Spanish Spice Rubbed Chicken with Mustard-Green Onion Sauce

Ingredients:

Mustard-Green Onion Sauce

• 1/2 cup aged white wine vinegar
• 3 tbsp Dijon mustard
• 1 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 1/2 cup thinly sliced scallions
• 3 tbsp finely chopped flat-leaf parsley

Spanish Spice Rub

• 3 tbsp Spanish or regular paprika
• 1 tbsp cumin seeds, ground
• 1 tbsp ground mustard
• 2 tsp ground fennel seeds
• 2 tsp coarsely ground black pepper
• 2 tsp kosher salt

Chicken

• 8 bone-in chicken breasts, French-cut
• extra-virgin olive oil
• salt
• Spanish Spice Rub (above)
• Chopped Parsley, for garnish

Makes 8 Servings

To make the sauce: In a large bowl, whisk togther the vinegar and mustard. Slowly whisk in the oil until well combined and season with salt and pepper to taste. Fold in the scallions and parsley.

To make the spice rub: In a small bowl, whisk together the paprika, cumin, mustard seeds, fennel seeds, pepper and salt and set aside.

To make the chicken: Heat the grill to medium. Brush the chicken breasts with olive oil.  Season each chicken breast with salt on both sides. Rub each chicken breast on the skin side with the spice rub and place on the grill, rub-side down. Grill for 5-6 minutes or unil slghtly charred and a crust has formed. Turn the chicken breasts over, close the cover, and continue cooking for 6- minutes or until  justcooked through. Spoon someof the Mustard-Green Onion Sauce onto a platter and place the chicken breasts on top. Garnish with chopped parsley and serve the remaining sauce on the side.

WW POINTS VALUE 9 pts

Note: This recipe appears in the South Beach Diet Cookbook. It's summer and a great time to use the grill. I was also craving chicken but I didn't know what kind of recipe to have and I decided to go with this one. Spanish food is deliciously spicy and satisfying. A French cut means to make a cut along the chicken bone, exposing the flesh. My mom and I really enjoyed this dish. The Spanish Spice rub gave the chicken some heat while the Mustard-Green Onion Sauce gave the dish acidity and cooled the heat in your mouth. I highly recommend cuttng the scallions on the bias so the scallions will cook evenly and for a more eye-appealing look for the dish. This recipe also appeared on the menu of Iron Chef Bobby Flay's Bolo Restaurant & Bar. Bolo closed its doors in 2007 but it doesn't mean you can't enjoy an Iron Chef's dish at your table. Bobby Flay's recipes never disappoint. Iron Chef Flay, if you're reading this, I loved this dish AND I still want to  challenge you to a Throwdown @ Boston College!

Mustard-Crusted Steak

Ingredients:

• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tbsp. coarse-grain Dijon mustard
• 1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tsp ground mustard
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 1 1/2 lbs. boneless top round steak, 3/4-inch thick

Makes 4 Servings

1. Heat oven to broil.
2. Whisk together garlic, Dijon Mustard, Worcestershire sauce, ground mustard, salt and pepper in a small mixing bowl.
3. Line a broiler pan with foil and place steak on top. Coat evenly with mustard mixture and let stand 10 minutes. Broil steak to desired doneness, 4 minutes per side for medium-rare. Let stand 5 minutes before slicing and serving.

WW POINTS VALUE: 6pts.

 Note: This recipe appears in the South Beach Diet Quick and Easy Cookbook. I was craving a steak dinner and this recipe looked way too good to pass up. If you ever saw the photo of this recipe, you would want to cook it too. I know this photo is not the best photo of the steak and au gain potatoes but this dinner is so delicious! Even though there are very few ingredients in this steak dish, there is a lot f flavor in this dish with the two different kinds of mustard and garlic. I highly recommend this dish for a weeknight or weekend dinner or even a dinner party because your guests will love it and be happy. You can use any kind of steak for this recipe and it will still taste good. This dinner is what I call the ultimate gourmet bistro dinner.