Lemon-Mustard Grilled Chicken

By LynnWelch

The secret to this herbed, lemony chicken? It's microwaved for 10 minutes before being grilled.

Ingredients

• 4 (8 ounces each) bone-in chicken breast halves, without rib bones
• 1 teaspoon(s) grated lemon zest
• 3 tablespoon(s) lemon juice
• 1/4 cup(s) honey Dijon mustard
• 1 tablespoon(s) olive oil
• 1 tablespoon(s) finely chopped fresh rosemary
• 1/2 teaspoon(s) kosher salt
• 1/4 teaspoon(s) crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 lemon, quartered

Details

Servings 4
Preparation time 5mins
Cooking time 185mins
Adapted from delish.com

Preparation

Step 1

Arrange chicken breasts skin side up, in an 11- by 8- by 2-inch glass baking dish.

Whisk together all remaining ingredients except lemon wedges. Brush half the mixture over chicken. Cover chicken with wax paper and refrigerate at least 2 hours.

Place chicken (still covered with wax paper) in microwave and cook on high power for 10 minutes, or until the internal temperature of chicken registers 150 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer. Prepare an outdoor grill or heat the broiler.

To grill chicken: Lightly oil a grill rack and grill chicken, skin side down, 5 minutes. Flip chicken, brush with reserved lemon-mustard mixture, add lemon wedges, and grill for 5 minutes longer, or until internal temperature of chicken registers 170 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer.

To broil chicken: Place chicken skin side down on a broiler pan. Broil on lowest rack in oven (so glaze doesn't burn) 5 minutes. Flip chicken, brush with reserved lemon-mustard mixture, add lemon wedges, and broil until skin is crispy, about 5 minutes longer, or until internal temperature of chicken registers 170 degrees F on instant-read thermometer.