Rev: Grilled Plum Pinot Chicken CL 08/04

[rosie_one]

This recipe gets a thumbs up from us, definitely a repeater. The sauce was quite tasty. However, it took a bit more simmering than I expected, more like 40 minutes until it had really thickened. I'm not sure but I might have had it on too slow of a burner.

I also couldn't see putting the poor chicken breasts on the grill completely naked. It's difficult not have them be very dry that way. I pounded them to 1/2" and dredged them in flour and a little salt before pan frying them in a little olive oil spray.

The finished product was very good. We enjoyed it quite a bit with a toasted orzo dish and edamame. The plum sauce is a beautiful color. And for 200 calories per serving, it's very flavorful and light.

[Ralph]

Thanks for the review - it's on the menu for next week!

[cniles]

Thanks Alice! This was on my maybe pile - I'll move it over!!:p

[ElinorC]

We also thought this was very good and also very colorful. I thought the sauce was a little tart so I guess my plums weren't really ripe. The recipe states that you should add more sugar if plums are not completely ripe so taste the sauce! My sauce was thickened rather quickly.

[Veronica]

I was pleasantly surprised by this recipe. The sauce was very good and really jazzed up the simply-grilled chicken. Like rosie_one, I pounded the chicken to ~1/2-inch thick before grilling. I rubbed it with olive oil & sprinkled with a little salt & pepper before grilling. Very nice!

[Ralph]

Agree with everyone - the sauce was excellent. And certainly needed for the chicken, because for some reason, the chicken itself turned out really bland! What little portion of my brain exists for creativity wasn't functioning tonight, so I just followed the recipe, just seasoning the chicken with salt and pepper.

NOTE TO SELF: Make these with better-seasoned chicken the next time! (Maybe, at the least, breasts with skin, cooked indirectly....)

[Clover]

I loved the sauce. I actually used pluots, but these particular ones taste like the essence of plumness to me. So the sauce was wonderful, but I just don't think it goes with chicken. While eating it, I kept thinking that one of these things was not like the other. It might go with pork, but I really think it's a dessert sauce. I thought it cried out for vanilla ice cream. I didn't have any ice cream, but I did have a piece of angel food cake, and it was delicious with this sauce poured over it.