Thursday, November 6, 2008

Prosciutto Wrapped Chicken w/ Grilled Asparagus

Simple, Spanish, Light & Quick....cook time of chicken is all it takes. A full meal in 10 minutes.

Serves 4

4 Chicken breasts (skinless, boneless)
4 pieces of prosciutto (if you like prosciutto, Costco has the best deal)
Pepper
Olive Oil (cooking & eating kind - you'll know the difference by the price :)

Chicken
  1. Season the chicken w/ pepper to taste
  2. Wrap prosciutto around the chicken (use a tooth-pick to hold it in place, if needed)
  3. Heat oil (and 8 cloves of garlic - optional for flavor) over medium heat.
  4. Add chicken and cook until the prosciutto is crisp and chicken is cooked through (6-7min/side).
  5. Transfer chicken (and garlic) to plates.
  6. [Real Simple adds that you can add a 1/2 C white wine to that same skillet and simmer until reduced by 1/2 (3-4 min) and then spoon over chicken.
Grilled Asparagus
[Hint: Buy the frozen spears from TJs - so yummy & cost effective; about 3 side dishes worth for 3 people/each. I defrosted them *slightly* before following directions below.]
  1. While chicken is cooking, rub oil olive (good, eating kind ) all over the asparagus & sprinkle w/ sea salt.
  2. Place on grill (make sure grill is smokin' hot & make sure you do not put oil on stovetop grill pan; oil on asparagus is sufficient). Roll occasionally. Cook until bendable w/o snapping, you do not want them mushy - so make sure they're very green - taste SO much better.

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