Description
A grilled chicken recipe that is a winner hands down easy and quick to prepare, so tasty!
Ingredients
Units
Scale
- 1/4 cup (2 oz) butter
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 chicken halves (small chickens)
- 2 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1/2 cup (1 ounce) finely chopped onion or spring onion
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- Pinch of cayenne pepper
- Fresh white breadcrumbs for coating
- Watercress to garnish
Instructions
- Melt the butter with the olive oil either in a pan or in the microwave
- Dry the chicken halves then brush with the melted butter and oil.
- Place the chicken pieces, skin side down in a grill pan and cook for about 15 minutes on each side, brushing with the oil and sprinkling with salt twice during the cooking.
- Mix the mustard, cayenne pepper, onions and thyme together in a basin, adding 2 tablespoons of the melted fat very slowly, drop by drop.
- Spread this mixture all over the chicken pieces.
- Roll the chicken pieces in the breadcrumbs, pressing down on them firmly.
- Put the chicken pieces back on the grill pan and sprinkle with the remaining fat and grill until crisp and golden - about 10 minutes. Watch they don't burn, turn heat down if they cook too quickly.
- Serve at once with the watercress garnish.
- Delicious!
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: dinner
- Method: stove top
- Cuisine: French