One of my favorite things to grill is batches of these Roasted Garlic and Herb Chicken Breasts. You can use this method on any cut of chicken you like, it's just that good! The chicken is basted in a mixture of roasted garlic and herbs, then grilled to perfection. They’re great right off the grill and they are portable, which comes in handy with two teenagers and their friends around. They often grab something to eat when they’re headed out the door. Unlike batter coated chicken, which we enjoy around here, can often mask the true chicken flavor, this grilled chicken simply allows the chicken flavor plus the outdoor cooking flavor to make your taste buds pop.
I almost forgot! They’re totally delicious. Come on…let's fire up the grill.
Squeeze one head of roasted garlic into the blender.
Pour 1/4 cup of white wine into the blender.
Add 2 tablespoons of fresh parsley leaves, 2 tablespoons of fresh basil leaves, 1 tablespoon of honey, 1 teaspoon of salt and 1/4 teaspoon of red pepper flakes.
Pulse blender to combine and then stream in 3/4 of a cup of extra virgin olive oil.
Pour off your basting sauce into a container. Season chicken with salt and pepper and place on the grill. Sear each side of the chicken for about five minutes and then move to indirect heat.
Cook the chicken about 10 minutes per side and then baste with Roasted Garlic Herb Sauce.
Allow to cook another 10 minutes, turn chicken and baste again. Continue grilling and basting chicken until chicken is thoroughly cooked.
Stick in a fork in me, 'cause I'm done!
THAT looks amazing and with Memorial Day weekend coming up too!
ReplyDeleteI MUST try it!!
YUM!
Oh I love it, I am saving this to try, thank you!
ReplyDeleteLove the flavour of roasted garlic! This looks great - I'll have to give it a try soon.
ReplyDeleteGreat tip for this coming weekends cookouts. That's if it quits raining by then! Enough already!
ReplyDeleteKatherine- you're a woman after my own heart! This look amazing!
ReplyDeleteFresh herbs? Garlic? I'm hooked. Just got a recipe for the weekend. Thanks for solving my problem.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great recipe to have on hand for the Memorial Day weekend! This sounds really good.
ReplyDeleteOh that looks great! Hard to go wrong with roasted garlic ;)
ReplyDeleteGood idea!
Oh does that ever look delicious. I'm saving this one to try the next time I grill chicken....
ReplyDeleteThat chicken really look like grill to perfection. I couldn't agree more katherine, a simple mixture of fresh herb and roasted garlic will bring such a wonderful flavor to any grill idea.
ReplyDeleteI adore a good grilled chicken. Obviously you know what you're doing when it comes to grilling and seasoning.
ReplyDeleteLove that last shot! I'm so ready
you dont need me to tell you how awesome your sauce sounds and how delicious this chicken looks but if you want I will...
ReplyDeleteHOly cow...this sounds awesome! Some of my favorite flavors :D
ReplyDeleteyum yum with that roasted garlic!
ReplyDeleteI am making this tomorrow but I have to go easy on the roasted garlic for my wife. :)
ReplyDeleteAll the good stuff in this. I like chicken just about any way you can serve it, and I'm REALLY liking the looks of this. YUM!
ReplyDeleteThat looks divine!! YUM!
ReplyDeleteHey Katherine,
ReplyDeleteStick a fork in me if I can have some of that grilled chicken. You and I have a bond if we are both raising teenagers!! I just bought this big jar of fresh garlic from Sams. I keep looking at it thinking "what was I thinking, how am I going to use all this?" I will use "some" making your grilled chicken! It seems like the garlic never goes down though!! No matter how much I use it is still there! Have a great weekend.
We had chicken last night, too. I may try your basting sauce technique. Do you think my picky eaters will grumble about green sauce?
ReplyDeleteThat sounds awesome! Definitely gonna try this one.
ReplyDeleteI don't know why I never think to do such simple obvious marinades like that. Roasted garlic and chicken are meant for each other. Awesome, tasty looking meat and I will definitely keep the garlic (and herbs of choice) in mind for next time.
ReplyDeleteThat looks VERY Delicious! :)
ReplyDeleteyum Katherine - looks delish!
ReplyDeleteThat dish oozes the words 'Eat Me Now'...I can only imagine the nice grilled crusty outside, and the flavors of that sauce...
ReplyDeleteThis looks perfect for Memorial Day!
ReplyDeleteThe roasted garlic herb sauce sounds perfect with these grilled chicken - excellent!
ReplyDeleteThis looks amazing-hope you've started on the blueprints for your cafe :)
ReplyDeleteNow THAT looks so yummy. Going to put that on my TBM (to be made) list for the upcoming week.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad grilling season is here. This looks amazing! I love all the flavors here.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, I bet this has so much flavor! Looks fantastic!
ReplyDeleteThis chicken looks incredible, Katherine! I have been feeling like I need a really great new chicken recipe for grilling. The garlic in here makes it sound extra delicious!
ReplyDeleteThis looks wonderful! I am loving the roasted garlic sauce.
ReplyDeleteNow you KNOW I'm going to try that, right? Looks great and perfectly grilled.
ReplyDeleteThe garlic and fresh herbs have my attention! I'll have to try this one for sure!
ReplyDeleteOh Katherine! That looks absolutely wonderful - I am adding it to my list of things to make :o)
ReplyDeleteyou has me at roasted garlic! this looks so flavorful!
ReplyDeleteInteresting how to squeeze the roasted garlic.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely looks delicious!
Love all that roasted garlic! Now that it's warm out, we've been grilling every week. Can't wait to try this.
ReplyDeletehonestly, I think grilled chicken is WAY better than fried. fried just kills all the chicken flavor, grilling amps it up! your basting sauce sounds really lovely!
ReplyDeletePerfect sounding dish for the holday weekend. Love the roasted garlic incorporated in there.
ReplyDeleteThis looks just delicious!! The marinade is just loaded with flavor, so tasty!
ReplyDeleteLooks so delicious, I will surely try it.
ReplyDeleteSounds delicious and perfect for the Memorial Day weekend. I'm always looking for new chicken recipes - I'll have to add this one to my file. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteSam
WOW - this looks so good, and so perfect for the summer grilling season!
ReplyDeleteOkay, decided to come check out what you had cooking. Looks way yum. What a simple yet chic dish!
ReplyDeleteWow Katherine I can't wait love all the garlic. Purrrfect.
ReplyDeleteThere is love in your cooking, that's for sure! I have two garlic presses, and still buy crushed garlic in a jar. A neat product we have around here when you forget to add garlic, is a garlic spray, fresh or roasted..Comes in handy!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful chicken Katherine. Great for Memorial Day. Hope you have a good one.
ReplyDeleteOh....roasted garlic is like butter!! Love the stuff! The chicken sounds delish, great recipe!
ReplyDeleteYUM! I definitely want to try out this version of chicken. All you have to do is say garlic and I'm there :) Man oh man, this sounds delicious. Perhaps this will make its way onto my dinner table tonight :)
ReplyDeleteThis recipe looks divine. The roasted garlic and herbs are so perfect with chicken. Will throw a couple of these on the grill, for sure.
ReplyDeleteHope you have a great weekend!
Roasted Garlic is one of my favorite things! I love how you made this into a basting sauce. How do you think this would do as a marinade before hand as well?
ReplyDelete;) amy
Wow! I can't keep from licking the screen here, and that doesn't happen very often! First, that pic of the squeeze of roasted garlic! Then that list of ingredients being whizzed up in a blender and brushed on the chicken and finally that gorgeous gorgeous chicken! This recipe gets written down....
ReplyDeleteGoing on my "to-make" list for sure!!!
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