Five Star Chicken with Green Sauce

I have this recipe for a cilantro, garlic and lemon sauce that is really to die for. It goes with everything. I love it on chicken, either grilled or lightly sauteed with a touch of olive oil in a pan lightly seasoned with salt, pepper and dried Italian herbs. It’s divine on a white fish. I wish I had some left over… I’d spread some over a nice slice of grilled ciabatta or a similar bread and use it as a sandwich spread… oh well!

My family gives this sauce Five Stars!

A Most Versatile and Delicious Sauce

Even after last week’s chicken, even after my Most Delicious Sandwich I still had some leftover Cilantro Garlic sauce (recipe below). I came home from Rebecca’s skating practice and needed to whip something together for dinner very quickly. Pasta came to mind and so I tossed some water on to the stove and searched for ingredients. I found a box of elbow pasta, then grabbed the jar of cilantro garlic sauce, some crumbled feta, some leftover broccoli florets, and tossed it all together. Oh wow, what a great pasta sauce that made! Next time I will add some chick peas, black or Kalamata olives and grape tomatoes. Hmmm, I wonder what other uses I can find for this most versatile and delicious sauce!

One of the Best Darned Sandwiches I Have Ever Had!

I love to make sandwiches. Not the boring ham and cheese variety. I like to use fresh ingredients and give things a little twist. I would just love to open up a gourmet sandwich shop one day. My sandwiches titilate the senses. My husband always prefers mine to his own. Today I came home starving. I wanted something fairly healthy, satisfying and easy to fix. I saw a ball of fresh mozzarella in the fridge next to the jar of the cilantro garlic sauce (recipe below) I made the other night for dinner. I grabbed the sliced sour dough from the freezer (I keep all my breads in the freezer) then turned my griddle on to toast the bread. I sliced up a tomato (I like Campari this time of year since I can not get fresh or local) and the mozzarella. I spread some of the cilantro garlic sauce on one slice of bread then placed the mozzy on top of it. The sliced tomatoes went on the other slice. As the bottoms started to brown, getting those lovely grill marks, I placed one half on top of the other and used a weight to press the sandwich down. I kept it on for a minute or two.

I cut the sandwich in half and took a bite. Seriously, it was the best tomato mozzarella sandwich I have ever had! The sandwich had so much more flavor than it would have had I just used olive oil and fresh basil and stayed nice and crispy right through to the last crunchy bite!

Cilantro (or parsley) Garlic Sauce

I made this sauce and served it with Jasmine rice, chicken and peas last night. It was intense — rich lemon and garlic flavors and just enough cilantro to taste. Rave reviews by everyone! If cilantro is not your thing you could easily substitute parsley.

Ingredients:

1 medium garlic, cloves peeled

1/2 tsp. Sea salt

1/2 cup cilantro (fresh)

1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil

Juice of one lemon

1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper

In a mini-prep food processor (an absolute must have) blend all ingredients until well blended. Pour into a pitcher and serve with grilled chicken, steak or shrimp!