FETA + BASIL SAUCE
♥ 2 C. FETA CHEESE, crumbled
♥ 2 T. FRESH BASIL, chopped
♥ 1 HEAPING T. GARLIC, fresh and minced
♥ ½ C. MILK
♥ ½ TSP. CHILI POWDER
♥ ½ TSP. SUGAR
♥ ½ TSP. PEPPER
Boil a couple inches of water in a double boiler, reduce to med-high.
(or set up a small pot with water and bring it to a boil and have all your ingredients in a heatproof glass bowl larger than the pot. Place the bowl over the pot. Make sure it doesn’t touch the water, needs to be above the water)
Combine all the ingredients to the upper pot of your double boiler or into your glass bowl. Mixing and stirring until creamy and fairly smooth.
You may need more milk if it’s too thick. This is a thicker type of sauce so it’s not going to be thin and runny… You want to dollop it on top of your grilled chicken.
Who doesn’t love a dollop of anything? LOL
I have a large square cast iron dutch oven and the lid for it has grills on the underside so lately I’ve been using this heavy duty thing for everything. I flipped the lid over and heated up the grills and grilled the chicken.
My go to staple is frozen boneless skinless chicken breast. I buy them in 4 kg boxes or bags whenever they go on sale and usually have 4-5 packs in my deep freeze at any one time. Chicken breast is high in protein and low in fat.
Season them with a little olive oil and some salt and pepper and grill to perfection.
When cooking chicken without skin, I always baste with a brushing of olive oil. This will help seal in the natural juices of the meat and keep your dinner from going dry. Have the grills or your pan preheated to med-high before adding the chicken. Avoiding moving the chicken once you place it on the grills. It will stick at first and you know you’ll be tempted to try and move it and “un-stuck it” but don’t! It will pull away from the heat source on it’s own when it’s ready. Well for the most part… just be patient alright. This way you’ll get the perfect sear and grill marks. Also, avoid turning and turning pieces of meat. The raw juices cook on one side and then when you flip the piece of meat you allow the cook juices to run down through the rest of the meat helping cook that side through. Flipping prematurely and back and forth might withhold some of those raw chicken juices and leave the center raw. RAW!!!! Don’t want that.
I heard this along time ago. I only assume it’s true but it makes sense. So I try to be as patient as I can and cook evenly and properly per side.
The image above includes salt. However my recipe does not. When I made this, I added salt and found it to be incredibly too salty. The feta gives this creamy topping enough salt…
Yum! Look at it in all it’s feta and basil goodness. I find I don’t cook with a lot of cheese, but feta can be used in so many ways! I’m loving it.
Now #getinmybelly!
Give this one a whirl guys, it’s super easy and delicious too!
Love Haleykins♥♥
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