Rosemary and Mustard Chicken

We don't often go to Safeway.  On a recent trip where we wanted to get home and just went to the closest grocery store... we had a great find!  There was a meat special that included 4 packages of meat for $20. These thinly sliced chicken breasts were were part of the special.  I came home and put this marinade together and froze it so we could have it on hand for a quick and easy dinner down the road.

Let's Get Crafty!

2 lbs chicken breasts (Ours were already thinly cut and it worked well for quick cooking.)

For the Marinade:

1 tsp garlic powder

2 tsp rosemary, chopped small

1/4 cup balsamic vinegar

2 tablespoons dijon

1/8 cup lemon juice

1/8 cup soy sauce

1/8 Worcestershire sauce

1/4 cup brown sugar

1 tsp salt 

1/4 cup EVOO 

I mixed the ingredients of the marinade right in the freezer bag so it dirtied one less dish.  I like to mix the marinade separately before adding the chicken so I can taste it and adjust accordingly.  Once you feel good about it - add in the chicken and squish it around to get the marinade all over.  Seal up the freezer bag (getting out as much air as you can.)

I made mine with the plan of freezing it to use later but you could just as easy put it all together and grill it the same evening.  I would give it a good 30 minutes or so for the marinade to do it's thing.

I'm using a pampered chef grill pan here at medium high heat.  

This is what they looked like after 5 minutes on each side (not all the way done yet)

I decided to cut the chicken into strips to finish the cooking process.  Mostly because I wanted to make sure the delicious marinade touched as much of the chicken as possible.

Add a quick side salad and you have a delicious meal that we were able to get on the dinner table in under 30 minutes.

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you have a great day!