Chipotle BBQ Chicken with Blue Cheese Grits
- 1/4 cups Soy Sauce
- 2 whole Chipotle Peppers In Adobo (canned)
- 2 cloves Garlic, Minced
- 1/2 cups Organic Ketchup
- 4 Tablespoons Olive Oil, Divided
- Salt And Pepper, to taste
- 6 Tablespoons Butter, Divided
- 3 whole Chicken Breasts (bone In And Skin On)
- 6 cups Water
- 2 cups Half-and-half
- 1/2 teaspoons Salt
- 1/4 teaspoons White Pepper
- 2 cups Grits
- 1/2 cups Crumbled Blue Cheese, Plus Extra For Topping
- To prepare sauce: Combine soy sauce, peppers, garlic, ketchup, and 2 Tbsp oil, salt and pepper to taste (you can add cayenne pepper as well to add more spiciness) in a pot and simmer on medium-low heat until sauce begins to thicken.
- To prepare chicken: Melt 2 tbsp butter and 2 tbsp olive oil in skillet on medium-high heat.
- Add chicken and cook about 5 minutes skin side down.
- Flip over and brush with a small amount of sauce.
- Cook an additional 5 minutes until slightly blackened.
- Then transfer skillet to oven and bake on 350F for about 15-20 minutes.
- Add half of remaining sauce for the last 5 minutes of baking.
- Remove bone, and slice on the bias, if desired.
- To prepare grits: In large pot, bring water and half and half, salt, and white pepper to boil.
- Slowly add grits, stirring constantly to avoid splattering.
- Reduce heat to low and simmer for 10-15 minutes until grits are smooth and thick, stirring occasionally.
- Stir in blue cheese and 4 tbsp butter.
- Let sit for 5 minutes.
- To serve: Spoon grits into bowl.
- Sprinkle extra blue cheese crumbles to taste on top, and top with chicken and sauce to taste.
- You can also prepare this chicken with the sauce in the crock pot, but I prefer the flavor of the pan seared chicken.
soy sauce, peppers, garlic, ketchup, olive oil, salt, butter, chicken breasts, water, salt, white pepper, grits, cheese
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/main-courses/chipotle-bbq-chicken-with-blue-cheese-grits/ (may not work)