Simple Scrumptious Grilled Chicken + Grillin’ Recipe Contest

I said it yesterday: Summer’s just around the corner. Time for me to work on my deep bronzy tan, fish my scuba suit out of the attic and go spearfishing for large mouth bass!

Wait. What?

Let me start over.

Summer’s just around the corner, and as I explained yesterday, I’m teaming up with Bush’s Grillin’ Beans again this year to host another big recipe contest and cookout on the ranch.

A reminder of the details:

 

CONTEST DETAILS

Now through May 4, submit your very best original recipe for grilled chicken, steak, chops, shrimp, etc. in the Comments section of this post. (Note: No burgers or hot dogs, please.) Recipes should be relatively easy to prepare and use accessible, widely-available ingredients, and be served with one of the seven flavors of Bush’s Grillin’ Beans (Note: Please mention which flavor should be served with your recipe.) Four winners will be chosen to travel to the ranch in June with the guest of their choice, prepare their recipes on camera, and enjoy a cookout in the Oklahoma countryside.

 

SCHEDULE

April 2 – May 4: Submit your grilled entrée recipes! To submit, enter your grilling recipe and favorite flavor of Bush’s Grillin’ Beans in the Comments section of this post. See here for choices.

**IMPORTANT: Please read Recipe Requirements in the Official Rules.**

May 17: Four winners will be announced. Arrangements will be made for the four winners (and one guest each) to travel to the ranch for the video production and the cookout.

June 2: The cookout! Winners prepare their recipes on camera, and then we’ll all enjoy a cookout on the ranch.

June 2: We all have a blast.

June 2: We all ride horses.

June 2: Ree does the dishes.

So if you’re able to spend a weekend in Oklahoma this June, share your favorite grilled entrée recipe for a chance to win!

Seriously awesome recipes have already been submitted. Check some of them out here.

 

GRILLING RECIPE #1: Simple, Scrumptious Grilled Chicken

And now…here’s my first grilling recipe submission. It goes without saying that I’m…um…not eligible to win the recipe contest. Ha. I sorta already live here! But I’m going for it anyway.

Grilled chicken is good and all, but it can be bland and boring and purposeless if you’re not careful. This chicken recipe turns the tables. Like, totally. The marinade is savory, and the sauce is sweet, spicy, savory, and divine.

Oh, and there’s bacon involved.

 

Begin by slicing chicken breasts into strips about 1 1/2 to 2 inches wide.

 

 

 

Throw the balsamic, olive oil, brown sugar, and steak seasoning into a large zipper bag.

 

 

 

Throw in the chicken strips…

 

 

 

Then seal the bag and marinate the chicken for at least three hours—overnight is best!

 

 

 

After the chicken has marinated, get a small skillet and throw in the bacon. Fry it until it’s nice and crisp, then remove it from the skillet and let it drain on paper towels.

Try with all your might not to eat the bacon once it’s fried. Thank you for your cooperation.

 

 

 

Pour off and discard all the fat, but do not clean the skillet. Then, while the pan is still hot, add the Worcestershire…

 

 

 

Hot sauce…

 

 

 

And honey.

 

 

 

Swirl it around and let the sauce heat up, and thicken just a bit…

 

 

 

Then throw in the bacon and stir it to combine. Remove the pan from heat and set aside.

 

 

 

Next, remove the chicken from the marinade (discard the bag) and grill the chicken until it’s done. Please note that when I made this recipe a few weeks ago, it was not summer. Therefore, I had to use the indoor grill. Don’t be like me.

 

 

 

After the chicken is cooked, throw it into a big bowl with the sauce and toss it all around. Totally scrumptious…and sorry about the quality of this photo. Holding a cast iron skillet in one hand and a camera in the other, it turns out, is slightly challenging.

 

 

 

To serve with the chicken: Bush’s Sweet Mesquite Grillin’ Beans.

 

 

 

Crack open a couple of cans and heat ‘em up in a pan. Muy bonita!

 

 

 

Serve up a small pile of chicken…

 

 

 

And serve with a heaping helping of beans.

Enjoy!

Love, P-Dub

Recipe: Simple, Scrumptious Grilled Chicken

Prep Time: 3 Hours
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Cook Time: 15 Minutes
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Difficulty: Easy
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Servings: 6

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Ingredients
6 whole Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts MARINADE:1/2 cup Balsamic Vinegar1 cup Olive Oil3 Tablespoons Brown Sugar2 Tablespoons Steak Seasoning (I Used Montreal) Sauce:1 cup Honey8 pieces Thick Cut Bacon, Diced3 Tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce1 Tablespoon Hot Sauce2 cans Bush’s Sweet Mesquite Grillin’ Beans Preparation Instructions

Slice the chicken breasts into thick strips diagonally. Combine marinade ingredients in a plastic zipper bag. Throw in chicken, seal bag, and marinate in fridge for at least 3 hours.

Make the sauce: Fry the diced bacon in a heavy skillet until slightly crisp. Remove bacon and drain on paper towels. Pour off and discard grease but do not clean skillet. Set the skillet over medium-low heat and add honey, Worcestershire, and hot sauce. Stir to combine and allow to bubble slightly. Stir in bacon, then remove from heat and set aside.

Remove chicken from marinade and discard marinade. Grill chicken on both sides until completely done.

Place into a big heatproof bowl, then pour the sauce over the chicken. Toss to coat.

Serve with Bush’s Sweet Mesquite Grillin’ Beans!

Posted by Ree on April 3 2012

Now go share your favorite grilling recipes for a chance to win. The recipes so far are making me very, very hungry.

(Here are the Official Rules.)