Grilled Chicken with Cherry Chimichurri

Ingredients

• 2 Garlic Cloves
• 1 Zucchini
• 1 Yellow Bell Pepper
• 1 Red Onion
• 1 Lime
• 4 oz Frozen Whole Cherries,
• Pitted
• 2 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
• 1 tsp. Vegetable Seasoning Blend
• ½ oz Strawberry Jam
• Olive Oil
• Salt Pepper
• angle into ⅓” ovals. Stem, seed, and slice yellow bell
• pepper into wide 1 ½” strips. Trim top of red onion,

Instructions

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   Grilled Chicken with Cherry Chimichurri: with summer vegetables 1 Yellow Bell Pepper 4 oz. Frozen Whole Cherries, 2 Boneless Skinless Chicken 1 tsp. Vegetable Seasoning Blend ½ oz. Strawberry Jam

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   Cook Within: If you have an outdoor grill and have the multi-tasking skills of a grill master, you can cook everything on the grill at the same time for a quick meal. Leaving root end on when cutting onion keeps it together while grilling and enhances presentation. Cut root ends off Traverse City, Michigan produces over 200 million pounds of cherries every year and has hosted a National Cherry Festival every July

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   Mince garlic. Trim zucchini ends and slice on an: angle into ⅓” ovals. Stem, seed, and slice yellow bell pepper into wide 1 ½” strips. Trim top of red onion, peel, and cut into six wedges, leaving root intact to hold wedges together. Zest lime, halve, and juice. On a separate cutting board, finely chop cherries. Rinse chicken breasts, pat dry, and season both sides with ½ tsp. salt and ¼ tsp. pepper.

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   Grill the Vegetables: Return grill to medium heat and lightly coat with vegetables to hot grill and cook 2-3 minutes on each side, or until charred. Remove vegetables to a plate.

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   Cook the Chicken: Heat an outdoor grill or grill pan to medium heat. to hot grill pan. Cook 4-6 minutes on each side, or until chicken is slightly charred and reaches a mini- mum internal temperature of 165 degrees. Remove to a plate and cover loosely with foil. Carefully brush or wipe grates of grill clean.

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   Make the Cherry Chimichurri: Combine garlic, cherries, 1 ½ Tbsp. lime juice, ½ tsp. lime zest, strawberry jam, 2 tsp. olive oil, and ¼ tsp.

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   Season the Vegetables: While chicken cooks, place zucchini, yellow pepper, onion wedges, 1 Tbsp. olive oil, and vegetable vegetables evenly.

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   Plate the Dish: Place chicken on a plate. Spoon chimichurri in front of chicken and arrange grilled vegetables on side. recipe–it has bigger grains and is easier to pinch than table salt, allowing more control over flavor. If using regular table salt, reduce measured amounts • Chopping cherries can be a messy proposition. Use a separate cutting board to minimize the mess. the recipe before you start–we promise it will be time

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   Mince garlic. Trim zucchini ends and slice on an