice of both; place zest and juice in a glass bowl. Add lemon juice, vinegar, pepper, and mustard; whisk. Slowly whisk in sesame oil; set aside.

Place chicken between two sheets of plastic wrap; pound with a meat tenderizer to 1/2 inch thick. Place chicken in a glass bowl; pour half reserved vinaigrette over chicken. Coat thoroughly, cover with plastic wrap, and chill 1 to 2 hours.

Heat a grill or grill pan until very hot. Coat asparagus and zucchini with olive oil; sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon salt. Grill vegetables and reserved orange wedges until tender. Remove chicken from marinade; season with remaining teaspoon salt; discard marinade. Grill until browned on both sides and cooked through. Arrange chicken and vegetables on platter; sprinkle with sesame seeds. Serve with remaining reserved vinaigrette.

Yield: 6 servings

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Chicken, Asparagus and Sun dried tomato Pizza

This is by far my husbands favorite pizza though we don't often have asparagus on hand.

Prep Time 10 Min
Cook Time 15 Min
Oven 350

You can make Pizza dough but really for how long it takes it really isn't worth it so I buy some of the day old pizza crusts and freeze them for days when I want pizza for a quick meal.

Fettuccine Sauce
Pre-Cooked Chicken chunked (or you can if you have time cook 2 chicken breast and chunk them)
Sun dried tomatoes chopped
Fresh Asparagus cooked and chopped (or you can buy frozen steamable packets)
Mozzarella Cheese

Spread the Fettuccine sauce on the pizza crust, place all of the toppings on smother in mozzarella cheese and bake for 15 min at 350 cook, cool for 5 min and enjoy.