Name: Grilled Chicken with Lemon Leaves
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 4 large skin-on, boneless chicken breasts (about 3 lb. total); 1 tbsp. finely chopped fresh rosemary; Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste; 5 lemons, thinly sliced and seeded; 36 large lemon leaves; Lemon wedges, for serving; 1 tsp. chile flakes

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Italian Comfort Food

By The Editors of Saveur

Published 2015

About

This recipe comes from the restaurant Da Paolino in Sorrento, a lovely town on the Amalfi coast. The area prides itself on its lemons, and in this classic pairing, both the fruit and its fragrant leaves are grilled with the meat. Look for lemon leaves at farmers’ markets.

Ingredients

4 large skin-on, boneless chicken breasts (about 3 lb. total)
1 tbsp. finely chopped fresh rosemary
1

Europe
Italy
Sorrento
Main course
Mediterranean
Gluten-free

Method

Lay 1 chicken breast half, skin side up, between 2 large sheets of plastic wrap and, using the flat side of a meat mallet, pound out evenly until chicken is ½″ thick. Remove from plastic wrap, place on a large plate, and repeat with remaining chicken.
Heat a grill pan over medium until hot but not smoking. Sprinkle rosemary, chile flakes, salt, and pepper over bot

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