Grilled Chicken Salad with Lavender & Fresh Herb Marinade

"Lavender may seems like an odd salad ingredient, but it's delightful scent has a natural affinity with sweet garlic, orange and other wild herbs. A serving of polenta makes this salad both filling and delicious. From the Cook's Encyclopedia of chicken - a cookbook shelf must have!"
 
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Ready In:
50mins
Ingredients:
16
Serves:
4
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directions

  • To make the marinade, strip the lavender flowers from the stems and combine with the orange rind, garlic, honey and salt; add the olive oil and herbs.
  • Slash the chicken deeply, spread the mixture over the chicken and marinate in the refrigerator 20 minutes.
  • To cook the polenta - in a heavy saucepan, bring the chicken stock to a boil; add the polenta in a steady stream, stirring all the time until thick; this will take 2 to 3 minutes.
  • Turn the cooked polenta out onto a 1 inch deep buttered tray and allow to cool.
  • Heat the broiler to medium. (If using a barbecue, let the embers settle to a steady glow) Grill the chicken about 15 minutes, turning once.
  • Cut the polenta into 1 inch cubes with a wet knife.
  • Heat the butter in a large frying pan and fry the polenta until golden brown.
  • Wash the salad leaves and spin dry, divide among 4 large plates.
  • Slice each chicken breast and lay over the salad. Place the polenta among the salad, garnish with sprigs of lavender and tomatoes, season to taste and serve.

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<p><br /> <br />My most used and favorite cookbook is the 1946 edition of Fannie Farmer's Boston Cooking School handed down to me from my Mother. <br /> <br />My most favorite kitchen utensils are a set of Johnson &amp; Wales knives given to me by my mother, a professional chef. <br /> <br />I enjoy traveling to exotic places, trying new foods and bringing home rare ingredients to expirement with. <br /> <br />I work fulltime as a lab technician for a local diagnostic center. In addition to that, during my free time I'm either at the gym, listening to music, tending to my herb garden and/or trying out new recipes &amp; ideas in the kitchen. <br /> <br />I am a classically trained singer and musician, passionate about music. <br /> <br />My favourite thing to do is sit outside in my garden with my husband, a glass of wine, good food, music &amp; a few good friends. <br /> <br /><img src=http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/DUCHESS13/World%20Tour/AnimatedHostChallengeBanner.gif alt= /> <img src=http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/200_artistrichardneuman-art-prints_.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting /></p>
 
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