Grilled Chicken Breasts in Spiced Yogurt

Submitted by Ms B.

"This is from the August 2004 issue of Gourmet. It is a simple, flavorful, and juicy way to prepare chicken."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 2 1⁄4 cups plain yogurt
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 1⁄2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 3⁄4 teaspoon ground cumin
• 3⁄4 teaspoon ground coriander
• 3⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 6 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
• 1 cup fresh mint leaves
• 2 tablespoons minced shallots

directions

1. Stir together 1 cup yogurt, 2 tablespoons oil, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, salt and spices.
2. Add chicken and turn until well coated.
3. Marinate at room temperature for 20 minutes.
4. While the chicken is marinating, preheat grill.
5. While grill is heating, stir together remaining 1 1/4 cups yogurt and 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice and salt to taste.
6. Reduce grill to moderate heat.
7. Grill chicken (discard marinade), on lightly oiled grill rack, turning occasionally (closing grill between turns), until cooked through, 10 to 12 minutes total.
8. Transfer chicken to a platter.
9. Toss together mint, shallot and remaining oil in a small bowl.
10. Drizzle chicken with yogurt sauce and top with mint salad.

Reviews

[Yummy3]

This recipe is tasty and super easy to make. I served Lori Bailey's Cucumber and Garbonzo Bean salad with it.

 

[Cookin-jo]

I love the combination of spices in this recipe and how the yogurt tenderizes the chicken. Like some of the other reviewers I didn't make the salad and I baked the chicken. I also omitted the oil to lower the fat content. This was super baked in the oven but I know it will be even better on the grill in the summer. Thanks for a winner, ms_bold!

 

[Rachel Savage]

Yum. Husband has requested I make this again and I'm not disagreeing. Relying on previous ratings, I didn't make the salad and just stirred a bit of dried mint into the yoghurt sauce. I think I'd make it again in the same way. The sauce is cooling an otherwise nicely spicy recipe and makes a nice texture/flavour contrast.

 

[justcallmetoni]

I went back and forth on how to rate this dish. Absolutely loved the chicken as did my dining companion. I marinated mine for 30 minutes and cooked it on my George Foreman grill; chicken was wonderfully flavorful - sort of reminded me of tandoori but with a pleasant twist from the addition of cinnamon. I can see making wonderful kabobs with vegetables or appetizer sized skewers for future barbeques. The salad was fine but didn't add that much for me. Particularly dissapointing since it turned out to be a treasure hunt looking for the mint. I ended up mixing the mint salad and yogurt sauce with bulgar for a little side salad. So that would get 3 or 4 stars from me. When I make this again, will most likely skip the topping.

 

[Hey Jude]

I used most of this recipe for a dinner for my daughter and myself and we loved it. I didn't prepare the sauce....my daughter isn't into sauce and this dinner was for her (it was just the two of us) so I didn't bother. I marinated the chicken and grilled it....served with broccoli and garlic bread. I'm going to make this again for my husband and myself and make the sauce!! Thanks B for the great recipe :) Judy