Saturday, September 5, 2009

Labor Day Weekend 09

Crusty Tennis Chicken
4 servings

- 4 organic chicken breasts, bone in
- Marie's Honey Mustard salad dressing
- 1 cup plain granola (no raisins or fruit)
- 2 cups panko

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare two shallow bowls, one with a 2:1 mixture of the Panko and granola and the other with about a half cup of the salad dressing. Rinse and dry one of the pieces of chicken and dip it in the dressing to coat it all over. Next dredge both sides in the crumb mixture. Place in a roasting pan, skin side down. Rinse, dry, dip, and dredge the rest of the chicken breasts, replenishing the dressing as necessary. Arrange all of them in the roasting pan, skin side down. Roast for 20 minutes. Turn them over and roast for another 20 minutes or "until they register 180 degrees on a thermometer." To crisp the crust, if you insist upon it, run the chicken briefly and carefully under a hot broiler.

Serve with Haricots Verts à la Vapeur (oh-la-la!) or with Orzo with Artichokes and Pine Nuts and Roger Federer on tv.

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