Buffalo Style Grilled French Cut Chicken Breasts With Blue Chees

Recipe Courtesy Bobby Flay, 2008 - Grill It! with Bobby Flay - Episode: Chicken Breasts Statler Style Cut

• Ready In: 50 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter
• 2  garlic cloves, chopped
• 8  teaspoons dried ancho chile powder
• 2  tablespoons dried ancho chile powder
• 1⁄2 cup  hot sauce (recommended -- Frank's Red Hot)
• 2  tablespoons honey
•  salt
•  fresh ground black pepper
• 4  french-cut chicken breasts
• 2  tablespoons ground cumin (8 teaspoons)
• 2  teaspoons ground cumin (8 teaspoons)
•  canola oil
• 1⁄2 cup heavy cream
• 1⁄2 cup creme fraiche
• 1⁄4 cup  chopped parsley, plus some whole leaves for garnish
• 1  cup  crumbled blue cheese (recommended -- Cabrales)

• JICAMA AND WATERMELON SALAD

• 1⁄2 cup  fresh orange juice, plus 1 teaspoon orange zest
• 1⁄4 cup fresh lime juice, pluse 1 teaspoon lime zest
• 2  tablespoons honey
• 1  teaspoon ground black pepper
•  kosher salt
• 1  jicama, cut into matchstick pieces
• 4  cups watermelon, in 2-inch chunks
• 1⁄3 cup  roughly torn fresh mint leaves

Directions

1. Preheat the grill to medium; make sure the grill is ready for cooking over indirect heat. Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Whisk in the 2 tablespoons ancho powder and heat for 10 seconds. Stir in hot sauce and honey and season with salt and pepper. Remove about 1/4 cup for garnish, and keep both portions warm.
2. Season each side of the chicken breasts with 1 teaspoon each ancho powder, and cumin, and the salt and pepper. Drizzle canola oil over the both sides. Grill skin side down over medium heat, uncovered, until the skin in nicely charred.
3. Flip the chicken, moving it to indirect heat, and brush with a good amount of the hot sauce glaze. Cover and cook, brushing occasionally with sauce, until cooked through, about 5 minutes.
4. Whisk together the heavy cream and creme fraiche in a medium bowl. Stir in the parsley and blue cheese and season with salt and pepper. When chicken is done, remove from the grill and spoon blue cheese sauce over each piece. Drizzle the 1/4 cup reserved glaze over and garnish with whole parsley leaves.
5. JICAMA AND WATERMELON SALAD:
6. Whisk together juices, honey, pepper and salt in a large bowl. Add the jicama, watermelon, zest and mint and toss to coat. Serve with Buffalo Style Grilled French Cut Chicken Breasts with Blue Cheese Sauce.