Paillard Of Chicken

Total Time: 36 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 6 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 large boneless skinless chicken breasts, trimmed of fat,washed,patted dry
• salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• paprika
• 4 cloves garlic, finely minced
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 lemons, juice of
• 1/4 cup snipped fresh chives

Recipe

• 1 prepare grill or heat broiler on high.
• 2 place one large sheet of plastic wrap on flat countertop.
• 3 take a few drops of cold water and moisten surface of chicken.
• 4 season chicken breast generously with salt, pepper and paprika.
• 5 place one chicken breast in center of plastic wrap; cover with a second piece of wrap.
• 6 flatten meat with flat meat mallet, pounding chicken breast from center outward to an even 1/4-inch thickness.
• 7 repeat with remaining chicken breasts.
• 8 combine garlic and olive oil in a small bowl.
• 9 remove chicken from plastic.
• 10 rub surface of chicken with garlic oil mixture.
• 11 combine lemon juice and chives in a separate small bowl; season mixture with salt and pepper, set aside.
• 12 place chicken on grill or in broiler; cook until well seared, about 3 minutes.
• 13 turn and cook 2-3 minutes longer, depending on heat of grill.
• 14 remove chicken; spoon lemon juice and chive mixture over and serve.