Grilled Tomato-Basil Chicken
By: Batya
Published: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 - 6:05pm

Ingredients




1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 plum tomatoes, quartered
3/4 cup balsamic vinegar
1/4 cup fresh basil leaves
4 (4 oz.) skinned, boned chicken breast halves, or 4 skinned (2.2 oz.) thighs
4 plum tomatoes, halved
Vegetable cooking spray

Preparation

1 Combine the first 6 ingredients in food processor bowl with steel blade; process until smooth.  Set aside ¼ cup tomato mixture. 2 Place chicken in large heavy duty zip-top plastic bag. 3 Pour remaining tomato mixture over chicken; seal bag.  Marinate in fridge 8 hours.  Coat grill rack with cooking spray. 4 Heat grill to medium-hot. 5 Remove chicken from marinade, discarding marinade. 6 Coat tomato halves with cooking spray. 7 Place chicken and tomato halves on grill; grill, covered, 6-10 minutes each side or until done. 8 Place chicken on individual serving plates; top each with 1 Tablespoon reserved tomato mixture. 9 Arrange 2 grilled tomato halves on each plate with the chicken.