Grilled Ginger Apricot Chicken Breasts Recipes

STICKY, SWEET & SPICY GRILLED GINGER CHICKEN

Steps:

• Make the chicken marinade. In a large bowl, whisk together soy sauce, water, oil, honey, brown sugar, lime juice, garlic, ginger and red pepper flakes. Reserve 1/2 cup of marinade and place in a small bowl in the fridge. You'll use this for glazing the chicken on the grill later.
• Marinate the chicken: Pat the drumsticks dry, remove the skin, season them with a pinch of salt, and add them to the large bowl or a shallow dish with the Thai chicken marinade. Mix to coat the chicken evenly, then marinate in the refrigerator for a minimum of 1 hour, or up to 24 hours.
• About a half hour before you're ready to cook the chicken, remove the chicken from the marinade and allow it to come to room temperature. Preheat a grill to 400 degrees F.
• Grill the chicken: brush the hot grill grate with oil. Place the chicken on the grill and cook for 8 minutes, then flip. Generously brush each drumstick with the reserved marinade a few times, and grill for an additional 8 minutes. Turn the chicken over one last time, brush again with the remaining marinade, and cook for 5 more minutes or until no pink remains in the center of the chicken.
• To serve: Place the chicken on a platter or large plate, then garnish with honey roasted peanuts, diced green onion and cilantro. Serves 4, 2 drumsticks each.

BBQ GRILLED APRICOT GINGER CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• For the sauce, in a small saucepan, cook the onion in hot oil until tender.
• Stir in the preserves, ketchup, vinegar and ginger and bring to a boil; reduce heat.
• Cover and simmer for 3 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Preheat grill to medium. Grill chicken, uncovered, until chicken is tender and no longer pink (170 degrees F.), turning once and brushing with sauce only during the last 5 minutes of grilling.
• Reheat remaining sauce and pass along with chicken.

GRILLED APRICOT-MUSTARD GLAZED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Heat grill to medium heat.
• Mix all ingredients except chicken until blended.
• Grill 4 min. on each side. Brush with half the mustard mixture. Grill 5 to 8 min. or until chicken is done (165ºF), turning after 3 min. and brushing with remaining mustard mixture.

GRILLED GINGER GARLIC CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Flatten the breasts to 1/2" thickness.
• Combine lemon juice, ginger, garlic, oil and cumin.
• Spread over the chicken.
• Marinate for 10 minutes.
• Grill or broil 2-3 minutes each side.
• Season with salt & pepper.

GRILLED GINGER APRICOT CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Prepare a medium-hot fire in grill.
• In a small saucepan, warm preserves, lemon juice, ginger, mustard, salt and pepper over medium heat, stirring, just until preserves melt, about 2 minutes.
• Grill chicken, skin side down, 10 minutes.
• Turn and grill 5 minutes.
• Brush with some of glaze and continue to grill, turning occasionally and brushing with more glaze, until chicken juice run clear when pricked with a knife, 15 to 20 minutes longer.
• Stop basting about 5 minutes before chicken is done.

STICKY GRILLED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Cook garlic, ginger, spices, and 1 tsp. kosher salt in oil in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add pomegranate juice and boil until reduced to 1 cup, 12 to 19 minutes. Remove from heat, and then add jam and molasses and stir until jam has melted. Cool (it will thicken slightly). Transfer 3/4 cup sauce to a bowl and reserve for serving.
• Prepare grill for indirect heat cooking over medium hot charcoal (medium heat for gas).
• Pat chicken dry and season all over with 4 tsp. kosher salt. Oil grill rack, then grill chicken (in batches if necessary) skin side down first, directly over coals (covered only if using gas grill), turning once, until browned, 4 to 5 minutes. Move to area with no coals underneath (or over turned off burner for gas) and brush with some of sauce. Continue to grill, partially covered for charcoal (covered for gas), turning and brushing with sauce occasionally, until cooked through and well-glazed, 7 to 8 minutes for breasts, 15 to 20 minutes for dark meat.