Jalapeno And Basil-glazed Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 medium chicken breasts, halved lengthwise (about 2 pounds total)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
• 1/2 cup jalapeno jelly
• 2 tablespoons snipped fresh basil
• 1 tablespoon lime juice

Recipe

• 1 if desired, remove skin from chicken.
• 2 for rub, in a small bowl combine oil, garlic, salt, and red pepper.
• 3 spoon rub evenly over chicken; rub in with your fingers.
• 4 for sauce, in a small saucepan combine jalapeno jelly, basil, and lime juice.
• 5 cook and stir over low heat until jelly is melted. remove from heat.
• 6 for a charcoal grill, arrange medium-hot coals around a drip pan. test for medium heat above the pan.
• 7 place chicken, bone side up, on grill rack over drip pan.
• 8 cover and grill for 50 to 60 minutes or until tender and no longer pink, turning once and brushing with some of the sauce during the last 5 minutes of grilling.
• 9 (for a gas grill, preheat grill. reduce heat to medium. adjust for indirect cooking. grill as above.)
• 10 to serve, reheat and pass the remaining sauce with chicken.
• 11 nutritional information.
• 12 1 serving:calories 377;fat 13g(saturated 3g);cholesterol 104mg;sodium 226mg;carbohydrate 27g(dietary fiber 0g);(protein 37g).