Sunday, March 22, 2009

Grilled Chicken Salad with Lavender & Polenta


Made this delicious salad and it's a definite keeper :)
4 chicken breasts
1 1/2 cups polenta
3 3/4 cup chicken stock
1/4 cup butter
spinach
small tomatoes
pecans
feta

Marinade fro chicken:
dried lavender
2 tsp grated orange rind
2 cloves garlic crushed
2 tsp honey
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tsp chopped fresh thyme
2 tsp chopped fresh marjoram
(mix together and spread on chicken. leave to marinate for at least 30 minutes)

Bring chicken stock to a boil. Add polenta and cook on low heat 3-4 minutes, until thick stirring continuously. Spead into a 9 x 13 baking dish. Let cook until hard. Cut into 1 inch cubes. Heat butter in frying pan and cook cubes until golden brown. Also grill or broil chicken. 

Serve chicken and polenta over a bead of spinach topped with tomatoes, pecans and feta. 

2 comments:

Uhleetaw said...

I wish I had been there for that! Talk about AMAZING!!!!! mmmm!

Mom said...

It was so delicious.. and the leftover polenta cubes are perfect with Aleta scrambles!