Grilled Malibu Chicken (pic)

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Grilled Malibu Chicken

Here is a great way to add some much needed pizazz and wow factor to
grilled boneless-skinless chicken breasts. As I've said before, they certainly
need all the help they can get.
http://www.patiodaddiobbq.com/2010/03/grilled-malibu-chicken.html

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The breasts are marinated in a dry rub, grilled with a pineapple mustard
mop sauce, then topped with sliced deli ham, Swiss cheese and a
pineapple ring. It's almost like an inside-out cordon bleu that can be served
plated, or as a sandwich on a hearty bun.

Ingredients
6 Boneless/skinless chicken breasts
12 slices Deli ham (thin)
6 slices Canned pineapple
6 slices Swiss cheese (I used Boar's Head® Baby Swiss)
1/2 cup Pineapple juice
4 Tbsp Unsalted butter, melted
2 Tbsp BBQ seasoning (I used Sucklebusters Hoochie Mama)
1 Tbsp Plain yellow mustard
1 Tbsp Honey
1 Tbsp Molasses
2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp Chili powder

Method
Put a breast in a gallon zip-top bag and pound the thick end until the
entire breast is uniform in thickness, then move to a platter or rimmed
sheet pan.

Repeat with the remaining breasts.

Season both sides of each breast with the BBQ seasoning, cover and
refrigerate at least an hour.

Combine the butter, pineapple juice, mustard, honey, molasses,
Worcestershire sauce and chili powder a medium mixing bowl and whisk
until smooth, then set aside.

Prepare your grill for two-zone cooking (direct and indirect) at medium-high
heat (about 400º).

Quickly grill one side of each breast and each pineapple ring over direct
heat until they are seared and have nice grill marks, about two minutes.

Flip each breast and ring, brush with the sauce, and cook another two
minutes.

Move the chicken to the indirect part of the grill and brush the top of each
with the sauce.

Top each breast with two slices of ham and drizzle the ham with the
sauce.

Put a slice of cheese then a pineapple ring on each breast and drizzle yet
again with the sauce.

Continue cooking with the grill lid down until the internal temperature
reaches 160º, about 10 minutes.

Serve with, yes, you guessed it, a drizzle of sauce.

Enjoy!

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John
 
I made this today. As per your earlier post.

I made one change up in that I top with a few small shrimp and a sprinkle of 4 Italian Cheeses.

It was too much!!!! I mean FULL one half of a breast is a meal and some.

So now my question is can you freeze this for later?

Next time I'm inviting more friends over.

The sauce is ... well yeah it's good. I bet it would be killer on a straight boneless pork chop too
 
Here we go again. This has to be on the menu fro next week. Great job, Thanks for sharing.
 
... So now my question is can you freeze this for later? ...
I don't think freezing them would work well because of the complication of reheating a frozen brick of chicken with delicate ingredients on top. By the time you get the chicken to a safe temp the toppings would be toast.

Just my thoughts,
John
 
That is amazingly beautiful John. Thanks for sharing I really enjoy your post, keep them coming my friend.
 
Well I froze two. I'll let you know next week how it comes out. Wife is sure hoping it works. This recipe is the one that tipped her over the top on grilling and bbq.

Next is the slammin salmon.
 
Tried this tonight.....................OMG. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. Everybody smiling at my house. :clap2::thumb::clap2::thumb::clap2::thumb::-D:-D:-D
 
That looks great.

You touch on an area that is absolutely necessary for succesfully grilling chicken breasts. Pound the thick end until it is the same thickness as the rest of the breast. This step is essential in my opinion. I actually slice the thick end on a bias and save that trim for a stir fry and then I pound the whole breast out so it would almost be as long as the inside of a regular plate(starting with 8 oz breast). Then it basically only takes 2-3 minutes maximum per side of grilling and the chicken is done. I disagree with the national teaching institutes(ServSafe) temperature requirements and think that if you cooked a breast to 145 max you still have cooked chicken that is really juicy.

Great picture of the food.
 
Tried this tonight.....................OMG. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. Everybody smiling at my house. :clap2::thumb::clap2::thumb::clap2::thumb::-D:-D:-D
Thanks, Bluesman! I love it when that happens. I'm a happy food blogger. :wink:

John
 
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