Quick And Easy Blackened Chicken Recipes

BLACKENED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking sheet. Heat a cast iron skillet over high heat for 5 minutes until it is smoking hot.
• Mix together the paprika, salt, cayenne, cumin, thyme, white pepper, and onion powder. Oil the chicken breasts with cooking spray on both sides, then coat the chicken breasts evenly with the spice mixture.
• Place the chicken in the hot pan, and cook for 1 minute. Turn, and cook 1 minute on other side. Place the breasts on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 5 minutes.

QUICK AND EASY BLACKENED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Turn oven of 275°F.
• Place chicken breasts under plastic wrap and pound out evenly with a rolling pin (I use an empty champagne bottle- works like a charm).
• Place a cast iron or other sturdy frying pan on high heat. Let heat for about 5 or 6 minutes until VERY hot.
• Meanwhile coat both sides of chicken with melted butter (I like to use clarified) and sprinkle one fourth of the cayenne and blackening seasoning over the top side of your chicken.
• Place ONE chicken breast in the pan, seasoning side down. Place a sheet of tin foil over chicken breast and use either a heavy cast iron pot/pan or a pot filled with 5 lbs of rice to weigh down on the tin foil covered breast. Let sit and seer for 1 1/2 minutes being careful not to go over. Lift weight and tin foil. Sprinkle another fourth of cayenne and blackening seasoning on top of unseasoned side of breast. Flip breast over. Re-apply tin foil flipped raw/wet side up) and reapply weight for an additional 1 1/2 minutes to cook other side.
• Remove breast from the pan and place in the oven in a glass dish.
• Repeat with second breast. Once the second breast is done let it sit in the oven for about 10 minutes and it's ready to serve.
• Goes great in salads or with grilled veggies like zucchini and red bell peppers. Garlic mash potatoes are also a great paring. Pasta alfredo too!
• I use this same method with steaks and catfish.
• You can add hot sauce of your choice to melted butter if you REALLY like it spicy.

BLACKENED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 200C / 400F / Gas 6.
• Mix all the spices together - ( more is made than required and can be kept in an air tight container for future use ).
• The chicken breasts can be rolled then in the spice mix ( or just on the skin side ). The chicken is to be cooked in a grill or a frying pan. If using a frying pan add oil and butter and heat until bubbling. If using the grill brush the chicken with the oil and butter. The chicken will take 10-12 minutes to cook.
• To finish put in oven for 10 minutes.
• The spices can be used with fish. If you cannot be bothered to make the spice use Cajun Spices which can be bought from a supermarket.