Grilled Honey Mustard Chicken

To make the marinade/sauce you will need: Honey, whole grain mustard (hot beer mustard, if you can find it, is reeeeal good!), cayenne pepper, paprika, red chili flakes, garlic, kosher salt and the juice of half a lemon.

Smash...

...and mince a large clove of garlic.

Add your garlic, red pepper flakes, cayenne pepper, paprika and kosher salt. Please don't be worried about the spices, this chicken is NOT spicy. It just gives it great flavor!

Add the honey to the mustard. Let me just tell you... there is no way to make mustard look yummy... well not in this picture at least... egad!

Put the squeeze on half a lemon, directly into the bowl, you also could do it over a small mesh strainer to catch the seeds, but I'm a rebel.

Give it a good whisk, until everything is combined. Go ahead and taste it... it's pretty yummy... but you want to make sure that you can clearly taste the honey and mustard... equally.

Reserve about 4 tablespoons of the honey-mustard mixture {one tablespoon for each chicken breast} off to the side; you'll need it at the end.

Then pour the remaining marinade over the chicken...

Toss and cover with plastic wrap, leave on the counter {at room temp) for about and 30 to 45 minutes. You never ever put cold chicken, or any meat for that matter, on a hot grill! It's bad news!

Grill on medium/medium high for about 6 to 7 minutes per side or until chicken is done. Which means not pink, but NOT dry either!

 Let rest for about 5 minutes before serving, so the juices redistribute.

But! While it's resting... pour a tablespoon of the reserved sauce over the top of each chicken breast... ohhhhh yeah!

Ssssaucy!


Just like a car, I feel you should look at this from all angles, no?

Here we have the "front end", nice char... with lots of crispy goodness.

...and then the top view, with just the perfect amount of sauce, wouldn't you say?

Serve. Enjoy. Period.

Grilled Honey Mustard Chicken:

{Serves 4}

Ingredients:

 

1/2 cup of any Whole Grain Mustard

1/2 cup of Honey

Juice of 1/2 a Lemon

1 Garlic Clove, smashed and minced

1/2 teaspoon Paprika

1/2 teaspoon Kosher Salt

1/4 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper

1/4 teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes

4 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts

Preparation:

Whisk all ingredients in a small bowl. Reserve 4 tablespoons of sauce and then pour the remaining honey mustard mixture over the chicken, toss and cover with plastic wrap and let it sit for about 30-45 minutes at room temp. Preheat the grill on medium- medium high heat, grill chicken for about 6 to 7 minutes per side or until chicken is done. Pour the reserved honey-mustard sauce over chicken and let rest under foil for about 5 minutes. Serve.